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Date Posted: 11:37:32 07/20/01 Fri
Author: NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE!
Subject: Sato
I am concerned about Sato.
Jeff Battle excelled at taking guards under his wing and helping them evolve and fill out weak spots. With him gone, I am wondering how Thad (or the assistant responsible for guards) will work him. OR will Sato be considered a small forward under Thad's system? Who knows?
Sato is a gifted athlete who needs more experience to become truly unstoppable. I saw him at the Oak Hills games and he looked like he added another 10 lbs. in upper body strength. I know these games are not a true test. He did slash more to the basket but often failed to complete his drive. He can still jump out of the gym. His threes were excellent and I think he is great with that aspect of his game. Defense was weak. He was lost in some sets and often failed to read the defense and got caught in many a screen (sound like last year?)
I think Sato will be great - in his Senior year. I hope I am wrong, but I think he needs time to focus on his defense, ball handling, and overall "court sense." Unfortunately we need him to be a alternative to West's inside game next year with his outside shot, and a complement with his slashing/more inside play.
How Thad handles Sato will be a big task for him next year that will have major implications on our program.
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In the face -- jgf, 12:32:54 07/20/01 Fri
>I am concerned about Sato.
>
>Jeff Battle excelled at taking guards under his wing
>and helping them evolve and fill out weak spots. With
>him gone, I am wondering how Thad (or the assistant
>responsible for guards) will work him. OR will Sato
>be considered a small forward under Thad's system?
>Who knows?
>
>Sato is a gifted athlete who needs more experience to
>become truly unstoppable. I saw him at the Oak Hills
>games and he looked like he added another 10 lbs. in
>upper body strength. I know these games are not a
>true test. He did slash more to the basket but often
>failed to complete his drive. He can still jump out of
>the gym. His threes were excellent and I think he is
>great with that aspect of his game. Defense was weak.
> He was lost in some sets and often failed to read the
>defense and got caught in many a screen (sound like
>last year?)
>
>I think Sato will be great - in his Senior year. I
>hope I am wrong, but I think he needs time to focus on
>his defense, ball handling, and overall "court sense."
> Unfortunately we need him to be a alternative to
>West's inside game next year with his outside shot,
>and a complement with his slashing/more inside play.
>
>How Thad handles Sato will be a big task for him next
>year that will have major implications on our program.
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Could this be an actual BB post on a Xavier message board (including Griffins)??? I would agree - Sato (and Frey) are big keys from keeping teams away from West. -- Nostrildumbass, 13:41:27 07/20/01 Fri
>I am concerned about Sato.
>
>Jeff Battle excelled at taking guards under his wing
>and helping them evolve and fill out weak spots. With
>him gone, I am wondering how Thad (or the assistant
>responsible for guards) will work him. OR will Sato
>be considered a small forward under Thad's system?
>Who knows?
>
>Sato is a gifted athlete who needs more experience to
>become truly unstoppable. I saw him at the Oak Hills
>games and he looked like he added another 10 lbs. in
>upper body strength. I know these games are not a
>true test. He did slash more to the basket but often
>failed to complete his drive. He can still jump out of
>the gym. His threes were excellent and I think he is
>great with that aspect of his game. Defense was weak.
> He was lost in some sets and often failed to read the
>defense and got caught in many a screen (sound like
>last year?)
>
>I think Sato will be great - in his Senior year. I
>hope I am wrong, but I think he needs time to focus on
>his defense, ball handling, and overall "court sense."
> Unfortunately we need him to be a alternative to
>West's inside game next year with his outside shot,
>and a complement with his slashing/more inside play.
>
>How Thad handles Sato will be a big task for him next
>year that will have major implications on our program.
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---"Could this be an actual BB post on a Xavier message board (including Griffins)???"---We could be seeing the beginning of a trend IF Sato and others (I'm not sold on the consistency of Frey's outside shot) could could team with West to provide an inside-outside combo, our offense would makes huge strides. -- GMG, 14:18:29 07/20/01 Fri
>>I am concerned about Sato.
>>
>>Jeff Battle excelled at taking guards under his wing
>>and helping them evolve and fill out weak spots. With
>>him gone, I am wondering how Thad (or the assistant
>>responsible for guards) will work him. OR will Sato
>>be considered a small forward under Thad's system?
>>Who knows?
>>
>>Sato is a gifted athlete who needs more experience to
>>become truly unstoppable. I saw him at the Oak Hills
>>games and he looked like he added another 10 lbs. in
>>upper body strength. I know these games are not a
>>true test. He did slash more to the basket but often
>>failed to complete his drive. He can still jump out of
>>the gym. His threes were excellent and I think he is
>>great with that aspect of his game. Defense was weak.
