Jim Les radio show

[real fan]

Bu has players that are capable of scoring inside , for whatever reason we simply don"t run a true post offense, too bad because this year we could run more high low with egolf and Brown . I will say it is too early to tell what changes are in store for us but I certainly hope we are better organized then we were sunday against lewis.

 

[Chico]

Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?

This is disheartening. We need to have scoring threats outside and in.

Have you ever seen AT and SS as scoring threats? WE is unproven as a scoring threat.

 

[MacabreMob]

I've been thinking about this defense, not offense quote. Actually, JL has consistantly said all of his players should work hard on defense, then good things happen on O.

When POB was a frosh, he had a real, real, real strong first 5 games (He was top 10 nationally in blocked shots/game, shooting % and top 10 FT% for centers) JL then started saying, "We need to get POB more touches", "We need to get Cellus and POB more touches" "They need to touch the ball more", and that big man, offensively minded approach got us about a year and a half of nothing. POB's production dropped the more we tried to get him "touches" and Cellus started to get a reputation of a selfish player, to his team's detriment. POB's probably been battling against that "O only" mindset in the NBA, and JL does no want to repeat that mistake. Once guys like JJ started to give up defining themselves by offense, the team started playing really, really well and we got our S16 run.

Really, if our centers "only" play strong D and rebound well, they will get more than enough "garbage" (Other than AW, our guards are too good at creating garbage) to cleanup on O. More O then they would otherwise get as a focal point and we will be a better team...

I just wanted to say I think you made a great post here Ph.

 

[MacabreMob]

...maybe that should be our first regular season pick-em T....first dunk of the year and tie breaker at time of the game it happens?


That would make for a difficult one

Back door ally-oop to Taylor Brown in 1st possession of the game vs BYU... guessing if we get the tip, then at 19:48 left in the 1st half (or if we don't get the tip, I'd say 19:36 left in the 1st half).

 

[LG281]

Well Chico...if they never get the ball fed to them when they're down low then they can never develop into scoring threats.

If we want to win games we need options. This is like playing basketball and only dribbling with your right hand. Our opponents will eventually (sooner, rather than later) figure it out and adjust accordingly.

Admittedly, I just read what was posted here by PH...hope I'm just misinterpreting what the coach said.

Another thought...why am I up now? Good night.

 

[Chico]

Well Chico...if they never get the ball fed to them when they're down low then they can never develop into scoring threats.

If we want to win games we need options. This is like playing basketball and only dribbling with your right hand. Our opponents will eventually (sooner, rather than later) figure it out and adjust accordingly.

Admittedly, I just read what was posted here by PH...hope I'm just misinterpreting what the coach said.

Another thought...why am I up now? Good night.

Some players you could feed down low for 40 minutes and they wouldn't be scoring threats. IMO the Braves and most Valley teams have to be outside oriented because most quality big guys go to the higher rated conferences. Here's hoping WE and JP can develop into scorers.

 

[AZ BU Fan]

Guess BU could start by recruiting the Lewis center who scortched BU for 15 rebounds! Or possibly the Wisconsin Platteville center who scortched BU for 20 points last year...Or Oakland Michigan's center who took it to BU for 20 points last year. Or Old Dominion's two forwards who hit BU for 31 points and 21 rebounds last year, or Ohio's two forwards who put up 31 points and 23 rebounds vs BU a couple years ago, or Tulsa's center who got BU for 35 rebounds and 40 points in the the CBI series.