And this means ZERO head coaching. PeeWee, Middle School, High School, etc. Major might end up being good one day, but he is currently out of his league.
Past head coaching experience is no guarantee of current or future success. No head coaching experience is no guarantee of failure.
Brad Stevens never was a head coach. Iâd say heâs done pretty well. Howâs Lebo working out at EZU?
Majorâs coaching would look a whole lot better if we just had one consistent, zone-busting shooter. If Bras had someone to throw it back to out of double teams who could actually knock down a shot, we would be a good team.
That being said, our offensive game plan looks very unplanned at times, and Major sometimes pulls guys out as soon as they get hot. Major could also learn how to work the referees. Even when we get bad calls he rarely says anything to them. A good philosophy to have if you are a player, not so much if you are the head coach. You donât have to bark at them for every blown call like Lutz eventually started doing in the A-10, but you need to communicate with them yell at them occasionally.
I put his first year in thereâŚI said his first year at Duke was good. If we donât lose 3 games by one point this year we are 16-13 which is what coach K had.
This statement, âI just want to win and be entertained and right now Major has done NEITHER for 90% of the fansâ is not true because we have not âwonâ so it should be 100%.
How is he out of his league? He was handed a team full of stars that should have won 20 games right? I just remembered you like to mock the fact 99% of fans think he was handed dog shit when he got the job.
âJust for fun, 8 teams in our league won more conference games this year than last year. Those eight teams finished 7-14 last year. Yes the bottom eight all increased their wins this year. This league got a lot better this year. Also 8 teams finished above .500 last year and 10 teams finished above .500 this year. You can call it excuses all you wantâŚbut facts are facts.
Major is suppose to be a good recruiter, yet 5 of his 6 players all shot in the .5xx range for FTâs. Seems to me we are pulling in sub-par talent if they canât even shoot FTâs. Facts are facts.
Major is suppose to be a good recruiter, yet 5 of his 6 players all shot in the .5xx range for FTâs. Seems to me we are pulling in sub-par talent if they canât even shoot FTâs. Facts are facts.[/quote]
Selective Attention Improperly focusing attention on certain things and ignoring others.
Example:
[i]Father:[/i] Justine, how was your school day today? Another C on the history test like last time? [i]Justine:[/i] Dad, I got an A- on my history test today. Isnât that great? Only one student got an A. [i]Father:[/i] I see you werenât the one with the A. And what about the math quiz? [i]Justine:[/i] I think I did OK, better than last time. [i]Father:[/i] If you really did well, youâd be sure. What Iâm sure of is that today was a pretty bad day for you.The pessimist who pays attention to all the bad news and ignores the good news thereby commits the fallacy of selective attention. The remedy for this fallacy is to pay attention to all the relevant evidence. The most common examples of selective attention are the fallacy of [url=http://www.iep.utm.edu/fallacy/#SuppressedEvidence]Suppressed Evidence[/url] and the fallacy of [url=http://www.iep.utm.edu/fallacy/#ConfirmationBias]Confirmation Bias[/url]. See also the [url=http://www.iep.utm.edu/fallacy/#Sharpshooters]Sharpshooterâs Fallacy[/url].
Major is suppose to be a good recruiter, yet 5 of his 6 players all shot in the .5xx range for FTâs. Seems to me we are pulling in sub-par talent if they canât even shoot FTâs. Facts are facts.[/quote]
Selective Attention Improperly focusing attention on certain things and ignoring others.
Example:
[i]Father:[/i] Justine, how was your school day today? Another C on the history test like last time? [i]Justine:[/i] Dad, I got an A- on my history test today. Isnât that great? Only one student got an A. [i]Father:[/i] I see you werenât the one with the A. And what about the math quiz? [i]Justine:[/i] I think I did OK, better than last time. [i]Father:[/i] If you really did well, youâd be sure. What Iâm sure of is that today was a pretty bad day for you.The pessimist who pays attention to all the bad news and ignores the good news thereby commits the fallacy of selective attention. The remedy for this fallacy is to pay attention to all the relevant evidence. The most common examples of selective attention are the fallacy of [url=http://www.iep.utm.edu/fallacy/#SuppressedEvidence]Suppressed Evidence[/url] and the fallacy of [url=http://www.iep.utm.edu/fallacy/#ConfirmationBias]Confirmation Bias[/url]. See also the [url=http://www.iep.utm.edu/fallacy/#Sharpshooters]Sharpshooterâs Fallacy[/url].[/quote]
EXACTLY, quit making excuses for a coach who has done nothing but lose. Even the faithfuls question his âcoachingâ all year, yet you keep making excuses and changing the subject. Major has been a bust so far, hopefully he figures it out while heâs a niner yet.
