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Alabama -2.5
- By PaBoiler78
- Boilermaker Men's Basketball
- 15 Replies
didn't like the way we handled the press vs Yale, throwing into the corner, careless inbounds pass, another careless pass that bounced off the back of a Yale player, BS dribbled into trouble the one time.To me...this year, past years and every year in the future starts with containing the dribble (not a problem personally for me yet). THAT alone leads to rotations which lead to poor position to defend and rebound. Containing the dribble starts with individual effort (naturally athleticism is huge) and help defense...which overused or improperly used, leads to open looks for the opposition as well as again bad position. Containing the dribble is always a HUGE concern.
Now I don't recall if Alabama presses, traps or just belly ups in man, but the athletic part of a fast game should be an advantage for Cam and Myles as well as most the team. It may lessen the impact at the 5 somewhat in a full court game whereas dribble containment in the half is crucial as well. IMO it appears that Purdue trying to be a bit more disruptive on D has also led to some expected out of position defenders which will probably always have the rebounding down a bit on D, but the offensive rebounding diminished by some hot shooting can still be better as well as the 50-50 balls. You would think that Purdue moving a bit more on O would shift the D enough to diminish the natural D position they hold and increase the offensive boards, but we have seen the long boards and 50-50 balls go to the opposition more than desired. Still, a lot of new players that are also very young and inexperienced in play
Lie #1 bites the Dust....
- By tjreese
- Free Board: General Discussion Forum
- 68 Replies
going back a bit farther back than the dems in the south a few decades ago-
"This explosive new book challenges many of the long-prevailing assumptions about blacks, about Jews, about Germans, about slavery, and about education. Plainly written, powerfully reasoned, and backed with a startling array of documented facts, Black Rednecks and White Liberals takes on not only the trendy intellectuals of our times but also such historic interpreters of American life as Alexis de Tocqueville and Frederick Law Olmsted. In a series of long essays, this book presents an in-depth look at key beliefs behind many mistaken and dangerous actions, policies, and trends. It presents eye-opening insights into the historical development of the ghetto culture that is today wrongly seen as a unique black identity--a culture cheered on toward self-destruction by white liberals who consider themselves "friends" of blacks. An essay titled "The Real History of Slavery" presents a jolting re-examination of that tragic institution and the narrow and distorted way it is too often seen today. The reasons for the venomous hatred of Jews, and of other groups like them in countries around the world, are explored in an essay that asks, "Are Jews Generic?" Misconceptions of German history in general, and of the Nazi era in particular, are also re-examined. So too are the inspiring achievements and painful tragedies of black education in the United States. "Black Rednecks and White Liberals" is the capstone of decades of outstanding research and writing on racial and cultural issues by Thomas Sowell."
Alabama -2.5
- By tjreese
- Boilermaker Men's Basketball
- 15 Replies
To me...this year, past years and every year in the future starts with containing the dribble (not a problem personally for me yet
). THAT alone leads to rotations which lead to poor position to defend and rebound. Containing the dribble starts with individual effort (naturally athleticism is huge) and help defense...which overused or improperly used, leads to open looks for the opposition as well as again bad position. Containing the dribble is always a HUGE concern.Now I don't recall if Alabama presses, traps or just belly ups in man, but the athletic part of a fast game should be an advantage for Cam and Myles as well as most the team. It may lessen the impact at the 5 somewhat in a full court game whereas dribble containment in the half is crucial as well. IMO it appears that Purdue trying to be a bit more disruptive on D has also led to some expected out of position defenders which will probably always have the rebounding down a bit on D, but the offensive rebounding diminished by some hot shooting can still be better as well as the 50-50 balls. You would think that Purdue moving a bit more on O would shift the D enough to diminish the natural D position they hold and increase the offensive boards, but we have seen the long boards and 50-50 balls go to the opposition more than desired. Still, a lot of new players that are also very young and inexperienced in play
