BG-Oakland Game Thread

[Jacobs4Heisman]

I enjoy watching Boobs much more than watching our PG play.

[hammb]

I enjoy watching Boobs much more than watching our PG play.

I'll second that motion! The boobs were infinitely more interesting than our team's lackluster 2nd half play.

[Falconboy]

I enjoy watching Boobs much more than watching our PG play.

I'll second that motion! The boobs were infinitely more interesting than our team's lackluster 2nd half play.

Well I kinda give you that. Our offense is clueless when teams use that freaky Zone agianst us.

[Falconboy]

I have the perfect antidote. Come to AA on Dec 6th. a Tues at 7pm and see if our ladies have more exciting offense and defense to watch than the men. Come on I dare you! 5 measly bucks dude. One game then make up your mind kay?

[BGSUVA]

lol...that wasnt much of a dunk by Samarco...he had no idea if he was gonna dunk it or just lay it up until he got about halfway up there. Seriously, that dunk was nothing to get excited about, I've seen nicer dunks back at jv high school games. But he is the best player, he seemed to be the only one out there worthy of a D-1 scholly.

[BGSUVA]

here's a pic

unfortunately, when the photographer snapped it, some player got in the way...

[Tricky_Falcon]

here's a pic

unfortunately, when the photographer snapped it, some player got in the way...

What's with all the students sitting? You sit during timeouts, not during the game.

[BleedOrange]

Heres my starting Five for the bg falcons

I would go:

pg: wright
sg: samarco
sf: moten
pf: Marschall
C: lefeld

6th men: soler and floyd

That's the starting lineup I'm hoping for, too. If Moten is as good as his press, that could be a very competitive starting lineup. However, I'd like to see DD sit Floyd down at the end of the bench and forget about him. Robinson isn't making the type of progress that I had hoped, either. The door has been wide open for him to establish himself, and he's falling flat on his face.

For depth, I like Soler, Rad, Clements and Guerin (what the hell). I'd like to see Wilson get off of the bench (unless he redshirts)...there's no purpose in playing Floyd and Moon while leaving Wilson to rot on the bench. With our current PG tandem, this team will do nothing this year. May as well develop the youth and do point guard by committee until Sims arrives. Also, we could rotate Freeman into the low post for a few minutes per half for breathers and foul protection.

I differ from some of you guys: beyond the PG situation, what I see on our roster is a bunch of good players. We DO have talent, considerably more than last year imho. I liked a lot of what I saw in the first half last night.

[commonsense]

Bleedorange please tell me you are joking about saying we have more talent this year than last. Our whole starting line up from last year is nearly gone. Wright, Fitch, Reimold, Almanson. Wright is still on the team, but coming off a major injury. Lets start at the top, Reimold and Almanson started at the 4 and 5 for much of the year. They were All MAC, and #1 and #3 scorers in the league. Almanson lead the league in FG% and Reimold was 2nd, and know one else was close. We replace that with Lefeld and Marschall. Lefeld is shooting 36% percent from the floor on all layups and post moves. He has one blocked shot this season, and has 8 for his career. I believe our back up center Vandermeer had that in one game last season. Lefeld has managed one block while being in foul trouble every game. Marschall has looked good, but is not close to Reimold or Almanson, he too has fouled out almost every game. We have no defender. We havnt had one since we lost Fitch against Toledo. He guarded the other teams best player if it was a 2-4 and locked them up. We have no replacement for him, Dakich even said we had trouble guarding urbana. The only TALENTED player we gained is Semarco who is shooting 42% from the field (although a good 3pt % 45%), but again Reimold and Almanson who played as our posts both had better three point percentages than that, and they could score inside which semarco is too small to do.

In closing we replaced Almanson, Reimold, Vandermeer, Eyink with Lefeld and Marschall inside......We will be playing with Wright coming off of a broken foot and surgery, lost the teams best defender and didnt replace him, and with no real scoring threat inside (a freshman and a post man shooting 36%) our shooters will never get good looks like Semarco yesterday in the second half. Our talent level is so high a 5'8" freshman walk on has played in all the games (except last night out with mono) This comparison is almost as bad as when Lefeld after two years was compared to Matela after two years. (Thank you Metz).This year after 4 D1 games, we are 1-3. Last year 3-1. You must be kidding me.