Major is suppose to be a good recruiter, yet 5 of his 6 players all shot in the .5xx range for FTâs. Seems to me we are pulling in sub-par talent if they canât even shoot FTâs. Facts are facts.[/quote]
Maybe you should obtain knowledge. Yes, Major signs off on recruits, but he has a staff for a reason. Here are some quotes, âCharlotte assistant Ryan Odom has had some substantial success with landing recruits from overseas in his first year with the 49ers. Odom scored a talented, Slovenian guard in Luka Voncina in 2010 and most recently recruited Croatian Ilija Ivankovic, who signed with Charlotte in May.â
http://rivals.yahoo.com/charlotte/basketball/recruiting/player-Ilija-Ivankovic-127645/print
and
âDesmond Oliver, an assistant to former coach Dennis Felton who recruited Mayfield to Georgia from Franklin County High School, is now an assistant for the 49ers after spending a season at Canisius.â
http://onlineathens.com/stories/050510/men_633597397.shtml
Head coaches rely on a ton of help from their assistants. Is Thad credited with making Greg Oden and recruiting Evan turner? No.
âAlso Williams has a higher ft% than Austin Rivers so therefore Williams > Rivers
I assume youâre referring to meâŚand I never said that he didnât trash talk.
I said he didnât showboatâŚand yes, there is a difference.
I never once saw Eddie shoot guns, pull a Superman/Cam signal or anything showboaty after an individual play he made (and he made some all time plays that would deserve some showboating). I donât remember Coley, Galen or Withers showboating either after some of their nasty playsâŚthough Iâm sure they all talked trash too.
Demonstratively showboating is an indualistically centric action (just ask Ocho Cinco).
And showboating when youâre on a losing team and losing at the time is even worse.
That more than anything shows more of an interest in self than teamâŚit just does.
Sorry.
Coley dunked on StefâŚand ran back down the court to close out a win against a rival. Bras canât dunk off of a stool and shoots his guns in the air for all to see after making a jumper he shouldnât even be taking on a 13-16 team.
No comparison.
Bras is a GREAT player (a GREAT player)âŚI just long for the days when we had a great player that could lead this team to another level.
We donât need a player, we need players. Weâve had teams with a player and they bombed out in the first or second round. I know that some people would give an ovary for that but I still want more than that. One thing at a time, I guess.
I think Eddie did some showboating (such has resting the ball behind his head after a dunk as he was turned with his back to the basket support), but yes, nothing like what Braswell did. At the same time Ochocinco never cost his team anything that Aaron Rogers achieved with his celebrations.
And seriously, enough with the Braswell canât dunk thing. Itâs just an outright lie.
Whatever happened to middle of the road opinions about Major? It is possible he is good in some areas and bad in other areas. This is what Iâm reading in these threads.
Poster A: Major makes horrible decisions during games.
Poster B: Thatâs not true. He had a great recruiting class.
Poster C: No way his recruiting class was that good. A player that was already here played terrible the last game.
Poster D: That player was already here so it is not Majorâs fault. Iâll prove my point. Another player that was already here is having a great year. I do give Major credit for that.
People on this board seem to have absurd ideas on what qualifies for a good season or a bad season.
People saying Lutzâs last team sucked and had no talent is complete garbage. We didnât got from 18 and 5 to 19 and 11 because we had no talent, we crashed due to internal fighting and discipline reasons. Goldwireâs last year, we went 20 and 14 and people say that team sucked too. Again bull$hit!
Are those the heights which we aspire to? Hell no. But thatâs much better than winning 10 or 11 games a season. Thatâs just brutal.
