Yep, and he's letting him shoot to try to get out of the funk, but not in huge volume unless they're going down. Guy will win us another game or two on the offensive end this year.
Kalscheur looks to be a good player
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Yep, and he's letting him shoot to try to get out of the funk, but not in huge volume unless they're going down. Guy will win us another game or two on the offensive end this year.
Lately he’s had more fouls and turnovers than points! Brockington is our best player and then Hunter!
Grill needs to start, but I’m afraid Gabe will check out. His energy level right now is not positive- fear that coming off the bench won’t be good for him.
Gabe's been a hard worker all year but there were a few plays tonight he kinda gave up on which was concerning. Not sure what you do with him
Status quo obviously isn't working. If Gabe checks out for rightly being benched then that's on him. Culture being established was the #1 goal of this season and allowing one player to be above the betterment of the team is not setting the foundation to a successful culture for the TJ era
I've got to be honest, if he checks out coming off the bench, so be it. Right now, he can't play. I don't know what else to say. To use a phrase from younger folks (of which I'm included) takes about Gabe on defense feel like very strong copium. Grill should be playing more and taking his lumps as he's already a better shooter and this team desperately needs better shooters, wanting to be Virginia on defense be damned.
TJ needs to be able to make that tough decision and I hope he does.
Too early to get down on Gabe. Given the offensive struggles of this team the only player on the roster I trust to be a go to guy is Brockington. Jackson is probably #2 but can't count on a true freshman to be consistent. Enaruna has gone cold since his 23 point effort against Baylor and on the season has just 4 games he scored double digits. Grill only has 5 double digit scoring games which is the same number Kalscheur has who is averaging almost 3 points more a game.
This offense is what we thought it would be coming into the season. We have exceeded expectations on defense which is going to keep us in a lot of games but if we let the score get into the mid 70's or higher we don't have the offense firepower to keep up with elite teams that are having just an average night.
The stats don't lie: https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/stats/_/id/66 The light has to turn on for 1 or 2 more guys to take their game to another level if this team is going to finish in the top 3 or 4 in the conference. I think a .500 conference finish is attainable which should be good enough for a NCAA bid which is more than I expected out of this team coming into the season. If Conditt can stay out of foul trouble and establish himself as a scoring option in the paint and we find a consistent 3rd scoring option outside of Brockington and Jackson this team could compete for a top 3 conference finish.
This offense is what we thought it would be coming into the season. We have exceeded expectations on defense which is going to keep us in a lot of games but if we let the score get into the mid 70's or higher we don't have the offense firepower to keep up with elite teams that are having just an average night.
The stats don't lie: https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/stats/_/id/66 The light has to turn on for 1 or 2 more guys to take their game to another level if this team is going to finish in the top 3 or 4 in the conference. I think a .500 conference finish is attainable which should be good enough for a NCAA bid which is more than I expected out of this team coming into the season. If Conditt can stay out of foul trouble and establish himself as a scoring option in the paint and we find a consistent 3rd scoring option outside of Brockington and Jackson this team could compete for a top 3 conference finish.
What the heck did people see today to make them think Grill should be getting more PT than Gabe?
That Grill has shot the ball better this year and Gabe is not a positive on offense. This team desperately needs shot makers far more than it needs marginally better perimeter defense. Add in more upside in future years and I don't think it's all that close.
Grill played 13 minutes, was 0-1 from the field, and had one turnover. Okay I guess.
Seriously. Even being invisible on offense is likely an improvement. If Gabe keeps starting and getting the amount of shots he does, I sincerely hope he can turn it around.
Jackson has been far more consistent than either of them.
He’s reigned in his attempts, but he’s a liability right now
His shot is inconsistent. Against TT he had an airball and a side of the backboard. He’s like a golfer trying to find their swing every time out. Even worse, I’m not sure once he has a good game he won’t go right back to struggling
Seems strange this thread continues to pop up when we had 3 guards combine for 52 points while our 4 bigs combined for 10.
