Travis Discussion

**boozehound** · 02-16-2021, 07:36 PM

Originally Posted by xavierj

Yeah I like Odom, but my fear is that he can’t shoot and to be a real threat and great PG you have to keep the defense honest and knock down some shots. If he doesn’t develop a three point shot I can see teams just sitting in the lane on him. That’s why I would play Tandy now instead of him because at least if Tandy is in the game, the defense has to guard him out beyond the three point line. Dwon has really struggled the last three games.

I think Dwon is supposed to be a serviceable shooter, he just hasn’t had to force anything. I could be wrong about that though.. He has a pretty tight handle which we have missed for a long time. The problem with KyKy is that he doesn’t play much defense and immediately starts chucking up questionable 3’s within 10 seconds of seeing the floor.

xavierj · 02-16-2021, 07:43 PM

Originally Posted by boozehound

I think Dwon is supposed to be a serviceable shooter, he just hasn’t had to force anything. I could be wrong about that though.. He has a pretty tight handle which we have missed for a long time. The problem with KyKy is that he doesn’t play much defense and immediately starts chucking up questionable 3’s within 10 seconds of seeing the floor.

Dwon is not good from three. Form is really ugly. To be honest if he had a good stroke he probably wouldn’t be at Xavier because he has the other tools to be a great PG. As for Kyky you have to let him play through that stuff. Good coaches will do that. With a scorer, you take the good with the bad. I think the defensive stuff is a little over the top. It was fine early this year and late last year. Good enough last year that he had several games late on the year playing 25 to 30 minutes a game and was doing well for a freshman. I just wish one time Travis would let him go like he did early in the season and see what happens, especially when the team is struggling to score.

xuwillie · 02-16-2021, 08:07 PM

Steele the right guy or not I’m not sure. Just tired of watching crappy offensive sets for 2+ years now. I think regardless he needs to hire a better offensive coach.

bleedXblue · 02-16-2021, 09:16 PM

Originally Posted by xuwillie

Steele the right guy or not I’m not sure. Just tired of watching crappy offensive sets for 2+ years now. I think regardless he needs to hire a better offensive coach.

That was mentioned many, many times last year and the excuse was we didn't have enough shooters. Now we have shooters......so, now what?

OTRMUSKIE · 02-16-2021, 09:33 PM

Steele has coached undisciplined ball for 2.5 years. He is awful, He sucks, he has destroyed 35 years of winning all by himself. #tankforkelsey

Xuperman · 02-16-2021, 09:48 PM

Originally Posted by bleedXblue

That was mentioned many, many times last year and the excuse was we didn't have enough shooters. Now we have shooters......so, now what?

Originally Posted by OTRMUSKIE

Steele has coached undisciplined ball for 2.5 years. He is awful, He sucks, he has destroyed 35 years of winning all by himself. #tankforkelsey

This sh!t is ridiculous. Our starters were 6 of 30 from 3.....SIX OF THIRTY!

Their BENCH was 7 of 11.

Strange Brew · 02-16-2021, 11:23 PM

Originally Posted by OTRMUSKIE

Steele has coached undisciplined ball for 2.5 years. He is awful, He sucks, he has destroyed 35 years of winning all by himself. #tankforkelsey

Move on after this year or it could be a long climb back.

XUBison · 02-16-2021, 11:40 PM

Originally Posted by boozehound

I think Dwon is supposed to be a serviceable shooter, he just hasn’t had to force anything. I could be wrong about that though.. He has a pretty tight handle which we have missed for a long time. The problem with KyKy is that he doesn’t play much defense and immediately starts chucking up questionable 3’s within 10 seconds of seeing the floor.

And Z was supposed to be a New Jersey tough guy. I used to follow recruiting until I realized the recruiting rags were a total racket.

Drew · 02-16-2021, 11:45 PM

Legit giving the team a pass on this one. They had a ton of open looks, if they had been playing for the past month enough of those go in that we win against a good St. John's team. 11/38 from 3 only happens because of this COVID nonsense.