Hilltopper Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 After seeing tonites game it is imperative that we give our starters some rest. Now that we have a 1st round bye its time to concentrate on winning the MAC tourney. Mondays game is meaningless in the overall scope of things. The only way we get into the big dance is to win the MAC and we aren't going to do that with Dru and company out of gas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 After seeing tonites game it is imperative that we give our starters some rest. Now that we have a 1st round bye its time to concentrate on winning the MAC tourney. Mondays game is meaningless in the overall scope of things. The only way we get into the big dance is to win the MAC and we aren't going to do that with Dru and company out of gas. I agree. Lets build up some depth for the Tournament. Getting experience in a hostile environment is huge for the developement of the players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsbandman Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 Get the young guys in there. Rest for the tournament and the remaining MAC wars. The Duquesne game is absolutely meaningless. We'll get plenty of road practice at Buffalo and Can't. Lets try and steal that Can't game in the MACC. That would do wonders for our confidence going to the Q. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyZip Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 Get the young guys in there. Rest for the tournament and the remaining MAC wars. The Duquesne game is absolutely meaningless. We'll get plenty of road practice at Buffalo and Can't. Lets try and steal that Can't game in the MACC. That would do wonders for our confidence going to the Q. Coach D doesnt agree with this. He'll play the heck out of everyone. He wants to win. If you listened to the postgame today, "I wont coach any game not to win." that right there tells ya, zips will be all out monday (and i'll be there with mini-zippy in tow). And check this: as of now, rome leads the nation in points for the day.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/dailyLeaders?statDate=20070224 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsbandman Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 Get the young guys in there. Rest for the tournament and the remaining MAC wars. The Duquesne game is absolutely meaningless. We'll get plenty of road practice at Buffalo and Can't. Lets try and steal that Can't game in the MACC. That would do wonders for our confidence going to the Q.Coach D doesnt agree with this. He'll play the heck out of everyone. He wants to win. If you listened to the postgame today, "I wont coach any game not to win." that right there tells ya, zips will be all out monday (and i'll be there with mini-zippy in tow). And check this: as of now, rome leads the nation in points for the day.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/dailyLeaders?statDate=20070224 I know and that's what I'm afraid of. You need to have a winning philosophy, but maybe it has something to do with why we seem to always be a tad short in the blockbuster games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zip81 Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 After winning five in a row, Duke Downtown has lost five in a row, including a close one to St. Bonnie tonight.Looks like the Dukes don't have much to play for Monday night either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Zip Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 By the way -- who the hell scheduled this game? KD said it tonight that if they go through the tournament to the championship game they will have played 7 games in 14 days -- why the hell would you add OCC game late in the season. Doesn't this game just serve to distract from the task at hand? The bracketbuster is one thing, but Duquesne just for fun like you didn't think 6 games in 14 days was going to be enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgm405 Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 Some info on the Dukes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles_in_Charge Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 Piss poor scheduling. Would no be surprised to see three straight losses this week. Akron never plays well at Buffalo and Can't St will be sky high next weekend. Given our road history this is not setting up well, especially after last night's debacle with all of the starters playing so long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 Ya, I'm really questioning the scheduling too. The conference games were, by far, the most important.But since we can't change that, I think Dambrot may be thinking that this is a nice stretch to prepare them for tournament play. And remember, after the Sunday game against Can't, we won't play again until Thursday night. And these guys are young, they should be able to get enough rest in those 4 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZipAnalyst Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 You need to have a winning philosophy, but maybe it has something to do with why we seem to always be a tad short in the blockbuster games.When you can play your inexperienced players you need to. Akron has had a number of games that were over early but KD stayed with his main 7/8 players. This is a mistake. KD's philosophy that "you earn game court time in practice" is short sighted. This is KD's blind spot" that he needs to overcome.It will be self-fulfilling to have more bench depth for KD to play the substitutes whenever the opportunity arises. KD is a great coach but like all of us he has some things to learn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipfan 81 Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 If you look at the box score last night, he played 9 guys, actually 7 if you look at minutes, that is ridiculous, they need some rest..... that is KD for you though..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoopla Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 they need rest at the expense of a loss? makes no sense to me. I dont see the problem for him playing his main guys. to me the problem is rest during the week. i would suspect the zips will be fine with not as much 'practice' and more shooting days. this would help rest the legs of our 7-8 man rotation. we will be fine. i have a feeling KD knows what he is doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipfan 81 Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 No one said anything about a loss.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsbandman Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Dambrot is a competitor, and I love that in a coach, but at some point he has to think as a tactician, and think about what took us out of the tourney last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoopla Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 If you look at the box score last night, he played 9 guys, actually 7 if you look at minutes, that is ridiculous, they need some rest..... that is KD for you though.....well thats pretty much what you are saying here. we needed to play our best players yesterday. the rest shouldnt come at game time, but during the week between games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 If you look at the box score last night, he played 9 guys, actually 7 if you look at minutes, that is ridiculous, they need some rest..... that is KD for you though.....well thats pretty much what you are saying here. we needed to play our best players yesterday. the rest shouldnt come at game time, but during the week between games. I agree. We play to win on Monday. If we get the chance to give Conyers, McKnight and even Rybek some decent minutes, great. But, the MAC needs to win OOC games vs. A-10 competition. We can't afford to tank it for any reason. The top-7 play the lion's share of minutes unless it is well in-hand.A game like this has Goddard written all over it. Duquesne plays almost no defense. Goddard could fire at will on offense, and his defense wouldn't really hurt us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipgrad1990 Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 I also think we should play to win on Monday. However I hope KD can work in the bench more in this game than he has in previous games. Come tournament time KD should also make liberal use of the bench for the first round game and use the bench as much as possible in all the games. Three games in three nights is tough even for young college guys. I think the tournament is a lot about managing the bench in addition to how you play. If nothing else this week's slate of games will give KD a good opportunity to see how much of the bench he can work in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper Posted February 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 I'm not saying don't play the starters at all, just cut back on their minutes and don't overwork anyone. I still say this is a meaningless game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipfan 81 Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 I'm not saying don't play the starters at all, just cut back on their minutes and don't overwork anyone. I still say this is a meaningless game. exactly.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueandgold Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Since Linhart is out now we will see more bench players getting longer minutes. Now KD will have to use them more. I guess this is one way to get the bench out on the floor more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoopla Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 but that isnt the way you do that. you have to rest during your off days. by this point in the season you know what you need to do night in and night out. the great thing about this team is they can play many different styles of basketball. they know their plays, situations, other teams they will play. they need to rest between games, not during them. that wouldnt make sense to work hard in practice then rest during game time. all these guys need to keep up on is shooting. rest between games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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