Day old thoughts on Georgia Tech

[gary2]

I attended the game yesterday. It was extremely disappointing. My wife and I spent the rest of the day with more enjoyable activities.

My thoughts about the game and future follow.

I tend to agree with what Dick Groat said after the game. Groat said the team needs to deal with the reality of playing without Luther.

They not only miss his talent and experience, they miss being able to play the style they were prepared to played with Luther the key.

They need to figure out what our style of play will be with Luther gone.

There are huge holes in the team. We need a point guard and a physical interior presence. Look at this team. It is hard to find where 60 consistent points will come from.

Stallings started who I would have yesterday. The results were disastrous. Pitt played too deep into the shot clock. Tech’s run could have been stopped but Frame was blocked twice inside and Stevenson was blocked on a layup. Pitt was hurt early by players other than Lammers and Okogie.

The press seemed to help. It created some energy.

Stallings seems upset by the play of Frame, Brown and Stevenson. I don’t know why Davis has seen his playing time diminish (He has to take his open shots). Stallings needs to decide who to play and how much.

Where do we go from here? No alternatives are anywhere near good.

I would start Carr, Stewart, Davis, Stevenson and Kene. Frame would come in off the bench and immediately go back to the bench if he continues to shoot shots when he is not set.

Pitt needs to take the first good shot available. That applies to everyone, even Kene. We are not good late in the shot clock.

Stewart needs to take more than 3 shots. He needs to be more assertive and his team needs to look for him more. Stevenson ran himself into a turnover yesterday with Stewart wide open. When scoring becomes a problem and frustration sets in, we need to draw up a play for Stewart (not Frame) rather than have Stevenson, Frame or Carr force things.

At this point, we are a jump shooting team. We need to accept that. Not accepting it makes matters worse. To be clear, I am not saying Stevenson, Frame and Carr should never drive to the basket. They should limit their efforts to do it to when the opportunity presents itself rather than feeling they have to because no one is scoring.

Hopefully, next season with Luther back, some re-enforcements and additional strength and experience gained this season, the team will be on better footing.

After yesterday’s disaster, Stallings needs to make some serious decisions on how and with who best to proceed.

 

[DiehardPanther]

I attended the game yesterday. It was extremely disappointing. My wife and I spent the rest of the day with more enjoyable activities.

My thoughts about the game and future follow.

I tend to agree with what Dick Groat said after the game. Groat said the team needs to deal with the reality of playing without Luther.

They not only miss his talent and experience, they miss being able to play the style they were prepared to played with Luther the key.

They need to figure out what our style of play will be with Luther gone.

There are huge holes in the team. We need a point guard and a physical interior presence. Look at this team. It is hard to find where 60 consistent points will come from.

Stallings started who I would have yesterday. The results were disastrous. Pitt played too deep into the shot clock. Tech’s run could have been stopped but Frame was blocked twice inside and Stevenson was blocked on a layup. Pitt was hurt early by players other than Lammers and Okogie.

The press seemed to help. It created some energy.

Stallings seems upset by the play of Frame, Brown and Stevenson. I don’t know why Davis has seen his playing time diminish (He has to take his open shots). Stallings needs to decide who to play and how much.

Where do we go from here? No alternatives are anywhere near good.

I would start Carr, Stewart, Davis, Stevenson and Kene. Frame would come in off the bench and immediately go back to the bench if he continues to shoot shots when he is not set.

Pitt needs to take the first good shot available. That applies to everyone, even Kene. We are not good late in the shot clock.

Stewart needs to take more than 3 shots. He needs to be more assertive and his team needs to look for him more. Stevenson ran himself into a turnover yesterday with Stewart wide open. When scoring becomes a problem and frustration sets in, we need to draw up a play for Stewart (not Frame) rather than have Stevenson, Frame or Carr force things.

At this point, we are a jump shooting team. We need to accept that. Not accepting it makes matters worse. To be clear, I am not saying Stevenson, Frame and Carr should never drive to the basket. They should limit their efforts to do it to when the opportunity presents itself rather than feeling they have to because no one is scoring.

Hopefully, next season with Luther back, some re-enforcements and additional strength and experience gained this season, the team will be on better footing.

After yesterday’s disaster, Stallings needs to make some serious decisions on how and with who best to proceed.

The only chance this program has is if they get a new HC. Stallings has signed 11 recruits and none of them are Top 100. Just a bunch of role players and guys who should be at a lower level.

 

[DC_Area_Panther]

I attended the game yesterday. It was extremely disappointing. My wife and I spent the rest of the day with more enjoyable activities.

My thoughts about the game and future follow.

I tend to agree with what Dick Groat said after the game. Groat said the team needs to deal with the reality of playing without Luther.

They not only miss his talent and experience, they miss being able to play the style they were prepared to played with Luther the key.

They need to figure out what our style of play will be with Luther gone.

There are huge holes in the team. We need a point guard and a physical interior presence. Look at this team. It is hard to find where 60 consistent points will come from.

Stallings started who I would have yesterday. The results were disastrous. Pitt played too deep into the shot clock. Tech’s run could have been stopped but Frame was blocked twice inside and Stevenson was blocked on a layup. Pitt was hurt early by players other than Lammers and Okogie.

The press seemed to help. It created some energy.

Stallings seems upset by the play of Frame, Brown and Stevenson. I don’t know why Davis has seen his playing time diminish (He has to take his open shots). Stallings needs to decide who to play and how much.

Where do we go from here? No alternatives are anywhere near good.

I would start Carr, Stewart, Davis, Stevenson and Kene. Frame would come in off the bench and immediately go back to the bench if he continues to shoot shots when he is not set.

