Rose's Big Man Problem and Dave Rice

BlueIsBetter wrote:

BlueIsBetter wrote:

The clear problem with this team has got to be the guard play, so I agree the loss of Rice is our biggest problem.



We have some of the streakiest guards in the country, none of whom play an ounce of defense

Carlino is our best man defender. And it's not even close. After that you are right though, none of the other guards are worth their weight in used bandaids.

It's too bad Anson Winder wasn't more consistent on offense because he and Carlino would be very formidable in the WCC.

Too true. I really like the defense turning into offense (via steals and fastbreaks) that they create when on the floor together. When Carlino isn't looking to shoot that is a bad combo for us though, because that leads to 0 offense from the guard spots, and we aren't good enough down low to win teams getting 0 from our 1 and 2.

What's interesting is that our steals are UP this season. Steals per game:

12-13: 8.9

11-12: 8.4

10-11: 8.3





Our problems is that our offense is down and our overall defense is down. Here is our Offense and Defensive Points Available Percentage the last few years:

Year OFF DEF

12-13: .479 .447

11-12: .483 .430

10-11: .481 .438





And our Offensive and Defense Effective Field Goal Percentages

Year OFF DEF

12-13: .505 .482

11-12: .521 .469

10-11: .518 .464

I think that the steals up is almost all from Carlino (and to some extent, Davies). I don't know of anyone else on the team besides Carlino Davies and Winder that regularly get steals.

SpiffCoug wrote:



Some blame the players. Some blame the coaches. Some blame the starters. Some blame the minutes players do or don't get.

Around here, there always has to be a scapegoat for why BYU isn't top ten. At least the criticism here is about equally ridiculous as what we frequently read on the football forum. Can't say I like it, but the double standard seems to be diminishing.



For me, it's been easier to just enjoy the teams for what they accomplish. I'll stand by them win or lose.



GO COUGS!!!!

I blame the loss of Rogers and Collinsworth.

snoscythe wrote:
I blame the loss of Rogers and Collinsworth.

This is what was disappointing to me. I think 90% of all Cougar fans new that the two would never play again, but we missed an entire signing season where we could have replaced them because they stuck on too long.

hawkwing wrote:

I blame the loss of Rogers and Collinsworth.

This is what was disappointing to me. I think 90% of all Cougar fans new that the two would never play again, but we missed an entire signing season where we could have replaced them because they stuck on too long.

Kind of like Bronco (and yes, Doman) with Riley? ;-)

Cougs_Rule wrote:

snoscythe wrote:
I blame the loss of Rogers and Collinsworth.

This is what was disappointing to me. I think 90% of all Cougar fans new that the two would never play again, but we missed an entire signing season where we could have replaced them because they stuck on too long.

Kind of like Bronco (and yes, Doman) with Riley? ;-)

No.