Basketball Bruce
Freshman
Posts: 29
Age: 86
Reg: 01-22-17
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03-14-17 11:22 AM - Post#226934
In response to penn nation
I had to go back and look at the stats. Last year, in all combined games, Silpe shot .368% fg and .313% from the three. If you look at just Ivy League play, his percentages were .408 fg and .455 from the three, showing a marked improvement. Goodman's in conference percentages were .451 and .344. So, I'm not sure why, if people think Jake has no shot, why the same thing isn't being said about Devon.
Jake also led the team in steals and assists and averaged 2.6 rebounds per game, compared to Goodman's 1.6 per game.
I also don't believe that we should consider what we saw from Silpe this season with regard to shooting. For the most part, he played garbage minutes in a rotation of twelve. I'm sure he forced shots, believing that if he made them, he'd stay on the floor. He didn't have time to have the game come to him or to get in a flow. We could all see what a difference it made to cut the rotation to 7. Chemistry and flow develop. I believe it could have been almost any of the players out there as the seven and the results were bound to improve.
In addition, and what I don't think was mentioned here, is the intangibles that I have seen Silpe bring to his games. True on court leadership. Directing traffic. Looking his teammates in the eyes during huddles and willing them to win. He was a constant communicator on the court. I think the team needs that vocal, animated leader on the court.
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