SOTG

[brewcity77]

Willie...he was rotating off of his guy to double the post.  That is why he gave up open looks...that is what Buzz wanted him to do.

+1

Sadly, Buycks still hasn't mastered the art of being in two places at once, so he had to stick with his defensive assignment that included occasional double-teams that left his man open. My hope is that he'll have that two places thing down by the Syracuse game...we'll need it.

[TJ]

Willie...he was rotating off of his guy to double the post.  That is why he gave up open looks...that is what Buzz wanted him to do.

Agreed, and I'm glad that Buzz figured out by half time that our defenders down low could hold their own against their post players and we didn't have to double and give up open looks in the second half.

[Henry Sugar]

The first thing many coaches do is tell a player to look to score first and foremost.  IOW, there really isn't such thing as a bad shot if it goes in.

My issue with bad shots that go in is that they lead to more bad shots.  It's positive reinforcement on a bad habit.

But yeah, you could literally see the smoke wafting off of Buycks' hand last night.  Ride it while you've got it.

[RawdogDX]

I want to call out "nomorebuycks" like Omar Little called out Marlo Stanfield in "The Wire" right now.

He put my name in the streets?  My Name is MY NAME!

[RawdogDX]

My issue with bad shots that go in is that they lead to more bad shots.  It's positive reinforcement on a bad habit.

But yeah, you could literally see the smoke wafting off of Buycks' hand last night.  Ride it while you've got it.

Ugh, pet peeve. 

[Badgerhater]

MU will win alot of games when Jimmy Butler scores the quietest 15 points ever.

[Henry Sugar]

Ugh, pet peeve. 

That's the beauty of HD.  Did you not see the smoke?  I saw it.

[willie warrior]

The first thing many coaches do is tell a player to look to score first and foremost.  IOW, there really isn't such thing as a bad shot if it goes in.


Willie...he was rotating off of his guy to double the post.  That is why he gave up open looks...that is what Buzz wanted him to do.

I am fine with that if that is what the coach is telling him to do. The same must go for Cadougan when he is in there. From what I have seen the last several games, Cadougan has done well with his D. So Buycks is a better scorer, and is getting more minutes. That is the way it should be.
One observation: In the Pitt game we made a good run for about 5 minutes when Buycks, DJO and Cadougan were all on the floor. That may be something that can work again at the right time in the future.

[warthog-driver]

Buycks may have been on last night, but there were three shots after which I looked at my wife and said, "a bad shot that goes in is still a bad shot".

The great measure results.

[GGGG]

I am fine with that if that is what the coach is telling him to do. The same must go for Cadougan when he is in there. From what I have seen the last several games, Cadougan has done well with his D. So Buycks is a better scorer, and is getting more minutes. That is the way it should be.
One observation: In the Pitt game we made a good run for about 5 minutes when Buycks, DJO and Cadougan were all on the floor. That may be something that can work again at the right time in the future.

I agree.  I think Junior has been better defensively and in a year will be a solid point for us.  Hopefully he will be able to score a little more too.

[Badgerhater]

Caddy goes out and helps the team by doing what he does best and not trying to force things.  As he grows in his role so will his contributions.  Jimmy Butler was pretty quiet and fairly lost until about halfway through his first BE season.  Through that time, he did what was asked and no more.  Eventually, it all clicked and he is the efficient stat stuffer that he is today.  I think Cadougan's junior and senior years at MU will be very good.

[Henry Sugar]

The great measure results and understand how those results are achieved.

fixed - a bad shot that goes in is still a bad shot

[MerrittsMustache]

fixed - a bad shot that goes in is still a bad shot

Have you ever seen a player pulled from a game for making too many bad shots?

[PaintTouches]

fixed - a bad shot that goes in is still a bad shot

Unless you're Dwyane Wade "There's no such thing as a bad shot if you hit it."
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