Halftime Notes: Marquette 34, Seton Hall 26
by GonzoBallSHU on Feb 28, 2010 1:07 PM EST
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-After missing a fadeaway 3PT attempt from the wing, Gonzo met Stix in the middle of the floor and gave him an earful from the court to halfway down the tunnel. There was no visible reaction from Stix who just kept walking straight ahead. Herb Pope actually had to step in and put his hand up in an attempt to get Bobby to give up the verbal assault.
-Bobby was unquestionably upset with Stix for hurting the team with his bad shot attempt, however, he should look at how he's hurt his own players. First, he refused to make an adjustment into a 3-2 zone after MU started the game 5-of-5 from 3PT distance. Hayward was left wide open for at least 3 of his 4 makes from 3PT range. Making matters worse, Bobby always seems to choose the worst part of a game to pick up his once-a-game technical. After trailing by 10 and 8 points for a 7 minute stretch late in the first half, the Pirates finally pulled within 5 on a JT 3PT shot. After MU hit a pair of FTs, Bobby gave the zebra an earful, picking up a costly technical. Instead of cutting the lead back to 4-or-5 points, Bobby decided to give MU a free point as Hayward made 1-of-2 freebies.
-Let me get this correct, Jeremy Hazell was too injured to start the game with a bad back, but once the Pirates fell behind 9-2, he came off the bench just 2:20 into the game. Not sure I'm buying that.
-JRob leads the Pirates with 11PTS/3REB on 5-of-7 shooting, luckily, he has not attempted a 3PT attempt yet.
-Hazell and his new found sore back are 0-of-4 from the floor, while he added 3AST/BLK/TO.
-If it weren't for Hayward putting on a 3PT shooting clinic, while the Pirates refused to defend the perimeter, Seton Hall would be right in this game. Instead, they're down by 8 with 20 minutes remaining for them to step it up and save their season. In the pre-game I mentioned I'd have no problems if they put forth their best effort and the outcome didn't go out way. The first 20 minutes have been anything but their best effort. They've looked lost defensively for much of the first half, allowing the Golden Eagles to shoot 48% from the floor. Will they make stops in the second half? Their season is depending on it.
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Another Close Loss!
Once again we lose a close one why? DEFENSE! Herb Pope disappointed me even more than when I went to the WVU game, he looked lost at times and ten times slower than Butler and Hayward. Speaking of Hayward there is no way he should have been able to camp at the arch like that we should have zoned up and look for leaks like we always do. Hazell is inexcusable too, granted he had a back injury he looked like he really didnt want to be in the game. This loss Is a huge setback as far as getting a bye in the BE tournament, lets just hope we get some help from Notre Dame and UConn…Hall!
Why aren't you buyin it?
When I got to my seat, I saw Hazell was not warming up. I caught Dennis Kazimir’s attention and asked him what was up? He said Jeremy jammed his back in warm-ups and they were looking at it but that it did not look good.
What aren’t you buying? Do you think they stage that kind of thing?
What I'm not buying is I think it's very strange that he wasn't healthy enough to start
… but he’s healthy enough to come off the bench with 17:40 left on the clock. Clearly he felt well enough to play, why didn’t he start? Was the extra 2 minutes of bench time going to do wonders in helping his back? I don’t think so. Was he kept out of the starting lineup for reasons other than a hurt back? I don’t know.
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by GonzoBallSHU on Feb 28, 2010 11:42 PM EST up reply actions
Your Fishing
Not looking to argue, but I think you are fishing for something that is not there. Watch the game again. He was wincing the entire time. His early shots were horrible.
When he came out before the tipoff he was in his warmup pants and jacket walking very gingerly.
A more likely expanation is that Gonzo figured he sit him and see how the team does. Assuming it was spasms, you try to see if it settles down. When we went down 10 fast, Gonzo probably said, screw it and told him to go in a see what happens. When he went in, he was not loose. I think he scored 0 points the entire first half (maybe a couple?)
To propose that they did not start him for some other reason has no foundation. We have enough drama with this team already. Nonethless, you seem to a last word kind of person and so I expect you will post a counter to this. I will save you the trouble. You are (always) right. Hey, its your BLOG; what the hell do I know… I only sat 2 feet from the court and watched the guy the whole game.
I never proposed anything.
I said, “not sure I’m buying that,” in regards to Hazell being too injured to start, but able to come off the bench, 2 minutes into the game. What am I fishing for? It’s a hypothetical question for people to think about. Maybe Gonzo thought Stix’ defense would have been an upgrade over Hazell’s to start the game? Maybe you’re theory that BG planned on resting Hazell until they fell in a hole was correct too.
Again, I responded to your previous question, restating, “I don’t know.” I never once proposed that they didn’t start him for some other reason, I simply stated a hypothetical question and commented that I wasn’t sure that I bought into the reasoning. I’m still not sure that I do. If someone is too injured to start a game due to back spasms that came on right before tip-off, it’s rare that they can enter the game just 2 minutes later. If that was the game plan all along, just start him or try to get him in the game in the 2nd half.
Go back and read my comments, I’m not trying to drum up drama. If you don’t agree with me, that’s fine, I encourage the discussion, but to insinuate I’m trying to stir up drama is inacurrate. The site is an opinion based fan blog, obviously opinions will differ.
Also, I never once implied that he wasn’t truly injured as you insinuated in your last comment. In fact, in the post game I wrote, “clearly bothered by the new mysterious back injury.” It was truly a great performance, by a banged up Hazell who did everything he could to extend the Pirates season.
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[gahn-zo-bawl]
-noun 1. a game played by 13 members of a basketball team, five at a time, sometimes crisp, often sloppy, but always furiously.
by GonzoBallSHU on Mar 1, 2010 3:57 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
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