Kenny Hall...

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#26
DevilVols said:
you sir are an idiot......thanx for posting
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You sir are a genuis I guess... Can u please enlighten me on why K Hall needs less than 15 min a game and why u would let SPearl take minutes away from Chism?? If u can make me understand that then maybe I can be as smart as u... My only gripe w/ CBP is I don't see how SP needs to steal min from KHall & Chism..
 
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papatomany said:
Without Woolridge we don't beat Kansas.
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exactly.... some of these players aren't the most talented, but without every last one of them we aren't where we are as a team right now.... so to say that so and so can't play any defense, or i'd rather have a garbage can in the lane than so and so is just rediculous... lay off the kids and realize they are all important to our success
 
#31
#31
Vols033 said:
Pearl plays better defense than anyone on our bench, period. Anyone who calls me an idiot should look in the mirror because they have never played organized basketball in their life.
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This is so true. people who don't know basketball want to look at the points or rebounds and think that's all there is to the game.
Don't get me wrong--I like Kenny Hall a lot and I think he is going to really be good, but he doesn't have Steve Pearl's strenghth or savvy yet. Pearl is usually in the right place, holds his own with the pushing and shoving that goes on down low, and he takes charges when possible. He's never going to be a big scorer but he understands his role.
 
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#33
braths said:
You obviously haven't watched any of those other guys on our bench play if you think that they have played better defense than Steve Pearl at this point.
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No, the other bench guys are no better that Pearl on defense, but they're also no worse. What Pearl does well is body up one on one in the post. (Unfortunately, he doesn't box out and get the rebound after that.) What he does very poorly is rotation in the zone, and weak side help (both man and zone). Kenny Hall also bodies up pretty well and does much better at weak side help. He might even block a shot from the weak side. He boxes out well and rebounds extremely well. What he does wrong is occasional cluelessness (goofy fouls, etc); but these lapses have gotten fewer and farther between. In addition, he might even score, or get an amazing put back dunk on top of somebody (as he did in the MS game). The upside is immensely more than Steven.

side note: just for the record: I don't agree with any of the "so and so sucks" posts. I'd take any one of these guys in a pick up game. But... there are some players who are simply overmatched at this level. Some players when given a lot of encouragement build confidence and become less of a liability (note that I say LESS). McBee for example, isn't one of these. Steven is. But the encouragement includes not being yanked out for a single bone-headed play. Let's take two bone-headed plays from our most recent game as example. One player hands the ball in to his teammate, which every sixth grader knows is a no-no. Does the coach blow up? No. Good. Don't crush the kids confidence for one bone-headed play. Another player (after making a nice post move for a bucket; playing solid position defense; boxing out well) makes a move, leaps into the air, looks to pass and seeing no one to pass to comes back down with the ball rather than toss it arbitrarily out onto the court. A bone-headed play? Why, yes! Does the coach blow up? Why, yes! It's an impossible situation for kid 2. No one, but no one, thrives under that. If kid 2 gets the encouragement of kid 1, whom he could destroy on the court in normal circumstances, he becomes a much, much more valuable player than kid 1, and it MAKES THE TEAM BETTER.
 
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#34
papatomany said:
No, the other bench guys are no better that Pearl on defense, but they're also no worse. What Pearl does well is body up one on one in the post. (Unfortunately, he doesn't box out and get the rebound after that.) What he does very poorly is rotation in the zone, and weak side help (both man and zone). Kenny Hall also bodies up pretty well and does much better at weak side help. He might even block a shot from the weak side. He boxes out well and rebounds extremely well. What he does wrong is occasional cluelessness (goofy fouls, etc); but these lapses have gotten fewer and farther between. In addition, he might even score, or get an amazing put back dunk on top of somebody (as he did in the MS game). The upside is immensely more than Steven.

side note: just for the record: I don't agree with any of the "so and so sucks" posts. I'd take any one of these guys in a pick up game. But... there are some players who are simply overmatched at this level. Some players when given a lot of encouragement build confidence and become less of a liability (note that I say LESS). McBee for example, isn't one of these. Steven is. But the encouragement includes not being yanked out for a single bone-headed play. Let's take two bone-headed plays from our most recent game as example. One player hands the ball in to his teammate, which every sixth grader knows is a no-no. Does the coach blow up? No. Good. Don't crush the kids confidence for one bone-headed play. Another player (after making a nice post move for a bucket; playing solid position defense; boxing out well) makes a move, leaps into the air, looks to pass and seeing no one to pass to comes back down with the ball rather than toss it arbitrarily out onto the court. A bone-headed play? Why, yes! Does the coach blow up? Why, yes! It's an impossible situation for kid 2. No one, but no one, thrives under that. If kid 2 gets the encouragement of kid 1, whom he could destroy on the court in normal circumstances, he becomes a much, much more valuable player than kid 1, and it MAKES THE TEAM BETTER.
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kid 2 needs to grow a pair and quit worrying about being babied
 
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