Minutes played last night-

38- Taylor, Ryan
28- Willis
26- Mompremier
25- NDour
25- Laster
24- Campbell
23- Taylor, Stevie
7- Harley

I love Stevie to death but sometimes his decision making looks like he learned a little too much from Coop. Stevie was 1-7 for 7pts, 0 asst and 1 TO and Ryan wasn't any better at 2-9 for 4pts, 1 asst and 2 TO but it looks like Saul is clear on which guard he's going to go with if both are struggling. Stevie needs to focus on running the offense and letting the others find the points.

Teachable moments...lots of them.

I strongly agree with the 1st and last sentences!

I have to agree with you Monroe. This will be a work in progress as this group of kids and this new coach "learn" each other, and come together. Leadership, and how this leadership develops will be key to this team. I sense that Saul Ball will allow the players to make important decisions about how this team will evolve and grow, but if progress is not shown in critical areas like shot selection, "touches" for our bigs inside, and team defense, then we might see Saul become more demanding and tighter on the reigns to make sure that the ball is going where it needs to go, and the offense explores the opponents defense before we take too many "early" shots, or jack early 3's.
Coaching styles and methods to motivate their teams is intersting to observe, especially in a situation like ours with a new coach and staff! I have confidence that Coach knows what he is looking for, and he will recognize what he sees as this team takes shape. We are very early in the process, and patience is a good thing all around !

To all you guys who jumped on the Ryan Taylor band wagon after 1 game, what happened tonight?

As one of our most hated coaches would say after a game like this "THAT'S LIFE ON THE ROAD".

1 thing is for sure......after 2 games we have shown that we can't play 2 halves well. Saul has some work to do.



GO BOBCATS

Memory synapse triggered, borna: Dick Biondi from WLS in Chicago....the wild Itraliano

Not surprised. For some on this board, it only takes one bad half for them to completely quit on a team.

Someone else posted concerns about us looking small and thin compared to FGCUs athletes. Primarily, that's the freshmen, R. Taylor and M. Laster. I'm not worried about it. They both have the frames to add weight. High majors have the luxury of recruiting mostly finished products physically. Mid majors, on the other hand, sign guys with the proverbial "strong upside." Guys who aren't finished products physically as freshmen. I am confident that Taylor and Laster will develop, get bigger and stronger.

OK geezers, it's quiz time: What name did Dick Biondi use to refer to OU? He had a large following in Athens, as in the rest of the Midwest, and virtually any time someone from Athens called up, he'd say something like, "Oh, the home of _____ ." Hint: This made-up name had only one different word in it from the original name of The Ohio University. This was no doubt total coincidence, since I'm sure Biondi didn't have any knowledge of Ohio University history.