[orangeandbrown]

I think that was the Oakland dance team, and if so, there's copious photos on their web site. Someone might be able to pick the young lady out. They all look alike to me.

[BleedOrange]

Bleedorange please tell me you are joking about saying we have more talent this year than last. Our whole starting line up from last year is nearly gone. Wright, Fitch, Reimold, Almanson. Wright is still on the team, but coming off a major injury. Lets start at the top, Reimold and Almanson started at the 4 and 5 for much of the year. They were All MAC, and #1 and #3 scorers in the league. Almanson lead the league in FG% and Reimold was 2nd, and know one else was close. We replace that with Lefeld and Marschall. Lefeld is shooting 36% percent from the floor on all layups and post moves. He has one blocked shot this season, and has 8 for his career. I believe our back up center Vandermeer had that in one game last season. Lefeld has managed one block while being in foul trouble every game. Marschall has looked good, but is not close to Reimold or Almanson, he too has fouled out almost every game. We have no defender. We havnt had one since we lost Fitch against Toledo. He guarded the other teams best player if it was a 2-4 and locked them up. We have no replacement for him, Dakich even said we had trouble guarding urbana. The only TALENTED player we gained is Semarco who is shooting 42% from the field (although a good 3pt % 45%), but again Reimold and Almanson who played as our posts both had better three point percentages than that, and they could score inside which semarco is too small to do.

In closing we replaced Almanson, Reimold, Vandermeer, Eyink with Lefeld and Marschall inside......We will be playing with Wright coming off of a broken foot and surgery, lost the teams best defender and didnt replace him, and with no real scoring threat inside (a freshman and a post man shooting 36%) our shooters will never get good looks like Semarco yesterday in the second half. Our talent level is so high a 5'8" freshman walk on has played in all the games (except last night out with mono) This comparison is almost as bad as when Lefeld after two years was compared to Matela after two years. (Thank you Metz).This year after 4 D1 games, we are 1-3. Last year 3-1. You must be kidding me.

Whew! Lotta words. Long paragraphs. Calm down an listen. You're not saying anything that isn't obvious to me or anyone else.

To clarify, player A may have more TALENT than player B, but player B may be a better BASKETBALL PLAYER. Reimold, for instance, had limited talent but was an excellent basketball player. Same with Josh. We have guys on our team with talent, BUT, are not yet good basketball players. McLeod had talent, but didn't become a good basketball player until later. Stacey had both. So did AD.

Talent is raw material. Being a good basketball player is a result of experience and refined skills. The more talent you have, the easier time you will have becoming a good player (thus, my respect for guys like JR). Any yes, we do have more "raw material" than last year. That means that this team has hope. It can improve and become reasonably competitive. Admitedly, we have some very serious challanges.

[San Diego Falcon]

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[commonsense]

I think you are confusing talent with possible upside. Talent is defined as "a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity." This years team ability is not there. Even if you are talking upside, can you really say that Lefeld had more than even Vandermeer last year. Lefeld and Marschall are slow non jumping guys, (I dont think either have dunks this year) Marschall is a good basketball player with a nice touch, but will never be an athlete. This is part of their foul problems, slow and can't jump. People have a habbit of hyping up the new class every year, but realize we have had only three guys on the all Freshman team in the last eight years. We brought in one talented guy and that is Semarco, Marschall is better than most freshman, and the rest are not stiffs, but would never see the court if it wasn't a rebuilding year. To make my argument easier to understand we will look at Tim Duncan and Stromile Swift (two NBA players) according to your theory Stromile Swift has more talent than Tim Duncan, because Tim Duncan has limits on his running and jumping, while Stromile Swift who is a physical speciman has none.

[Bleeding Orange]

Metz thinks BG will win 21 games this year. Falconboy and a lot of other people think he is full of sh!t.

I'm going with Metz. Period.

[TG1996]

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