I don't get it!

thebigabd said:
Maybe they thought that Nick could hit some 3's because Baylor plays a zone all game?
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Maybe airball number 1, or 2 or perhaps could've tipped Capel off it wasn't Nick's night...
 
He played pretty poor last night and has most of this year. I also don't get why he is getting so many minutes.
 
JBaker said:
Nick Thompson made our team significantly worse every moment he was on the court tonight.
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This is the absolute truth. We prolly weren't going to win anyway but the majority of Baylor runs started with bad possessions, bad shots, or bad defense with NT. I knew he wasn't very good but last night he took it further than I ever imagined.
 
What I don't get is how people ignore the fact that getting killed on the boards has been our biggest weakness all season.

But last night we were winning the battle of the boards, as the announcers pointed out numerous times, against a bigger team until late in the game and Thompson was a big reason why.

What I don't get is how 1 game people cry about how we can't play with 4 guards in the Big XII and the next game the exact same people criticize the 6'9" guy who gave us the size to be within a bucket in the 2nd half of a game most of you predicted us to be losing by 50 points.

We are better with Thompson on the floor. Sure he made some mistakes and was out of control some but those things will go away with more minutes. And as he improves the team will improve.
 
nick has potential to be a good player but he isn't there yet. And imo the only reason nick was getting rebounds is because they bounced his way, not b/c he was boxing out a bigger guy or in position most of the time
 
bocabull said:
We are better with Thompson on the floor. Sure he made some mistakes and was out of control some but those things will go away with more minutes. And as he improves the team will improve.
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Im a sunshine guy but this couldn't be further from the truth. So, can you expand upon that and tell us how we were better last night with NT on the floor. Maybe Im missing the point.
 
bocabull said:
What I don't get is how people ignore the fact that getting killed on the boards has been our biggest weakness all season.

But last night we were winning the battle of the boards, as the announcers pointed out numerous times, against a bigger team until late in the game and Thompson was a big reason why.

What I don't get is how 1 game people cry about how we can't play with 4 guards in the Big XII and the next game the exact same people criticize the 6'9" guy who gave us the size to be within a bucket in the 2nd half of a game most of you predicted us to be losing by 50 points.

We are better with Thompson on the floor. Sure he made some mistakes and was out of control some but those things will go away with more minutes. And as he improves the team will improve.
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Is this coach capel talking? Lol

Nick is terrible...He had 5 or 6 boards simply because they came his way...the dude never box's out...I think atleast a couple of his boards came off free throws....I wish there was a stat that shows how many offensive rebounds a player gives up to the guy he is guarding.

How much more time does he need to develop!?
We are in conference play, the dude is not out of highschool he is a juco transfer...you get juco transfers because they are more mature and can come in and play right away....the dude isnt going to develop into anything and wont see the floor at all next year with the two additions downlow
 
It is no coincidence the two best games we played this season against Kentucky and Baylor were games that Nick played significant minutes and led us in rebounding.

He has the size and athleticism to help address our biggest weakness. I get it that his mistakes are glaring but what he brings makes up for them. This is a year of growing pains. His mistakes should decline as he plays more at this level and the game slows down for him.
 
I remember a comment I made in a post last season after we had been soundly beaten on the boards by a team that we really should have outrebounded. I said something to the effect that: “It seemed like every missed shot bounced straight to one of the opposing players.” Well, I was flamed unmercifully for making such a comment and told that teams win the battle of the boards simply because they want the reboounds more than their opponent.

Now, all of sudden, NT leads the team in rebounds because the ball bounces right to him? Go figure. :ez-laugh:
 
scrybe said:
I remember a comment I made in a post last season after we had been soundly beaten on the boards by a team that we really should have outrebounded. I said something to the effect that: “It seemed like every missed shot bounced straight to one of the opposing players.” Well, I was flamed unmercifully for making such a comment and told that teams win the battle of the boards simply because they want the reboounds more than their opponent.

Now, all of sudden, NT leads the team in rebounds because the ball bounces right to him? Go figure. :ez-laugh:
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You are absolutely right it bounced right for him....that also means baylor did a terrible job boxing him out on some of those rebounds....so baylor guys should be getting scolding for not boxing him out and letting those rebounds come to him...
 
scrybe said:
I remember a comment I made in a post last season after we had been soundly beaten on the boards by a team that we really should have outrebounded. I said something to the effect that: “It seemed like every missed shot bounced straight to one of the opposing players.” Well, I was flamed unmercifully for making such a comment and told that teams win the battle of the boards simply because they want the reboounds more than their opponent.

Now, all of sudden, NT leads the team in rebounds because the ball bounces right to him? Go figure. :ez-laugh:
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The comment that he only got rebounds because they bounced to him was a moronic comment. I agree with you here. That's 2 things we agree on in the last week. :woot
 
Big Old Booger said:
The comment that he only got rebounds because they bounced to him was a moronic comment. I agree with you here. That's 2 things we agree on in the last week. :woot
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I shouldn't have put the only in there and later I said most of the time. Besides that its a true statement.
 
Big Old Booger said:
The comment that he only got rebounds because they bounced to him was a moronic comment. I agree with you here. That's 2 things we agree on in the last week. :woot
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Is this a trend, booger? Or just the biggest coincidence in the history of the world? :ez-laugh:
 
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