[NU Sports] Michigan game..

[Roy Lamberton]

I suspect that Mr. Hardy may be filling that bill in terms of the Chicago area,
and the other two assistants found many of the kids who are contributing.

When Vince Scott, our current big man came in, we all knew he was a "project."
His development was probably set back by the arrival of Michael Thompson, and
the loss of minutes. Without a healthy Tolic to push him, Scott never had a
chance to develop and now is catching up out on the court.

The Cats have never rebounded well under BC, on the offensive end, the motion
style offense means our guards sometimes wind up inside and they get out
rebounded by 7 foot centers playing D in the crease. Scott as center normally
sets up around the foul line to feed the ball back out on various plays.

When our O is clicking the way it did against Utah, it is exciting, and fun to
watch. When its not like at PSU it is not fun to watch.

Those who remember games by KON probably will also remember that those were not
very much fun to watch either, even though we ran up and down he floor.

Anyway, as far down at NU was in roundball, it would take a long time to improve
in the Big 10 and you would have to figure on setbacks.

At least I did.

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of SjT 
> (Stephen J. Truog)
> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 4:16 PM
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Michigan game..
> 
> 
> > I love what Coach Carmody stands for.  I loved his
> > work at Princeton
> 
> Agreed completely.
> 
> > However, there are two things that I've come to
> > recognize...
> > 
> > 1. We will never, ever compete in the big ten with
> > this style of play.
> 
> I don't necessarily agree with that. Georgetown in the
> Big East and NC State in the ACC have proven that you
> can compete in the upper division of tough leagues
> using the "Princeton offense" and win. You may not win
> the league, but you can get in the upper half and in
> the NCAAs. Even Dick Bennett's slow style at Wisconsin
> won in the Big Ten and is winning in the Pac 10 now at
> Wazzu. We just need to recruit better.
> 
> > 2. The team is boring to watch.  The Penn State game
> > was unwatchable.  I
> 
> Again, I'll disagree. When executed poorly, I agree it
> is painful. But when you see the Princeton offense run
> well, it is a beautiful thing. Especially against the
> teams you'll see more of now with the early draftees -
> a collection of top-notch athletes who have not
> developed into a team, the frustration on their faces
> as five players working together consistently beat
> their superior athleticism is beautiful.
> 
> I dunno what the answer is for NU in terms of Carmody.
> He is obviously a class individual and you'd hate to
> start over again ... but we may need to press to hire
> an associate head coach who is a heck of a recruiter
> or something like that. Because when you have the
> talent, this offense CAN work well. And in the new age
> of college athletics where players are one-and-done,
> if you can keep a nucleus of good players together as
> seniors, it can really upset the balance of the way
> things traditionally have been.
> 
> GO CATS!!!
> -SjT
> 
> * * * * * * * * *
> STEPHEN J. TRUOG
> sjtruog at yahoo.com
> GO CATS!!!
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