Major had the talent to do MUCH better than 10 wins last year. The team obviously still lacked discipline and he couldnât fix it either, but he did make a stand and enforce his discipline. This year weâve won 13 games⌠thatâs still not very good. That still sucks. I still believe that between Brazwell, JB, Derrio, and Deuce, we should have the talent to be better than this. What happened to Derrio? What happened to Deuce? Is it Majorâs fault. Is he handling Green the wrong way? I donât know.
However, next year, this freshman class will have a yearâs worth of experience, and an entire off season to grow, plus 3 new additions to the front court. Yeah, we will miss JB, but all of this combined SHOULD more than make up for his absence. I want to believe in Coach Major, but next year, no more excuses. Iâm no Lutz apologist, but if we canât at least get close to that 19 and 11 record after 3 years then we have regressed and we need to move on to another coach.
I donât care if our players are perfectly disciplined angelic little school boys, or not. Why does it matter if a player showboats or not? I just want to win.
[quote=âPARMAN, post:131, topic:26450â]Whatever happened to middle of the road opinions about Major? It is possible he is good in some areas and bad in other areas. This is what Iâm reading in these threads.
Poster A: Major makes horrible decisions during games.
Poster B: Thatâs not true. He had a great recruiting class.
Poster C: No way his recruiting class was that good. A player that was already here played terrible the last game.
Poster D: That player was already here so it is not Majorâs fault. Iâll prove my point. Another player that was already here is having a great year. I do give Major credit for that.
;)[/quote]
nice
So did Major teach Braswell to be strong, but back down to weaker/smaller guys, or did Bras practice that on his own this season? Iâm a 5â10" white guy, over weight, unathletic, & 37, & I could play some awesome D on Bras because he always backs down. 
Epic Fail. Name the talent please. Let me remind you of the 2010 team.
SpearsâŚenough said
BraswellâŚmoney
GreenâŚwho had the worst fg% on the team yet played the most minutes
BriscoeâŚ7th in fg% (Excluding Spears)
JonesâŚwho was playing well until failed out
WildernessâŚaverage
DewâŚbelow average
SirinâŚuhhhh
JBâŚfirst year actually getting minutes and he progressed well
KjâŚexplosion
LewisâŚwalkon
MorgensternâŚwalkon
âWe had two and a half peopleâŚone of which who was âyoungâ experience wise. You guys over value a lot of people on this team
Where is this talent? Our guards were garbage at shooting then just like this year. Wilderness, KJ, Jones, and Ray were the only person behind derrio in 3%.
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[quote=âpunkrockcowboy, post:132, topic:26450â]People on this board seem to have absurd ideas on what qualifies for a good season or a bad season.
I donât care if our players are perfectly disciplined angelic little school boys, or not. Why does it matter if a player showboats or not? I just want to win.[/quote]
Hey well what do you know! A chance to use my brand spanking new & J-Felt approved âI agreeâ button! click I agree!
BriscoeâŚ7th in fg% (Excluding Spears)
âWe had two and a half peopleâŚone of which who was âyoungâ experience wise. You guys over value a lot of people on this team
Where is this talent? Our guards were garbage at shooting then just like this year. Wilderness, KJ, Jones, and Ray were the only person behind derrio in 3%.[/quote]
Hey stat boy, you seem to always conveniently overlook Briscoeâs stat line his 1st full year as a starting A-10 PG.
A-10 Stats: 2010-11 Briscoe
2010-11 15-14 63-145 .434 25-63 .397 28-36 .778 7-48-55- 3.7 35-1 37 40 0 18 179-11.9
Funny you never seem to find these numbers that clearly show Briscoe shot the ball very well in conference play last year. Your ridiculous, jaded computations that you manicure, to justify you LOVING A LOSER continues to show you know nothing about this game or talent. :))
SokoolâŚyou might be the dumbest mother fucker I have ever seen on a message board. I gave his fg% for the entire yearâŚyet that is jaded? Or you picking out his A10 numbers because they are higher. Get a grip.
Lewis shot a higher 3% than Deuce last year. I donât need to say much more.
Stop pointing to a small sample size. Look at the whole picture.