Let’s hope he’s exhausted his bad games for the season. Time for him to turn the page and go go go.
Another stinker for Paul
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I think he could use a double bye.
Disagree. He struggled at times but not nearly as much as he has of late. He did some good things today, too. He improved and started to get a little bit of his swagger back. That said, he CANNOT throw the ball away like he did in that inbounds play. Not all his fault, was a team and coaching fault, but still, ha. That was no bueno.
He was fouled by Lundy also in last minute.
He had some big buckets for us. I think he is tired, as is the team at this point the Double bye would help this team tremendously from that perspective, and also seal ncaa invite
8 pts, 6 asts, 5 rbds, 3 tos…4/9 shooting, 1 block, 1 steal…not his best but definitely not a stinker.
He has 5 seconds to get the ball in with no timeouts. I didn’t see anyone open. I actually thought he made the best available play. Yes it’s his turnover but not sure what you’d have done in a spot with nobody open and you have to throw the ball into the court. I’m really asking. What was a better option than what he did.
He carried us the first half with Ron. Cmon you have better posts than this.
Eh kind closer to a normal Paul performance than a stinker based on body of work.
We were stuck in the corner because Geo was caught in the corner before the timeout. That was our LAST timeout. He HAD to throw it in or get a 5 second call. He did his best. NOT Paul’s fault. Blame Pikiell.
What about the guy who got caught in the corner? Not sure I’m blaming Pike there, that’s a tough situation.
You have to realize we have a Rutgers fan base totally devoid of making a clear evaluation of Mulcahy and his games .He is capable of being very good or bad. At this time he is off as he was early in the year. The funniest posts are those that highly criticized him , said he “sucked “ , then when he had a great stretch he was Jesus Christ reincarnate and our savior. I’m hoping Paul has a thick skin and is tone deaf to some of our followers.
Holy **** people - in a 1 point game he had 8 pts, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and a block. Some fans.
Exactly right. Watch the play again. Everyone moved too late. He was about to get a 5 second call. Tough spot to inbound from and a poorly designed play.
Not his A game but definitely not a stinker
Paul thought Ron was going inch away from the defender towards the sideline but Ron's momentum was going back towards the defender to create space. That slight miscommunication is all it took.
At that point what do people want Paul to do? No timeouts. That pass was in the least dangerous spot if it went bad. It would have been much riskier to try to force to Caleb.
Throwing it off defender is probably best option but that can go wrong too
At that point what do people want Paul to do? No timeouts. That pass was in the least dangerous spot if it went bad. It would have been much riskier to try to force to Caleb.
Throwing it off defender is probably best option but that can go wrong too
That’s also the worst place on the floor to be inbounding the ball from.
I wouldn’t blame Pike but that is 5-6th grade basketball level fundamentals. Still remember 5-6th grade practices and my coach hammering home the point. Never allow yourself to get trapped in the corner and definitely not in the corner in front of the opposing teams bench.
Folks should go look at the stats for the 5 th year senior again today before they kill Paul.
Couple of bad plays down the stretch when Pike took both Baker and RHJ off the floor. But #0 getting the ball taken away late game again and dribble to corner not so smart.
Harper and Baker both missed big foul shots. Point being blame to go around.
JoPA defender should've been called for a foul against Mulcahy for jumping out-of-bounds AND maybe even making contact. Terrible job by the ref.
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He had a rough few minutes towards the end of the game but overall he definitely didn’t have a stinker.
That inbounds play wasn’t his fault imo. Gotta draw up a better play. The way we were setup and spaced you would have thought we were down, there was 2 seconds left on the clock and we had to get it up court with a long pass.
That inbounds play wasn’t his fault imo. Gotta draw up a better play. The way we were setup and spaced you would have thought we were down, there was 2 seconds left on the clock and we had to get it up court with a long pass.
I think rich the dentist changed his name to ouchmyknee.
That’s the point. It shouldn’t have been a 1 pt game. He had a bad finish.
It was also illegal defense as defender was on sidelines
I actually thought Paul had a solid game. Not great but not bad. Ridiculous that fans are calling him out
I just watched the entire second half because I wasn’t able to watch it live in its entirety. Paul may have had a good first half, but he definitely didn’t help us in the second. A couple of observations:
1) I am okay with help defense, but he needs to be smarter when he’s the one doing it. On two possessions when he did it, I blame it on him that Penn State scored. One, he came over, but let the guy split the trap and dished for an assist into the lane. The second, he did a half-*** hedge and they swung it around for an open three.
2) He is too predictable now on offense. Opponents have gotten a read on him. A couple of times he beat someone off the drive only to pivot back and get blocked. If he’s pivoting, he’s looking to score. If he’s driving, he’s looking to dish. He needs to drive to score and make people respect the first shot. Also, if he is having to post at the top of the arc, he’s mitigated. He needs to be able to face up at the top of the arc.
1) I am okay with help defense, but he needs to be smarter when he’s the one doing it. On two possessions when he did it, I blame it on him that Penn State scored. One, he came over, but let the guy split the trap and dished for an assist into the lane. The second, he did a half-*** hedge and they swung it around for an open three.
2) He is too predictable now on offense. Opponents have gotten a read on him. A couple of times he beat someone off the drive only to pivot back and get blocked. If he’s pivoting, he’s looking to score. If he’s driving, he’s looking to dish. He needs to drive to score and make people respect the first shot. Also, if he is having to post at the top of the arc, he’s mitigated. He needs to be able to face up at the top of the arc.
Wish Paul had at least hit the rim on the opening play with the wide open three from the corner.
The out of bounds play was poorly designed; there needs to be multiple options with majority going toward the frontcourt. You only throw it deeper in the backcourt if our man is wide open. Don't understand why we don't use a stack more often on out of bounds plays. Hell, my grammar school team had multiple plays off of the stack. Takes great defense and lucky guess to stop all options.
The out of bounds play was poorly designed; there needs to be multiple options with majority going toward the frontcourt. You only throw it deeper in the backcourt if our man is wide open. Don't understand why we don't use a stack more often on out of bounds plays. Hell, my grammar school team had multiple plays off of the stack. Takes great defense and lucky guess to stop all options.
how to decide the most doucey post? ---there's so many by "fans " after this win
Another bad thread by a poster.