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Date Posted: 10:08:34am 11/22/05 Tue,
Author: campion109
Subject: Re: Observations on tonights game
In reply to: JoeStag 's message, "Re: Observations on tonights game" on 09:33:03am 11/22/05 Tue,

agree with most of the above but I am feeling a little more skeptical.

1) We are small. We are going to have rebounding issues all year and that scares me.

2) John Han is outstanding. A number of times he made passes that nobody was expecting.

3) No free throws in the first half? Are we afraid to penetrate?

4) I think the AHY experiment has failed. Hopefully that marketing group can drum up some interest and support as there was nobody at the game. Kudos for the students for showing up but, for a somewhat marquee game to draw less than 3,000 is pathetic. The local community does not, for the most part, care for the events and it showed last night where our home opener was pretty much empty - even with the new configuration.

5) I will not concede the season yet as it's only two games old but last night's game was probably the worst game I have ever seen them play...

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[> [> [> It Wasn't A Marquee Game -- Frank F, 01:03:44pm 11/22/05 Tue, [1]

Because one of the the teams- namely Fairfield, has few Div I players on its roster, and those they do have are always playing out of position. This situation started developing last year - some of us at that time were pointing to a lack of size and strength up front.The coaching staff has not done anything to solve that problem. The loss to St Francis only reinforced that desperate situation, with even Joe Stag admitting we got beaten by some 6-4 and 6-5 forwards that were too big & too strong for us to handle. You can't go on fooling people by telling them our problems are solved because we have great shooting guards (we don't) that are going to run the opposition into the group. How many times did our guards penetrate and have their shots blocks by St. Joe's players who never even jumped to do it. They just extended their arms in the air...that's all they had to do because they were so much bigger than our players.
We are usually playing the game with four guards and one forward and you cannot get away with it.
People will come when you produce a winning team. It looks like we are several years away from even the possibility of that.

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[> [> [> [> Re: It Wasn't A Marquee Game -- JoeStag, 01:57:07pm 11/22/05 Tue, [1]

Frank,

If your going to reference me, try to at least get it right :-). I did not say that St Francis's 6-4/6-5 players were "too big and too strong for us". Thats not true. St Francis players were exact duplicates of Maxwell and Mamadou type players, and I said they were "quick, strong, athletic and could score". St Francis had those players and we did not. MAAC teams also have those players, so without Max and Mamdou we have some real issues even in the MAAC.

For a portion of our tough OOC schedule (St Joes, Providence, Iowa and Georgetown), Yes, we are going to be significantly outsized, but that is still no excuse of how we played last night. IMO, shooting only 3 FT's last night is reflective that we need to be more physical to get to the line, and to play tougher defense/rebounding.

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