[NU Sports] Cats fail again

[Beamsley, Jeff]

Yup.
 
Because of what Shurna is asked to do, this is a 40 minute team.
 
I've wondered from time to time why Carmody doesn't sit Shurna at the end of those big runs that the Cats generally have during the first half or during those times when he seems to be struggling with his shot.
 
A couple of games ago when Shurna wasn't playing well in part because he was being guarded so well, Carmody sat him and the Cats went on a nice little run.  I think that was because the other team didn't know who to guard.  I also think our guys were able to run the offense better when they weren't forcing the ball into the hands of a guy who was covered.
 
Bottom line, though, is that guys like Curletti have to step up in situations like that and play within themselves and within the context of the offense.  I think that's why he in particular is on a short leash.
 
Agree with you that when the offense is running well, you wonder why they can't sustain this for 40 minutes.  Perhaps the defense gets better with experience.  Perhaps our guys get impatient and take bad shots, or become tentative and don't take the shots they should.  Or maybe they just get tired.  
 
I don't know, but at this point I'm just grateful that we get to see some of their good play on display for a national audience.
 
Jeff
 

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From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com on behalf of Tom Maycock
Sent: Wed 3/14/2012 10:19 AM
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Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Cats fail again



The guys on the BTN show that night (Tim Doyle and whoever the host is) mentioned that it was a good thing it didn't go into OT because they both thought Shurna was completely gassed. I hadn't really noticed that myself, but I don't doubt it given the minutes he played and the amount of time he had to spend defending their big guy. 

Too bad Curletti did so poorly, as it would have helped everyone if he had played well enough to earn more PT (or too bad Carmody has that ever-present short leash, depending on how you look at it). 

As disappointing as the second half was, we shouldn't let it overshadow just how brilliant the Cats were on offense in the first half. Between Crawford, Cobb, Sobo's pass to Hearn, and Shurna's 3-point shooting, that was quite a highlight reel.

Tom
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