A FEW THOUGHTS ABOUT PLAYERS AND COACH AFTER WATCHING THE SUU EMBARRASSMENT
1) Senglin can shoot and penetrate and nothing else. He can't shoot free throws & refuses to make even a decent effort at playing defense.
2) Cannon is too slow to play defense against even average Division 1 points. He, in the next three years, should be counted on as a decent backup. The team is put at a significant disadvantage with his defense. Cody John should be starting. He is quicker, more athletic, plays better defense, a better penetrator and probably equal to Cannon in shooting skills. I predict he will become an exceptional player over the next three years and Cannon should be relegated to back-up duty where he can be an adequate contributor.
3) The "peanut" is struggling to be an average coach. But he does recruit well and is liked. So while not good enough to take Weber to new heights, he is capable of putting talented and under coached players on the floor who will win sometimes despite him.
THOUGHTS ABOUT THE TEAM
1) The team did not come ready to play and made less that an inspiring effort.
2) SUU's coaching approach made this an "ugly" game to watch. But at least he tried to adjust their game to one that gave his team a chance to win.
3) WSU's lackluster effort on defense (particularly by the guards) and Rahe's refusal to try anything beyond his regular routine almost cost them the game.
4) Weber was out-hustled, out played, out free throwed, out rebounded, and most importantly, out coached.
5) NAU will put a whuppin on them in Flagstaff Saturday if they don't bring a better game to the table.
6) They have underperformed this year, relative to their abilities.
THOUGHTS ABOUT THE GAME
1) A zone defense for a portion of the game would have yielded better results. Poor coaching decision!
2) In the last 2+ minutes SUU began the "hack" approach. It was obvious that they felt like Weber would not hit enough free throws and that they could close the gap in score by immediately fouling. And it worked pretty well, almost to the point of giving them a victory.
3) I can't believe that Rahe was setting up out-of-bounds plays designed to get Bolomoy (68% FT shooter) the ball at a time when SUU was not going to allow Weber to get into any type of offense. They were just going to foul immediately. Why didn't he replace Senglin with either Richardson, Gittens, or Baker who all shoot FT's at a much better clip than Senglin. The only possible justification for having Senglin in the game at that time was his offense. Except in this case SUU wasn't going to allow an offense to develop. So why Senglin and why not set up an out-of-bounds play to get the ball to one of the three mentioned. I am sure that either one of them would have shot better than Senglin's 0-5, and would also have outshot Bolomboy from the line. Just plain ole poor coaching...
THOUGHTS ABOUT THE REFEREE'S
1) They sucked big time...