Not really sure what Haarms gives us right now either. EB is by far the best 5 on this team. From what I’ve seen the last few games, not sure why TW is not playing more. He looked better than MH when he was in.
Agreed. The Nojel Eastern PG experiment has failed. There is absolutely no way you can dribble it off your foot without a defender within 5 feet of you.
Nah. First time in a long time man. It’s not my style but this was so egregious I had to vent.
Agree they are better with jelly on the floor but I’m agreeing with those who are saying not as a point guard. As I think about it right now I agree with those who say the best 5 are CE, Cline, jelly, ebo, Sasha.
Are you saying nojel playing the PG not working really. He controlled the game yes the ball went of his foot but surely u don’t think he’s the reason Purdue lost when others had t/o too. The offense as I’ve said a thousand times has to be spread out more. I would agree nojel my has to start being more aggressive on the offensive end but also there are not many plays ram for him either.
Gross effort did nothing positive look at his stats. 4 t/o so did others shut down Mann collected 5 rebounds besides not scoring the ball more he was instrumental in that comeback to take the lead but u wanna criticize his efforts. His shoes was slippery he changed them that definitely helped him not turning it over. The t/o late in game hurted but not reason we lost. He did a lot of things well but to say he gave no effort what game were u watching.
True, there were others with high turnovers. Those same players were our only scoring options, and almost single handedly got us back in the game. Having high turnovers along with not contributing on offense is not a great thing.
The higher the offensive output the more acceptable it is to look the other way regarding turnovers - I get that. Sort of like a quarterback that has two interceptions but throws 5 touchdown passses and throws for 300 yards. You can kind of forgive the interceptions especially if they didn't cost you the game. I would also say though that this is just one game of the sample and I don't think is representative of our potential. We almost pulled off the mini-upset despite a first half in which no one seemed to play their best.
Sasha is coming along nicely, but there had to be serious concern wtih Tre getting up and down teh court with FSU...I just think the rebounding was sooooooo bad that they gave him a try. probably shocked Tre getting in that early
Bumping this thread and post so everyone can read it. Well said.
Haarms needs to come off the bench next game....not even close to living up to potential this year.......not seeing any improvement from last year!
it's easy to say this now. then we end up in the 8/9 game with the duke 1 seed...because our entire team and staff can't get us a bucket in 3 minutes. This wasn't like ArLR where they just hit prayer after prayer. This was purdue losing the game, not fsu being amazing. It's unacceptable.
I would be much more concerned with the 10 turnovers in the first half than Carsen missing a couple of freebies late in the game on the road. I doubt he does that ever again. The team played horrible the first half and made costly mistakes late, yet we lost by one on the road to the #15 team in the country...in November. Try to keep things in perspective and you might save yourself some heartache.
I'm in perspective. These 10 games (including fsu) are the meat of the season. It's just how our schedule worked out.
It went further than that. 1 mark in the last 11 possessions. 5 blanks on 3’s, 2 blanks from the line, 5 TO’s.
I would agree, NE usually plays great D, but that last possession by FSU was not good. He basically backed away from the shooter & gave him an open jumper. I know he thought he was pushed & maybe tried to draw the charge, but you have to realize the last 10 seconds of a game, the refs are usually going to swallow the whistle.
If it wasn't a pattern of blowing leads late with CMP teams, I would give that thought some consideration... but we've all seen this play out to many times.
I think you are responding emotionally (I don't blame you). I think if you look at our win-lose numbers in close games, you will find we win more often than lose.
Like I said, there is a pattern of blowing games. He hasn't figured out how to correct it, which is why we struggle in March.
