Re: GDT--Baylor
I think Jordan's problem is his passing, that is what he needs to work on. He gets a bunch of double teams, and with the offense the Jacks run there is no easy pass out of a double team, and he tends to hold it too long and then force it.
As far as coach, I think teams will call, but I doubt he'd go, I don't think Illinois is going to contact him, maybe Southern Illinois, but that is about it. He has kids in high school, and gets paid very well right now. I think he knows what type of a team he has coming back next year and wouldn't want to walk away from it.
As far as the red shirts. I just hope they can contribute where needed, wherever that is. Whether that is in practice, or game time. walk-ons help with red shirting, the more walk-ons you have the easier it is to red shirt a player that can contribute at times, but won't all the time. It would have been nice to red shirt the two Zachs but you can't play with 8 guys especially when Jordan, Chad and Nate were battling injuries early in the season.
Here is my run down on how every needs to improve if you want to get back and win next year, and I'm being indepth but not critical.
1. Nate Wolters- needs to work on his outside shot, I also think he needs to work on slowing down just a tad at times, seems he gets into it and wants to run a set for him 3 seconds into the shot clock and takes a bad shot at times.
2. Brayden Carlson- needs to work on his dribble game, can shoot, can defend, now needs to work on that 2 dribbles and shoot, or take it to the rack and go up strong
3. Dykstra- talked about it already with the passing, conditioning needs to get better, but it was much better this year than last.
4. Feigen- work on his back to the basket moves a bit and his jumper. His defense is good, his rebounding is alright, and his passing is excellent. Needs to improve the offensive game a bit so he can get those double teams.
5. White- same as Carlson, also needs to work on his post game a bit, he's 6'6" with long arms, could be a matchup nightmare
6. Taevaunn- work on his shot a bit, also needs to take a breath and not force it. work on some post moves as well
7. Marcus- stronger, more of an offensive mind set.
8. Zach H.- didn't see a ton of him, but be in position to be able to come in and play solid minutes. I believe he will take a large part of the roll Griffin had.
9. Zach M. didn't see him a ton either. Needs to be at a level where when Nate comes out, he is going in. If he can play 8-10 minutes a game at the point next year, and make it so Nate can play off the ball for half and get breathers the other have he will contribute nicely for the team.
10. Connor D.- will be a freshman, but if he can come in strong enough where he can play he will help this defense a ton. If you put a shot blocker on SDSU's team, you help their defense, and SDSU's offense is ran better out of a miss then a make.
Redshirts- come in and expect to play, work hard, I don't know anyone of their games well enough to critique it.
Who I'd recruit- I think there are two targets out there.
1. I'd try to get that 6'8" power forward who can rebound, defend, prolly a JuCo, and prolly less likely
2. That 6'4" PG who can score, dish and do everything (nates replacement)
I think Jordan's problem is his passing, that is what he needs to work on. He gets a bunch of double teams, and with the offense the Jacks run there is no easy pass out of a double team, and he tends to hold it too long and then force it.
As far as coach, I think teams will call, but I doubt he'd go, I don't think Illinois is going to contact him, maybe Southern Illinois, but that is about it. He has kids in high school, and gets paid very well right now. I think he knows what type of a team he has coming back next year and wouldn't want to walk away from it.
As far as the red shirts. I just hope they can contribute where needed, wherever that is. Whether that is in practice, or game time. walk-ons help with red shirting, the more walk-ons you have the easier it is to red shirt a player that can contribute at times, but won't all the time. It would have been nice to red shirt the two Zachs but you can't play with 8 guys especially when Jordan, Chad and Nate were battling injuries early in the season.
Here is my run down on how every needs to improve if you want to get back and win next year, and I'm being indepth but not critical.
1. Nate Wolters- needs to work on his outside shot, I also think he needs to work on slowing down just a tad at times, seems he gets into it and wants to run a set for him 3 seconds into the shot clock and takes a bad shot at times.
2. Brayden Carlson- needs to work on his dribble game, can shoot, can defend, now needs to work on that 2 dribbles and shoot, or take it to the rack and go up strong
3. Dykstra- talked about it already with the passing, conditioning needs to get better, but it was much better this year than last.
4. Feigen- work on his back to the basket moves a bit and his jumper. His defense is good, his rebounding is alright, and his passing is excellent. Needs to improve the offensive game a bit so he can get those double teams.
5. White- same as Carlson, also needs to work on his post game a bit, he's 6'6" with long arms, could be a matchup nightmare
6. Taevaunn- work on his shot a bit, also needs to take a breath and not force it. work on some post moves as well
7. Marcus- stronger, more of an offensive mind set.
8. Zach H.- didn't see a ton of him, but be in position to be able to come in and play solid minutes. I believe he will take a large part of the roll Griffin had.
9. Zach M. didn't see him a ton either. Needs to be at a level where when Nate comes out, he is going in. If he can play 8-10 minutes a game at the point next year, and make it so Nate can play off the ball for half and get breathers the other have he will contribute nicely for the team.
10. Connor D.- will be a freshman, but if he can come in strong enough where he can play he will help this defense a ton. If you put a shot blocker on SDSU's team, you help their defense, and SDSU's offense is ran better out of a miss then a make.
Redshirts- come in and expect to play, work hard, I don't know anyone of their games well enough to critique it.
Who I'd recruit- I think there are two targets out there.
1. I'd try to get that 6'8" power forward who can rebound, defend, prolly a JuCo, and prolly less likely
2. That 6'4" PG who can score, dish and do everything (nates replacement)
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