At some point in the second half, we come up with a steal and kick it to Sheldon for a pull up three at the top of the key. The camera angle was perfect to notice that he jumps like a yard forward on his shot and predictably he missed long. I'd be reallocating many of his minutes to AJB to Elliot at this point.

There's a clear mismatch in our capabilities and our personnel. If we're not going to be an elite jump shooting team or a pesky defensive team, then a constant lineup of four guys 6'4" or shorter is going to be a problem. We have 10 healthy scholarship players who were here for summer workouts and only two of them, a 6'7" "shooter" and a 6'10" ath-a-lete are not seeing the floor.

I think the Hadaway injury has revealed a lot about the rest of the roster.

Good valid points by all.

This next portal shopping season will really tell the tale of the Boals regime. If he can bring in a couple of big/physical/athletic guys (and that is NOT too much to expect) then there is hope. If not....



**(If you have seen Kuany uptown or at the grocery store, you know he is closer to 6-6 than whatever they list him as. Thus, his un-redshirting should not be construed as "adding a big")

Our reporting of heights is so funny. There is no way Hadaway, Clayton, and Evans can each be 6'8''

I feel like Sheldon very rarely takes a shot where he is open, shoulders squared, and feet set. Almost everything he throws up is him fading in some direction. I tend to agree that if he isn't hitting shots, he become a big hole in our lineup and his defensive abilities don't outweigh the poor offensive output.

We also have losses to Eastern and Western Michigan without Hadaway. We also have close losses to Kent, Toledo, and Miami (the latter two also without Clayton). Maybe we flip two of those with Hadaway. You can't know for sure.

Problem is we're shopping on a Save a Lot budget and everyone else is shopping at Whole Foods.

Sheldon played 18 minutes against Western Michigan.
E2 played 16 minutes against Western Michigan.

That is coaching malpractice.

Hmmmmm ... have you actually looked at stats? Seems doubtful. And like others I guess you've never been incapacitated with plantar fasciitis.

The stats may not display well but the improvement year to year is apparent.

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2023-24
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2021-22
GP MIN FG% 3P% FT% REB AST BLK STL PF TO PTS
25 27.9 45.6 35.8 82.6 5.5 1.0 1.6 0.6 1.9 1.2 14.2
33 26.2 49.6 40.1 81.4 4.7 0.8 1.8 0.5 2.4 1.0 12.0
33 19.4 43.0 32.4 89.7 4.7 0.6 0.6 0.3 1.6 1.0 7.8
34 10.0 42.6 38.2 50.0 2.0 0.3 0.3 0.1 1.0 0.3 3.3

Good luck on a better 5 next year.

Oh relax, AJ's grandpa. I've posted plenty of AJC's stats along with my displeasure of his game in multiple threads over the past two years. Perhaps you missed them in between afternoon naps.

Happy to provide more context examples and piggy back off of OCF's post above about AJC's game by game inconsistency.

Against our stronger non-conference opponents this season -- JMU, Memphis, MTSU, App State, Clayton was 3/21 in 3PA. He went a combined 1/15 in back-to-back games against Memphis and MTSU before popping off against Portland shooting 6/14.

After hitting 9/10 3PA's against NIU, he followed that up with 0/2 and 0/3 performances against Ball State and Akron. I'll take it step further into last year --AJC's season high 3PA's made was 7/13 against Buffalo. What did he follow that up with to end the final 3 games of the season? 1/4, 1/6, and 1/5 performances.

During last season's non-conference, he makes 5/6 against MTSU then proceeds to go 3/12 over the next 4 games. That's basically been the pattern of his career.

Is that not the definition of grossly inconsistent? I'd also like to point out that AJC's career 3PA's (545) significantly outnumber his 2PA's (297). So, his value really does live and die by the 3.

Considering AJC isn't a true 5 (nor has he ever attempted to play like one), it shouldn't be hard to find someone to man the paint that more appropriately fits this roster. If in fact, this staff chooses to finally recruit a player of that profile.

+1

Don't care if this upsets a few people, but AJ's career to me is a disappointment. Now somehow go on and make a magical run to a MAC Championship in Cleveland and that will help change the narrative. But I really don't blame AJ. As many have said, dude has played out of position the last two years. Imagine AJ at the stretch four with Dwight Wilson in the middle the last two years? Staff hasn't put him in the best position to get the maximum ability out of him the last two seasons. Been disappointing.

And your point is??

Grandpa, as you called me, played in the Convo. Did you?

Your drivel rivals another unnamed poster.