BG vs Kitties

[gmartin]

BG on the road to face the Bobcats. This game could get ugly real quick. I see another loss for our Falcons. I predict 82 - 64

[gmartin]

Only down by 5 Points after the first quarter.

[gmartin]

Trailing by 10 at half, 30-40

Trailing by 5 after 3rd quarter. Kennedy Williams need to play more than Lambert. The offense runs much smoother through her.

On a coaching note, Roos isn't even coaching this team. All she does is stand on the sidelines with her arms crossed complaining more to the referees and the scorers table then talking to her own team. During a time out she spend so much time talking to the assistant coaches that when she gets in the huddle the horn has already blown. And we still got another year of this mess.

[HoopsFan]

From the BGRSO broadcast, the announcer is even ragging on Lambert. It sounds like the Falcons are afraid to take a charge, or even defend. Also, the running stats don't show who has the 22 turnovers, but Lambert seems to be the leading contender.

HoopsFan

[gmartin]

I counted six turnovers on Lambert. Offense ran much better under Williams. We also shot under 45% from the free throw line along with those 22 turnovers.

BG loses 69-58. 2-12 in MAC. 8th straight loss. Possibly 1 more win on the season. We are not going to win either game against Buffalo, not going to beat Miami. Akron is our only chance.

[HoopsFan]

LOL Another loss 69.58. No coaches to do the post game interview. Monday's coaches show at Fricker's ought to be a real treat.

Who's next? Oh, Buffalo, at Miami, Akron and at Buffalo, then a first round road game.

They're running out of chances to win.

[elmrfudd]

I agree that Williams should take over the point guard position, as she is a better ball handler and floor leader than Lambert. She’s also a very good shooter/scorer, from anywhere on the floor. Santoro remains inconsistent. Good play, terrible play. Wide open layups, wide open threes! What great defense! No changes, same results! Roos gets outcoached again. Where was Cecil today after her twenty point game last week? Why does Lambert pick up her dribble against the sidelines? Good coaching would fix that issue. Lambert should be All-MAC this year, but like others before her, little or no progression since freshman season. That’s the trend with this coaching staff, and it’ll be more of the same next year. What a waste of time to have talented players for four years, and see little or no improvement. The players deserve better, and so do the fans. Instead, we get more turnovers, more charging fouls, more mishandled passes, more missed foul shots, more bad defense, more weak post play, more missed layups, more bricks and air ball shots, more uncoached fundamentals, and finally, more losses. More of the same, fewer season ticket sales! If nothing changes, I will not waste my money next year!

[gmartin]

I agree that Williams should take over the point guard position, as she is a better ball handler and floor leader than Lambert. She’s also a very good shooter/scorer, from anywhere on the floor. Santoro remains inconsistent. Good play, terrible play. Wide open layups, wide open threes! What great defense! No changes, same results! Roos gets outcoached again. Where was Cecil today after her twenty point game last week? Why does Lambert pick up her dribble against the sidelines? Good coaching would fix that issue. Lambert should be All-MAC this year, but like others before her, little or no progression since freshman season. That’s the trend with this coaching staff, and it’ll be more of the same next year. What a waste of time to have talented players for four years, and see little or no improvement. The players deserve better, and so do the fans. Instead, we get more turnovers, more charging fouls, more mishandled passes, more missed foul shots, more bad defense, more weak post play, more missed layups, more bricks and air ball shots, more uncoached fundamentals, and finally, more losses. More of the same, fewer season ticket sales! If nothing changes, I will not waste my money next year!

Nothing will change. Don't waste your money next year.

[gmartin]

And if the Mac tournament started today BG would be the #11 seed. They would face #6 Toledo.

[Hockey John]

Trailing by 10 at half, 30-40

Trailing by 5 after 3rd quarter. Kennedy Williams need to play more than Lambert. The offense runs much smoother through her.

On a coaching note, Roos isn't even coaching this team. All she does is stand on the sidelines with her arms crossed complaining more to the referees and the scorers table then talking to her own team. During a time out she spend so much time talking to the assistant coaches that when she gets in the huddle the horn has already blown. And we still got another year of this mess.

Were you at the game GMartin? If you were like I was, you would have heard Coach Roos constantly reminding the players who were the shooters and drivers were for Ohio and reminding the post players were to be when Ohio drove to the basket. She is constantly coaching in the sideline both on offense and defense. As far as the timeouts, Coach Roos like Coach Miller did has an assistant (Coach Brooks) in the huddle for the first half setting up the defense. (Coach Roos did was that person for Coach Miller). The second half of the time out, Coach Roos discusses the offense. A coach is always talking to our team. You watch other teams and the head coach huddles with the assistants then goes to talk to their team. That approach leaves the team with no coaching for part of each timeout.


I get that you are frustrated, but you can't get the whole picture of what is happening on ESPN 3. Ask if you can attend a practice so you can see first hand what the coaching staff is trying to do.

