Give Killings the Keys

[ZiggysFryBoy]

That is funny.  Thank you.  Now I can go to bed smiling.

I was serious.

[Shooter McGavin]

I was serious.

Even better!

[1SE]

I wonder if Joe Chapman is busy for the next few weeks?

[CountryRoads]

I wonder if Joe Chapman is busy for the next few weeks?

I'm much more excited for TBT than the rest of this season. Hope the guys can repeat. It was fun to watch!

[1SE]

I'm much more excited for TBT than the rest of this season. Hope the guys can repeat. It was fun to watch!

It will be the only MUBB worth watching until Wojo is gone

[Viper]

I'm much more excited for TBT than the rest of this season. Hope the guys can repeat. It was fun to watch!

[1SE]

Now? Or moral victory covering the spread?

[The Sultan]

Today's issue wasn't coaching.

[Daniel]

Today's issue wasn't coaching.

What about making the team stop shooting 3s and go to the hoop which was paying off?

[4everwarriors]

Today's issue wasn't coaching.

Figurin' tired legs got 'em again, hey?

[1SE]

Today's issue wasn't coaching.

This is the team he recruited and developed

[The Sultan]

What about making the team stop shooting 3s and go to the hoop which was paying off?

Many of the threes were wide open. Shooters gotta shoot sometimes.

Look I don't think Wojo is good. This game wasn't an example of that. Scorers were put in a position to score and couldn't.

[cheebs09]

What about making the team stop shooting 3s and go to the hoop which was paying off?

We don't really have the guys to drive to the basket.

This is how I expected our losses to be this year. Poor shooting and a few untimely mistakes based on some newer guys.

[BM1090]

On most days the coaching isn't good enough. On the rare occasion that it is, like today, the players aren't good enough.

[NolongerWarriors]

Today's issue wasn't coaching.

If coaching includes the recruiting of subpar players, then it's an issue.

[MU82]

Many of the threes were wide open. Shooters gotta shoot sometimes.

Look I don't think Wojo is good. This game wasn't an example of that. Scorers were put in a position to score and couldn't.

We had one stretch in which Garcia, Cain, Elliott and McEwen each missed an open 3. Greg's was on a very well-run play to get him wide open. It was painful to watch, but I agree that shooters gotta shoot.

[4everwarriors]

Who said they are shooters? Large part of coaching is developing a player's strength and then drawing up a game plan that brings out the best in each individual's game. Woj fails miserably in both areas, hey?

[MU82]

Who said they are shooters?

Big East statistics said it.

Percentages from 3 going into the game:

Cain - .423 (8th in Big East)

Garcia - .396 (11th in Big East)

McEwen - .368 (24th in Big East)

Elliott - .421 (would have been 9th in Big East if had enough attempts)

Combined going into the game: 99-249 (.398)

Sunday: 1-18 (.056)

The ball obviously wasn't going in. So we came out in the second half determined to pound the ball inside. Tried only four 3s in the first 10 minutes of the second half, two of which came on desperation tries at the shot clock.

Wojo needs to coach better; I'd have fired him weeks ago. But he can't make open 3s for guys who are shooting 40% from behind the arc.

[brewcity77]

Big East statistics said it.

Percentages from 3 going into the game:

Cain - .423 (8th in Big East)

Garcia - .396 (11th in Big East)

McEwen - .368 (24th in Big East)

Elliott - .421 (would have been 9th in Big East if had enough attempts)

Combined going into the game: 99-249 (.398)

Sunday: 1-18 (.056)

The ball obviously wasn't going in. So we came out in the second half determined to pound the ball inside. Tried only four 3s in the first 10 minutes of the second half, two of which came on desperation tries at the shot clock.

Wojo needs to coach better; I'd have fired him weeks ago. But he can't make open 3s for guys who are shooting 40% from behind the arc.

I'm starting to wonder how good Wojo is as opposed to his assistants. Our 3PFG% is the lowest of Wojo's tenure. We're ranked 9th in Big East play in team 3PFG%. Is that maybe due to Brett Nelson leaving, who was regarded as the shooting specialist?

Our ATO & BOOB plays are terrible, with more examples of just firing it from under the offensive hoop into the defensive backcourt yesterday. Is that maybe due to Stan Johnson leaving, who was often seen leading ATO situations in timeouts (while LMU is much improved in the same regard this year)?

With the promotion of Jake Presutti to assistant and Danny Mads to DOBO, who is even our film and advanced stats expert? The advanced stats always seemed to be a weak point, but promoting the guys who were supposed to be the experts in that regard and not replacing the film position seems like a significant head coaching error.

It feels like not just Markus, but the coaching staff as a whole covered deficiencies that Wojo had, and now that his best talent is leaving, he can't keep up.