UTC @ Furman (Feb. 15)(Championship Push)

[Roundball]

Disappointed in the crowd last night. A lot of empty seats, especially in the second half. I don’t get it. What does it take to get Furman folks excited about this team?

[The Jackal]

We essentially have 7 starters. They are all sharing the minutes.

While I would love to see Pugh more, I trust the coaches to do the right thing. As I said elsewhere teams now know Pugh is a shooter and he won’t get the looks he got at Auburn—or at least not as easily. Kenney by contrast seems more comfortable overall while in the court. Just 5-8 minutes a game helps.

You honestly think Kenney seems comfortable on the court? That is not what I see. The fact that teams may be aware that Pugh is a shooter does not mean that we cannot create shot opportunities for him with screens and corner throw outs from drivers. Lets see if he has a hot hand while he is eating those 5 minutes. We sure could have used some made 3 pointers last night. We shot 17% on 3 of 18 and that is what kept Chattanooga in the game. I cannot conceive of FU beating ETSU, Wofford or UNCG with a repeat of that statistic.
However, you are entitled to your opinion.

Thanks for letting me have an opinion!

Notice I said “more comfortable.” More than others. By comparison. He is not ready for prime time and neither is Pugh. But it’s clear to me that the players who perform better in practice earn the right to play. And right now that’s Kenney and not Pugh.

Here's the point in our broadcast where I remind the masses that Furman is currently being led by perhaps our most successful head coach ever.

If he likes Kenney over Pugh off the bench, I'm sure there's a reason.

[apaladin]

I looked up JP's stats. Didn't realize he has not scored since the N.Greenville game. He has only played 41 minutes since then and is 0-8. I agree with CharlieFU, niether Pugh or Kenney are ready(yet).

[apaladin]

Disappointed in the crowd last night. A lot of empty seats, especially in the second half. I don’t get it. What does it take to get Furman folks excited about this team?

Attendance was 2,430 which is near capacity but I was most disappointed that the student section was not completely full.

[Jasper]

We essentially have 7 starters. They are all sharing the minutes.

While I would love to see Pugh more, I trust the coaches to do the right thing. As I said elsewhere teams now know Pugh is a shooter and he won’t get the looks he got at Auburn—or at least not as easily. Kenney by contrast seems more comfortable overall while in the court. Just 5-8 minutes a game helps.

You honestly think Kenney seems comfortable on the court? That is not what I see. The fact that teams may be aware that Pugh is a shooter does not mean that we cannot create shot opportunities for him with screens and corner throw outs from drivers. Lets see if he has a hot hand while he is eating those 5 minutes. We sure could have used some made 3 pointers last night. We shot 17% on 3 of 18 and that is what kept Chattanooga in the game. I cannot conceive of FU beating ETSU, Wofford or UNCG with a repeat of that statistic.
However, you are entitled to your opinion.

Thanks for letting me have an opinion!

Notice I said “more comfortable.” More than others. By comparison. He is not ready for prime time and neither is Pugh. But it’s clear to me that the players who perform better in practice earn the right to play. And right now that’s Kenney and not Pugh.

Here's the point in our broadcast where I remind the masses that Furman is currently being led by perhaps our most successful head coach ever.

If he likes Kenney over Pugh off the bench, I'm sure there's a reason.

I forgot where I was there for a minute. Mea culpa, I have blasphemed by having the audacity to question your leader’s infallible judgement as to who is the correct 8th man on the team. And even worse to question the opinion of his loyal followers. I will leave you to your fawning bliss

[apaladin]

Hunter, Mounce and Lyons scored 113 points in the 2 previous games. Saturday they combined for 13. Hard to believe we won in that situation but thankfully the others stepped up. Hunter only took one shot, Mounce 5 and Lyons 7. Obviously it was UTC's gameplan to limit possessions and they did a good job of doing just and keeping the score loe. They really milked the shot clock on about every possession and had 4 or 5 shot clock violations.

[MNORM]

We essentially have 7 starters. They are all sharing the minutes.

While I would love to see Pugh more, I trust the coaches to do the right thing. As I said elsewhere teams now know Pugh is a shooter and he won’t get the looks he got at Auburn—or at least not as easily. Kenney by contrast seems more comfortable overall while in the court. Just 5-8 minutes a game helps.

You honestly think Kenney seems comfortable on the court? That is not what I see. The fact that teams may be aware that Pugh is a shooter does not mean that we cannot create shot opportunities for him with screens and corner throw outs from drivers. Lets see if he has a hot hand while he is eating those 5 minutes. We sure could have used some made 3 pointers last night. We shot 17% on 3 of 18 and that is what kept Chattanooga in the game. I cannot conceive of FU beating ETSU, Wofford or UNCG with a repeat of that statistic.
However, you are entitled to your opinion.

Thanks for letting me have an opinion!

Notice I said “more comfortable.” More than others. By comparison. He is not ready for prime time and neither is Pugh. But it’s clear to me that the players who perform better in practice earn the right to play. And right now that’s Kenney and not Pugh.

Until Pugh can play defense like Kenney he'll remain out of the rotation...doesn't matter how good of an outside shot he has.