Grizbacker1
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griz17 said:The key to this team is Hasquet -- I watch almost every game, in shock, that they DON'T build any offense around him. Whatever he gets, he gets on his own - for the most part. He should be getting 20-25 shots a game. I'm pretty sure Brad Huse probably walked to the locker room tonight thinking, "I'm sure glad they didn't get the ball to Hasquet more". When is Tinkle going to demand that the ball goes thru him. For those of you that still think the ball needs to go in to Strait - I think you're sadly mistaken. Watch the 2nd half of this game again. He just can't score when he has a big guy on him. He can play a role, and Jordan will find him for plenty of bunnies, but he can't be the focus. It seems like a lot of big guys this year are almost laughing and inviting the ball into him so they can swat it back out of there.
Rundles has gone 180 degrees from last year. When he's at the point, the ball comes to a complete standstill. He puts up a ton of bad shots and turns the ball over way too much. He appears to have no idea that Hasquet is the key to his offense.
I have know idea why Martin has fallen out of favor. He was good enough to CARRY us through the BSC tourney as a FROSH but Tinks (and Larry) don't think he deserves to start anymore? Give me a break. He's a hell of a lot better for this offense than Cam is. People rag on his defense, but it is better than Cam's as well.
Watching this team is torture! They have no focus on offense. Tinks has no control over these guys and I constantly find myself wondering, "why do we have this combination on the floor?"
God, I hope it gets better.
Strait can't score with a big man on him????? He lit Nick Fazekas up in the NCAA and Fazekas is 6' 11" and in the NBA. I do agree Hasquet needs more shots but there is no reason he can't get some of those looks from Strait dishing it to him, and they most certainly should be running some set plays to free Jordo up. I agree with most of your post, but saying Strait cant play against bigger guys is silly. I saw him score against guys that were over 300 pounds. Did you watch the UOP or Santa Clara games??