2024-25 Post Mortem and Looking Ahead to 2025-26

[Blue & Gold]

As well as a testament to the quality of Zips football.

[Illini Zip]

On 3/29/2025 at 5:42 PM, kreed5120 said:

 

He only has 31 attempts in total so I'm not sure what point you're trying to illustrate. 12 attempts would make up a large chunk of those 31. I also wouldn't want him taking much more than that anyway. Maybe 20 for the season. 30% on 54 attempts is abysmal. I wouldn't want an Akron player shooting that many if he's shooting it at those percentages. I imagine you wouldn't either. Generally you want to be around ~34%+ if you're going to shoot them at any volume.

 

Half an attempt a game is fine for Mahaffey. Mainly just shoot them when he's left wide open in the corner. Like I said it's not about trying to get him to get 3-4 looks a game. It's about showing the defense he's willing to shoot them and can make them. You have to keep the defense honest otherwise they will cheat and have 5 defenders guarding your 4 offensive players.

I cringe as I type this because we already beat this horse to death and we are in agreement. But here’s a possible scenario if Evan struggles to shoot and Amani regains his confidence. Evan plays with Amani, Evan at the wing defensively and Amani at the 5. Offensively they switch, Amani on the perimeter and Evan at the 5. I just wouldn’t suggest playing Evan and Okonkwo together under those circumstances. 

[zipinnc]

What are the  qualifications to start a game thread?

[clarkwgriswold]

1 hour ago, zipinnc said:

What are the  qualifications to start a game thread?

Absolutely none.  I am proof.