Pitt needs to take the first good shot available. That applies to everyone, even Kene. We are not good late in the shot clock.

Stewart needs to take more than 3 shots. He needs to be more assertive and his team needs to look for him more. Stevenson ran himself into a turnover yesterday with Stewart wide open. When scoring becomes a problem and frustration sets in, we need to draw up a play for Stewart (not Frame) rather than have Stevenson, Frame or Carr force things.

At this point, we are a jump shooting team. We need to accept that. Not accepting it makes matters worse. To be clear, I am not saying Stevenson, Frame and Carr should never drive to the basket. They should limit their efforts to do it to when the opportunity presents itself rather than feeling they have to because no one is scoring.

Hopefully, next season with Luther back, some re-enforcements and additional strength and experience gained this season, the team will be on better footing.

After yesterday’s disaster, Stallings needs to make some serious decisions on how and with who best to proceed.

IMO, none of this really matters anymorer. The window of possibility for KS to turn things around has closed due to W vs L results and, especially, the weak recruiting results, IMHO. I suspect we will see him gone either this March or by March 2019.

 

[NCanton Panther]

I unfortunately agree with you that they need to accept they’re a jump shooting team. I looked at the box score after the game and was surprised it said only 14 turnovers. It’s nice to see them drive to the hole instead of settle for jump shots, but it seems like when they try, it ends up in a turnover more than not. Or if not, a hope n a prayer throw up of the ball at the backboard. Not many of them maintain their focus throughout the drive and can get a good shot or pass off. Many times you can tell they’ve decided ahead of time they’re going to be dumping the ball off instead of shooting and then there’s no one to dump it to.

Part of it recently has been the uptick in defense they’re now facing. Maybe they’ll improve with time as they get more used to the level of competition but for now more bad things than good happen when they try to drive.

 

[gary2]

I unfortunately agree with you that they need to accept they’re a jump shooting team. I looked at the box score after the game and was surprised it said only 14 turnovers. It’s nice to see them drive to the hole instead of settle for jump shots, but it seems like when they try, it ends up in a turnover more than not. Or if not, a hope n a prayer throw up of the ball at the backboard. Not many of them maintain their focus throughout the drive and can get a good shot or pass off. Many times you can tell they’ve decided ahead of time they’re going to be dumping the ball off instead of shooting and then there’s no one to dump it to.

Part of it recently has been the uptick in defense they’re now facing. Maybe they’ll improve with time as they get more used to the level of competition but for now more bad things than good happen when they try to drive.

Freshmen against ACC varsity - What do you expect? - Need to add and grow

 

[NCanton Panther]

Freshmen against ACC varsity - What do you expect? - Need to add and grow

It’s exactly what I’d expect, it’s just been a little more brutal than hoped for in recent games. Again, that is largely because of the uptick in the opponent.

Only time will tell if passing time/years and the experience that comes with it will help. Not too mention some much needed reinforcements.

 

[Saboteur]

I attended the game yesterday. It was extremely disappointing. My wife and I spent the rest of the day with more enjoyable activities.

My thoughts about the game and future follow.

I tend to agree with what Dick Groat said after the game. Groat said the team needs to deal with the reality of playing without Luther.

They not only miss his talent and experience, they miss being able to play the style they were prepared to played with Luther the key.

They need to figure out what our style of play will be with Luther gone.

There are huge holes in the team. We need a point guard and a physical interior presence. Look at this team. It is hard to find where 60 consistent points will come from.

Stallings started who I would have yesterday. The results were disastrous. Pitt played too deep into the shot clock. Tech’s run could have been stopped but Frame was blocked twice inside and Stevenson was blocked on a layup. Pitt was hurt early by players other than Lammers and Okogie.

The press seemed to help. It created some energy.

Stallings seems upset by the play of Frame, Brown and Stevenson. I don’t know why Davis has seen his playing time diminish (He has to take his open shots). Stallings needs to decide who to play and how much.

Where do we go from here? No alternatives are anywhere near good.

I would start Carr, Stewart, Davis, Stevenson and Kene. Frame would come in off the bench and immediately go back to the bench if he continues to shoot shots when he is not set.

Pitt needs to take the first good shot available. That applies to everyone, even Kene. We are not good late in the shot clock.

Stewart needs to take more than 3 shots. He needs to be more assertive and his team needs to look for him more. Stevenson ran himself into a turnover yesterday with Stewart wide open. When scoring becomes a problem and frustration sets in, we need to draw up a play for Stewart (not Frame) rather than have Stevenson, Frame or Carr force things.

At this point, we are a jump shooting team. We need to accept that. Not accepting it makes matters worse. To be clear, I am not saying Stevenson, Frame and Carr should never drive to the basket. They should limit their efforts to do it to when the opportunity presents itself rather than feeling they have to because no one is scoring.

Hopefully, next season with Luther back, some re-enforcements and additional strength and experience gained this season, the team will be on better footing.

After yesterday’s disaster, Stallings needs to make some serious decisions on how and with who best to proceed.

We should do what Duquesne did a few years back, run and gun for 5 minutes, clear the bench and run and gun with 5 new guys for 5 minutes. Rinse. Repeat.
At least we will break a sweat.

 

[steeltown24]

Freshmen against ACC varsity - What do you expect? - Need to add and grow

While this is true, KS brought the freshmen in and this is not his first year. After having two classes come in, this is the product we have?

Talent may not have been deep beyond a few spoiled seniors last year, but he was here the spring before and had time to have something a little better than this in the floor.

 

[Pitt-fan-in-Charlotte]

Wake me up when stallings is fired hopeless till then