>> He was lost in some sets and often failed to read the
>>defense and got caught in many a screen (sound like
>>last year?)
>>
>>I think Sato will be great - in his Senior year. I
>>hope I am wrong, but I think he needs time to focus on
>>his defense, ball handling, and overall "court sense."
>> Unfortunately we need him to be a alternative to
>>West's inside game next year with his outside shot,
>>and a complement with his slashing/more inside play.
>>
>>How Thad handles Sato will be a big task for him next
>>year that will have major implications on our program.
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Does Fry have an outside shot? I seem to recall him hitting a few threes on the baseline last year, but was more inclined to scoot along the baseline. -- Nostrildumbass, 16:10:31 07/20/01 Fri
>>>I am concerned about Sato.
>>>
>>>Jeff Battle excelled at taking guards under his wing
>>>and helping them evolve and fill out weak spots.
>With
>>>him gone, I am wondering how Thad (or the assistant
>>>responsible for guards) will work him. OR will Sato
>>>be considered a small forward under Thad's system?
>>>Who knows?
>>>
>>>Sato is a gifted athlete who needs more experience to
>>>become truly unstoppable. I saw him at the Oak Hills
>>>games and he looked like he added another 10 lbs. in
>>>upper body strength. I know these games are not a
>>>true test. He did slash more to the basket but often
>>>failed to complete his drive. He can still jump out
>of
>>>the gym. His threes were excellent and I think he is
>>>great with that aspect of his game. Defense was
>weak.
>>> He was lost in some sets and often failed to read
>the
>>>defense and got caught in many a screen (sound like
>>>last year?)
>>>
>>>I think Sato will be great - in his Senior year. I
>>>hope I am wrong, but I think he needs time to focus
>on
>>>his defense, ball handling, and overall "court
>sense."
>>> Unfortunately we need him to be a alternative to
>>>West's inside game next year with his outside shot,
>>>and a complement with his slashing/more inside play.
>
>>>
>>>How Thad handles Sato will be a big task for him next
>>>year that will have major implications on our
>program.
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Frey's outside shot isn't as good as he thinks it is. Used judiciously, it can be a weapon, but Kev's main contributions have to come near or under the basket. -- GMG, 16:40:54 07/20/01 Fri
>>>>I am concerned about Sato.
>>>>
>>>>Jeff Battle excelled at taking guards under his wing
>>>>and helping them evolve and fill out weak spots.
>>With
>>>>him gone, I am wondering how Thad (or the assistant
>>>>responsible for guards) will work him. OR will Sato
>>>>be considered a small forward under Thad's system?
>>>>Who knows?
>>>>
>>>>Sato is a gifted athlete who needs more experience
>to
>>>>become truly unstoppable. I saw him at the Oak
>Hills
>>>>games and he looked like he added another 10 lbs. in
>>>>upper body strength. I know these games are not a
>>>>true test. He did slash more to the basket but
>often
>>>>failed to complete his drive. He can still jump out
>>of
>>>>the gym. His threes were excellent and I think he
>is
>>>>great with that aspect of his game. Defense was
>>weak.
>>>> He was lost in some sets and often failed to read
>>the
>>>>defense and got caught in many a screen (sound like
>>>>last year?)
>>>>
>>>>I think Sato will be great - in his Senior year. I
>>>>hope I am wrong, but I think he needs time to focus
>>on
>>>>his defense, ball handling, and overall "court
>>sense."
>>>> Unfortunately we need him to be a alternative to
>>>>West's inside game next year with his outside shot,
>>>>and a complement with his slashing/more inside play.
>>
>>>>
>>>>How Thad handles Sato will be a big task for him
>next
>>>>year that will have major implications on our
>>program.
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Sato will be fine with Thad, he's a great coach. We had three frosh guards last year with Chalmers, Sato and Young. We had the worst fg% in over 3 decades of basketball. Even with teams sagging and double teaming West, our guards missed shot after open shot. The freshman/soph transition is said to be one of the biggest leaps, and these guys have to get it done for us to really dangerous. I think that it can happen. On the bright side, we can't possibly shoot worse than we did last year. -- Banned Sniper, 20:31:40 07/21/01 Sat
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Teams were not sagging off Romain last year. He was our only outside threat, which makes his percentage look even better. You know when teams prepared for us, they knew Sato was our only outside threat and probably made sure their guys knew that. -- X Factor, 18:37:34 07/23/01 Mon
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I think we have to remember that this year will be only his 3rd year of organized basketball. He is blessed with amazing athletic ability, a picture perfect jump shot, and a work ethic most kids today know nothing about. Sato still needs to work hard on his defense and ball-handling and we all know that. When he does make some mistakes this coming year though, I hope we remember he's still learning the game. -- X Factor, 18:28:54 07/23/01 Mon
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