crd012
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Age: 35
Reg: 12-02-12
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03-17-17 08:36 AM - Post#227440
In response to Bison54
Its not fair to put this on Zach. The matchup was difficult, and this is not a PL team we were playing. Just maybe, the fact that we used our other bigs much less contributed (Nate S, Bruce); and maybe some more help on defense would have made a difference. Maybe not. Zach seemed to be handling the ball more in the press than the 3 was, and that spot could have been used more.
Offensive rebounds were the real killer here, some of which is luck and some of which was the simple size advantage.
And some was fatigue. More minutes played by the starters than usual, and I thought that showed late in the game. (Someone said Zach wasn't 100% with a cold). In many of our games lately we had second half surges against teams that used less bench (think Lehigh). That was reversed last night.
I'm not trying to put it all on Zach...the difference in the game for me was in two places. One was the 6-0 run in the last minute of the first half that made the lead 9 instead of 3 and us getting killed on the boards. But I was disappointed in Zach because out of all the starters he didn't play up to his potential or what he was capable of. He had a bad game, he wasn't the reason we lost but it left something to be desired. I hope it motivates him for next year and burns a fire within him.
In regards to the bench I thought that we should have played Moore more. His size and athleticism would have helped on the defensive side and rebounding alone...something we really needed. Inwas surprised how much Nate Jones played, considering how little of an impact he seemed to have.
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