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What game were you watching? Markus only played 7 minutes in the second half and only scored 8/44 points in the second half.
I really disliked the way we looked in the first half against Loyola. It really felt like at halftime Wojo talked about ball movement and we tried to involve everybody more in the second half.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
So you disliked a game plan that got a 44-15 point lead?
OK, I plead guilty to being one of the people who are concerned about the excessive scoring concentration from Markus. Look, I love the guy and what he means to Marquette. But, if we put all our marbles in the Markus bag, we're going to look like we did when Henry Ellenson was here.To address earlier commentors' concerns, I want Markus scoring but I'd like to see balance. OK, if the defense gives him 40 points a night, take it. But when we get to the Big 10 portion of our schedule -- Wisconsin and Purdue -- I'm truly hoping Sacar, Koby, Greg, Brendan and even Theo step up as significant contributors. That's the only way we will win.When Coach McGuire led us, our seniors were our stars and our scoring was balanced. We had strong scoring from our guards and forwards. At times, even our centers. We have to have that to win consistently.Hero ball is inconsistent with a Top 10 team!MAKE MARQUETTE FEARED AGAIN!!!!!
I had the pleasure of sitting in the nosebleed seats at the MSU Duke elite eight game last spring. Duke fans around me were mad at K for not working harder to get the ball to Zion. Spartan fans despaired when Cassius was out of the game and implored Izzo to put the ball in his hands and let him work. A significant portion of MU fans on this board want the ball taken out of Markus's hands as much as plausible. A cancer. Should have adapted his game to the departed.Why do fans of other schools want the ball in the hands of their best players whereas MU fans disparage their all time leading scorer, model citizen, reigning BEPOY, and preseason first team all American?Do Seton Hall fans want Powell to have the ball in his hands less?
I'll stick with my opinion on Gold. He'll be in foul trouble within the first eight minutes.
Hard disagree RE: looking like Ellenson's team. The defense and supporting cast is MUCH stronger than that team. Henry had to be the guy every game because everyone else, on O and D, were so much worse. That's just not the case with this team.
I want Markus to take every good open shot he has. I do not want Markus to force up bad shots. I can say that about every player on our team.
This post is a gross misrepresentation of opinions expressed on Scoop A significant portion want "the ball out of his hands as much as plausible"? Who, and what does that even mean? They think he's a "cancer"? One person's opinion, IIRC. Should have "adapted his game to the departed"? Said nobody.Markus is an elite scorer who can literally carry a team when he's hitting on all cylinders. But, contrary to your view, he's not infallible. So some fans think our team would have been better off if Markus had a usage % of 26.8 (Cassius Winston and Zion Williamson last year) or 30.9 (Myles Powell last year) instead of his off the charts 37.4%. That doesn't make them haters.
Lol. Condemns post for exaggerating. Also exaggerates by claiming author said Markus was “infallible.”Irony is just lost on some.
I don't recall anyone ever saying that Markus is "infallible". In the Loyola game thread though I did see: "This is abysmal", "Terrible shooting", "We are absolutely going to suck this year", and "were Dayton bound", all by different posters. This was a game where we never trailed, and our lead was never less than 20 after the first 10 minutes, and people were still complaining. Believe it or not, most teams don't play their best basketball in their opener. The number of TOs even considering the sample size is concerning, but when someone scores 38 points in 26 minutes, and we shoot above 60% from three as a team, I can certainly understand the frustration of some posters that others are already complaining.
In game threads are generally (even when we play really well) filled with frustrated rants. I avoid them - maybe you should too.
I'm usually too invested in the game to keep up with them, but I go back afterwards and give them a read.Just providing evidence to support the idea that no amount of success will cause the complaining to stop.
OK, but I think there's a big difference between in game frustrations and more dispassionate, after the fact honest conversation about our team's strengths and weaknesses.