We are very young at the post position with two players building back up after missing practice and games. We are struggling on offense at times when we don't have a consistent inside game. We need to continue to work to find more consistency on offense and defense.

[gmartin]

I have been to practices. I was at several practices under coach Miller but I have not been to any practices under Roos since 2013 season. I will be at the game when we play Miami. It's a short drive down from Indianapolis. I have not been too many games this year, only four and the four that I have attended I have just not seen coaching. And I am more than frustrated which is why I stopped supporting this program financially. I will still follow them but will not give them any more money until A change is made. I think Roos is a great recruiter and a great assistant coach but I've never felt she is head coach quality. The first few years she was head coach we still did well but I believe we did well because those players were going by what Miller preached even after he left. Once all his players graduated we have struggled every year.

[fredthefalcon]

I'm not going to try to analyze coaching though my opinion is we do not make the adjustments needed to win. However, I will analyze stats and they tell the real story. Many on this board have begun to criticize Lambert's PG play, patrticularly dribbling a lot and then often launching a 3. Well a PG is suppose to be the main distributor for their team and in the last 5 games Lambert has had just 4 total assists. In two of the games including this particular game she did not record an assist. Is it selfishness, coaching schemes, carelessness, lack of teammate scoring? I don't know but something is seriously wrong.

[elmrfudd]

We are very young at the post position with two players building back up after missing practice and games. We are struggling on offense at times when we don't have a consistent inside game. We need to continue to work to find more consistency on offense and defense.

It appears as though Hockey John is defending the Falcons' poor performances based on youth and injuries. It's high time for excuses to be tossed out the window, and this coaching staff needs to own the failures of the last four seasons. This once-storied basketball program has forgotten how to win because they have forgotten what it takes to win. Back in our winning days, we knew how to defend and we knew how to score. Gone are the days when we aggressively dominated our opponents. Now we allow our opponents to have their way with little resistance. Achieving excellence with this team is nowhere close to reality, but merely a distant dream. Our players are not fundamentally sound enough, they're not mean enough, they're not determined enough, they're not disciplined enough, and they're not angry enough at their situation to turn things around. I can't emphasize enough that the TOTAL LACK OF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT HAS BECOME THE DOWNFALL OF THIS TEAM!!! That is the entire root of our losing ways!!! I believe the Bobcats scored 28 points off BGSU's 22 turnovers. Three things are the result of poor player development with this team.......1.) difficulty in scoring due to too much dribbling and lack of short, quick passes, along with the inability to finish inside shots 2.) inabilty to get defensive stops due to continuing to allow opponents to shoot uncontested shots, inside OR outside.......3.) making too many stupid decisions due to having to react to the opponents' good decisions. It's all about coaching, folks!!! (Or the lack thereof). Again, we have talented, undercoached players playing BAD BASKETBALL!!

[Robb]

Of course everyone have their opinion & I concur with the majority. I made a statement a while back about the selfish play of Lambert & Santoro to which I received some semi-negative feedback but it is what it is. We have a team full of shooters but truly not a team full of scorers. When I say scorers I mean those who can create on their own. I don’t mean flying to the basket 1 on 3. We all know who the culprits are. Lambert hasn’t improved but at the same time Williams come in & look to score than do what a point guard job is to do & that is distribute the ball to the scorers. Puk & R. Thompson can light the 3 if we get them the touches. Then that would make the defense have to play us straight up. If they go man we have players capable of taking a defender one on one to the rack. If they play zone we can run our shooters off screens to get open looks. Instead we have the point guard dribbling & dribbling then either turn the ball over, shoot a desperation shot or pass to her sidekick who drives to the basket 1 on 3 then heave up a layup every time in hopes of getting fouled. While the other players are in position waiting on the dribble drive kick out. Someone mentioned attending practices. Yes I’ve attended a few & it’s the same crap at times. The coaches have gotten on Sid & Santoro in a polite way for not passing to the open players instead of forcing up shots but it’s no consistency. Yes I’m frustrated with those two because it’s been the same stuff over & over. It’s as if they are in competition with their own teammates. Who cares about the individual accolades. It’s about winning games! They all should have had all the accolades back in high school. Bottom line at the end of the day it’s about wins & losses. Players that been their for 3 & 4 years have grown accustom to losing.
All & all I can talk about those two players because they should know better but in all actuality they only know what their coaches is allowing them to do as well. You would’ve thought at some point since they are suppose to be the captains & leaders of this team they would have banned together & try to win some games with or without the coaches support. Lack of leadership from the captains & coaches. So now what? Endure one more year with Roos? At this point since we are all on here giving our opinions it would be nice if we could have a private meeting with Roos. Who’s with me?

[gmartin]

Well Robb, I already tried an end-of-the-year meeting last year and it didn't work. I don't think Roos particularly cares for me very well but go for it. This one storied program needs to turn it around.