Next Up: Rhode Island (6-1) on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 7PM.

[sleeperpick]

@gmujim92 since you are defending coach on twitter and joining him in blaming the mostly crap players he recruits you should bring that here. I have no clue how you can be this clueless about a topic

 

[tblack33]

@gmujim92 since you are defending coach on twitter and joining him in blaming the mostly crap players he recruits you should bring that here. I have no clue how you can be this clueless about a topic

Na cause he knows we can all dig up and old post where he hates on people blaming the players because they 18-22 year old men.

I blame the coach who makes 700k a year and provides no vision for what this team is supposed to be, and does nothing to put them in position to make games competitive.

 

[Patriotsince81]

We suck. Mic drop.

 

[patriotchild]

Sad part is if we were even an average 3pt shooting team and shot 70% FTs we could have won. URI didn’t look that impressive tonight. Outside of AJ no one on our side looked like they could play offense.

need to get 15+ each from Miller, Greene and AJ consistently and then somehow find another 20-25pts across the rest...

 

[PoorManProfit]

I asked about 3 weeks ago another thread if anyone could see G Mas finish under .500 overall? At the time they were 11-4 (0-2). Now they are 13-8 (2-6). I thought it’d be close then and I’m right. Nice work Frumpy Dave!!!!

 

[GMUYoda]

Is it bad that all I can think of right now is the Joker scene in the Dark Knight? The one where he's asking the table of guys why they are hiding from the Batman?

 

[PoorManProfit]

Sad part is if we were even an average 3pt shooting team and shot 70% FTs we could have won. URI didn’t look that impressive tonight. Outside of AJ no one on our side looked like they could play offense.

need to get 15+ each from Miller, Greene and AJ consistently and then somehow find another 20-25pts across the rest...

URI has much better players at top. Not even close.

 

[patriotchild]

URI has much better players at top. Not even close.

not arguing about that.
if we go 6-19, just 31%, from 3 that’s 12 more points. 2pt game. Add an average night from the line, mason wins.

fact that we don’t have consistent scoring or offensive scheme is super frustrating.

That said, I thought we got a lot more open looks this game and were aggressive in the second half. just didn’t convert.

 

[gmujim92]

@gmujim92 since you are defending coach on twitter and joining him in blaming the mostly crap players he recruits you should bring that here. I have no clue how you can be this clueless about a topic

I know you enjoy baiting me, but I’m not sure what’s controversial about saying it’s ultimately up to the players to make shots. We got a lot of open shots tonight and our two leading scorers threw up nothing but bricks.

And before you post anything else, yes I am aware Dave Paulsen the worst basketball coach on the planet recruited our players. He’s ultimately responsible for the Ws and L’s.

 

[By George.]

I know you enjoy baiting me, but I’m not sure what’s controversial about saying it’s ultimately up to the players to make shots. We got a lot of open shots tonight and our two leading scorers threw up nothing but bricks.

And before you post anything else, yes I am aware Dave Paulsen the worst basketball coach on the planet recruited our players. He’s ultimately responsible for the Ws and L’s.

Issue being are the players asked to create on their own too much, leading to bad shots? An open shot isn’t always the best shot.

Jim, can you name or identify our set plays? How does our offense differ from Hewitts, which people ripped on? Javon’s back to back 30+ point performances were the definition of hero ball.

 

[MasonSAE4]

DP, “We’re playing an unforgiving schedule.”

"We're playing everyone in the league, just like we do every year"

 

[GMUgemini]

Issue being are the players asked to create on their own too much, leading to bad shots? An open shot isn’t always the best shot.

Jim, can you name or identify our set plays? How does our offense differ from Hewitts, which people ripped on? Javon’s back to back 30+ point performances were the definition of hero ball.

I think the poor offensive design is just become really easy to see when we don't have a point guard who can create on his own.

Larranaga also ran a lot of motion offense here, but his best teams always had multiple shot creators on the floor (usually including a point forward like Jay Larranaga or Luke Hancock), and also included some really good passing bigs who could pass out of double teams (Evans, Jai, Thomas).

 

[GMUgemini]

"We're playing everyone in the league, just like we do every year"

I'll give him we don't get St. Joes and Fordham twice this year, but that's just two games...

 

[mkaufman1]

"We're playing everyone in the league, just like we do every year"

next Dave will say he thought he signed up to be coach of the George Madison colonials of the patriot league.

 

[By George.]

"We're playing everyone in the league, just like we do every year"

Right, man those road games vs GW, Davidson and La Salle, phew those were tough.

 

[MasonSAE4]

I'll give him we don't get St. Joes and Fordham twice this year, but that's just two games...

We have the very definition of average slate of teams we see twice. vcu and Richmond are good, the Bonnie's are mid-tier, and GW and UMass suck. It could be easier, but it could also be much harder.

 

[patriot2000]

Larranaga also ran a lot of motion offense here, but his best teams always had multiple shot creators on the floor

He also had multiple offenses to employ against multiple defenses. His main motion look is a hyper-active ball screen offense that he taught effectively and adapted to the talent. He wrote guides and made videos about the several zone offenses he employed at Mason. He added a zone defense during the post-season after not using it all year. He had Jay and John, along with his staff, scouting opponents and calling/emailing him suggestions. Which he took. Flexible and creative. And some of us thought HE was too stubborn.

My only complaint about Coach L was in the later years, he openly admitted he changed his recruiting philosophy after the influx of interest after the final four to "Get the best recruits available then figure everything else out." This was the era that saw him trying to mold players to new positions they weren't really suited for. Maybe it would have been easier to recruit for the system than adapt the system to the recruits.

That said, even with the recruiting/development fails and transfers toward the end, we went to the post season 2 out of every 3 years and he ended his career with one of the 3 best Mason teams ever.

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

Everyone really needs to back off on Jim. It’s obvious he is suffering from some sort of psychosis.

No cognitively normal person can honestly have his views. Mental health is a real issue in this country and we need to support him to reach out and get the help he needs instead of tearing him down.

You can do it, Jim. We’re rooting for you!

 

[Patriotsince81]

Everyone really needs to back off on Jim. It’s obvious he is suffering from some sort of psychosis.

No cognitively normal person can honestly have his views. Mental health is a real issue in this country and we need to support him to reach out and get the help he needs instead of tearing him down.

You can do it, Jim. We’re rooting for you!

The ignore feature is wonderful.

 

[GMU_DCU]

Why has Calixte regressed? Why has Mar regressed? Why has Miller regressed? Why can’t JDS develop into a rotational player? At some point you have to say the coaches aren’t doing their jobs.