tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884649.post5300127801516639350..comments2024-01-10T13:13:28.243-06:00Comments on We Are Notre Dame: ND Hoops against Marquette - Gotta Stop the BleedingJimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03901172802515710288noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884649.post-79314518837113008052009-01-27T08:14:00.000-06:002009-01-27T08:14:00.000-06:00The seniors, save for KMac, provide absolutely not...The seniors, save for KMac, provide absolutely nothing on either end. Even when Ayers is shooting well, he doesn't shoot enough. Hillesland provides nothing offensively and Zeller is softer than Charmin. They all seem like nice guys, but that's basically the problem. We always have a "nice" team, rather than a bunch of mean dudes who want to step on throats and dominate.<BR/><BR/>When has Brey ever recruited a player in the mold of Jerel McNeal (i.e., athletic slasher and great defender who plays with a dogged determination to succeed)? I was watching a random game earlier this year and one of the announcers mentioned that he asked several Big East coaches why the league is so difficult. In response, each coach opined that the league is full of mentally tough players who developed their edge by growing up in places like New York, New Jersey and Philly. Notre Dame has none of those guys and I'm not convinced that we can't recruit them. We are, after all, a tradition-rich program and there are plenty of guys who would be drawn to the academic side. Hell, Ron Artest damn near went to Notre Dame.<BR/><BR/>In the meantime, Brey must get some more athleticism on the floor. We will likely get waxed by Pitt, so why not use the opportunity to experiment with lineup combinations and get guys like Nash and Scott some valuable experience against the best team in the conference?<BR/><BR/>There's literally nothing more depressing in sports than having your team make the NIT, but it's looking very likely.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07003108385466740591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884649.post-15405210809384066232009-01-26T21:27:00.000-06:002009-01-26T21:27:00.000-06:00Time to pull the plug on the seniors. There is no...Time to pull the plug on the seniors. There is no reason that Nash and Scott shouldn't be logging some meaninful minutes. Enough of K-Mac for 40 minutes a night. Hillesland and Ayers should be in the 20 minute range. <BR/><BR/>I feel really bad for Harangody. The guy is the best player in the country and nobody can do anything to help him. <BR/><BR/>Jeremy and Mike - you guys were right. Brey can't keep trotting out these unathletic lineups. We're showing up to these Big East fights with a pocket knife while everyone else has an AK 47. It's time to recruit a few neck tattoos. Enough with the 'system guys.' I've finally seen the light after seeing all of the athleticism on Marquette. It's one thing if teams like UConn have freak athletes - we're not quite sure if Thabeet can speak and read English - so guys like that aren't getting in to ND. But if Marquette has guys like McNeal and Hayward - why not ND?Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16071980805790805181noreply@blogger.com