That’s my take as well.

Thank you again for your observations - I’m not able to watch a lot of the night games.

Coach Fischer post game
https://youtu.be/mIWjhe2XT_k

I like how future-coach Luke Loewe was trusted to be Nelson on the scout team as a means to know better how to defend him. Dane pushing the right buttons to get the most out of guys so far.

It will be interesting to see how this group responds to adversity down the road. Seems like they do a pretty good job of keeping things medium

Minor thing I was happy to see was that with under one minute left in the game, Dane had our guards play close enough to the inbounds pass / player so as to not allow American to roll the ball up the court and not waste any time off the clock. I loved Shaver, but seemed that this was not a major point of emphasis in prior years.


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During the game I twice thought Fischer waited too long to call a timeout. One time in the first half Nate was sitting at the scorer's table waiting to come in for what seemed like two minutes. After AU ballooned their lead back up to about 7, Dane finally called timeout. Thought it should have been earlier.

In the second half, there was another point where I thought a momentum-stalling timeout was needed but it didn't happen for about another minute.

But hey! Dane won the game going away ....and winning absolves everything!

American scored 24 points in under 8 minutes, then 46 the rest of the way. Great defense recovery by us

(11-09-2019 09:48 AM)Zorch Wrote:  During the game I twice thought Fischer waited too long to call a timeout. One time in the first half Nate was sitting at the scorer's table waiting to come in for what seemed like two minutes. After AU ballooned their lead back up to about 7, Dane finally called timeout. Thought it should have been earlier.

In the second half, there was another point where I thought a momentum-stalling timeout was needed but it didn't happen for about another minute.

But hey! Dane won the game going away ....and winning absolves everything!

I remember the second half moment as it was when they cut our lead to one and we had an empty possession so they retook the lead and he called TO. However from his postgame interview, IMO he intentionally delayed the TO to test the team to give the players time to try to figure it out for themselves first. As the season progresses the TO strategy will evolve.

Clearly we have team spirit and Dana is consistent in reinforcing his Core Values and keeping it simple. Glad to see Hamilton getting more playing time and hope Blair continues to grow.

(11-08-2019 05:14 PM)WM_Destro Wrote:  Can you not stream the Patriot Network through the Stadium Channel app on Roku? That’s what I was planning on doing when I get home later. If not that’s a bummer.

That 1998 tournament game was one sad moment. If I recall Bracy was nursing an ankle injury and Moran went down with an ankle injury during the game.

Eff American


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Reverse that, Moran was injured before the game, Bracey was injured during the game. Sam Steen, all 5'7" of him, tried to lead a valiant comeback, but to no avail.

That season's team rank up there with 1983 and 2010 teams as the best Tribe teams i have seen. I don't think 2014 was as good.

Andy and Nate are such a fun duo to watch!

I was at the game last night, pretty good Tribe Turnout, the visitors section was mostly full. AU had a good student turnout, but we definitely made some noise.

Our bigs were definitely having no issues overpowering AU's, a lot of easy finishes at the rim. Hamilton's defense really impressed me, he's great to have coming off the bench. I do agree with what some people posted earlier, that I thought Dane waited a little long to call TOs, but it worked out in the end. We did make some good defensive/offensive adjustments to overcome a rough start, but when we play teams better than American we can't afford to spot them a 24-8 lead.

Really enjoyed the Tribe's performance on Friday night. The offense was bad in the first 8 minutes that led to that 24-8 gap, but honestly the defense didn't look that bad. American just couldn't miss from 3. Dane even said after the game that American took the shots we wanted them to take. But I was impressed with the team's ability to recover from that deficit, stick together as a team, keep executing on the fundamentals, feed the bigs, and win confidently. A 2-0 start on the road is awesome...let's keep it up at Wofford! Other observations:

- Bryce Barnes was a difference maker. Coming out of the timeout when we were down 24-8, he had solid offensive and defensive plays to get us back in the game. When the rest of the team sees a leader step up and give max effort when we're down by that much, it gives everyone confidence to keep plugging away.

- Scott's made 3 was beyond NBA distance. When he shot it, I shook my head, but dang, it was important that it went in given how little we had done offensively up until the point.

- Scott should keep developing his mid-range game. A few nice floaters in this game. If he can keep shooting the 3 with a good stroke, if he develops a mid-range game in addition to his strong passing skills, he'll be a big threat.

- While Scott had a good game overall, he seems to make a few bone-headed lazy passes each game. But we'll take it, as long as he keeps competing so well on both ends of the floor.

- Really good game by Loewe. If he can keep hitting 3's, that changes the look of our team significantly.

- Others have said the same, but AVV is so much better in the post than I thought he'd be. Even if he hasn't been playing against amazing post defenders, his positioning, offensive moves, and rebounding instincts suggest he knows what he's doing, and can continue to perform against even better post defenders...

- ... though, whenever both Knight and AVV are in the game, AVV will be guarded by the 4, and there just aren't many (any?) 4's that we will play who can post-defend a 7-footer.

- If Knight stays out of foul trouble, and he touches the ball as much as he should, he could AVERAGE a double-double this season. That is an amazing feat. I don't expect his Assist #'s to be as high as last year, but all other #'s could/should increase.

- While Knight had 2 offensive fouls, he does seem to have better foul discipline than in past years. I bet he'll still foul out of a few games, but I'm not as nervous watching him as I was last year.

- One thing I'd like to see Knight do better is go up straight and with authority every time he tries to score. I think that stands between him and being an offensively dominant big man who could (not necessarily will) score 30 points in every game. He still seems to go up off-balance and/or leaning, with makes his shot more difficult and minimizes the chance of drawing a foul. Especially against the last 2 teams we played, I would have expected Knight to be able to finish strong nearly every time he has the ball and is facing the basket in the post.

- Continued game-day development for Blair and Harvey will be a tricky thing for Dane & staff to navigate this year. Both are critical for the future, but we've never had such a dominant Twin Towers duo like we have this year. So I, like the rest of us, would love to see us get 30+ minutes out of both Knight and AVV every game, which admittedly limits development opportunity for our back-ups. That said, practicing against those guys every day is worth something. I also don't think the comments are fair that talk about the step down when Blair goes in. I mean, sure there's a step down, but Knight and AVV are potentially BOTH 1st-team All CAA players. We almost never have a single one. So when we have that level of talent in our starting line-up, any back-up is going to be a significant step-down.

- I love watching this team compete and play together as a team. We are bound to lose some games (maybe even quite a few), but I think they will rarely get too high or too low, and will never give up.