Just called Myles one of the elite defensive centers in the entire country
Archie Miller
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Saw that. He went on to praise Myles for his defense overall and how he makes you have to adjust to deal with him. Classy comments by Archie, who also said Rutgers is just as good as Iowa.
He is awesome when he doesn’t worry about fouls. Having Cliff back is huge for him.
He also needs to send a nice edible arrangement or cupcake bouquet to Steven Bardo who is his biggest fan!
He also needs to send a nice edible arrangement or cupcake bouquet to Steven Bardo who is his biggest fan!
5 blocks and 3 steals today. In 27 minutes. And he's not a guy who sells out defensively to get blocks.
Watching him this season it's hard to imagine there are many guys having as big an impact on the defensive end.
Watching him this season it's hard to imagine there are many guys having as big an impact on the defensive end.
Loved the Bardo commentary on the fouls called against RU especially against MJ.
Myles does a lot little things well that contribute to team that doesn't show up on the stat sheet. He has really develop each year he was here. I'm glad he is getting the accolades.
He absolutely is, and Bardo was spot on about the crappy foul Myles was whistled for late in the game when he cleanly tipped the ball out of Jackson-Davis' hands. His wing span allows him to make blocks and tips and even snatch rebounds that the refs seem to assume would have to be fouls. Hopefully Myles will start getting more respect from the refs especially on the D-end of the court.
I wonder why Johnson still has not won over league league officials. If he got a reasonable whistle, the sky would be the limit on the defensive end
Because it's the name on the front of the jersey. @gef21 knows refs from coaching and I believe being one and had a great explanation of this mindset.
He could have been called for a few fouls that the refs didn’t call
Indy's Jax-Davis got away with moving screens, push-offs and over-the-backs all game.
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It is simple. He is not know as being good enough to have made the plays he made without fouling. Today was prime example. Ref thought "no way he could have gotten around him without fouling".
When you are a stud refs mentally will believe "he is a stud so he made that play cleanly".
The job he did on TJD today should help his reputation
Very classy of Miller to say that. Doesn’t do him any favors. Myles getting a better rep will help down the line. He’s earning of course but good to see others give credit where due. Just stop reaching lol.
The one at the end was a ridiculous play. He was completely behind the indiana player. Didn't even move his hips.
Steven Bardo is very astute. Toward the end of the game after Jacob Young made a small blunder, Bardo said that Pikiell called the team over. There was hugging and high fives meaning remark unity something he doesn’t see often with other teams.
Glad the skid is over and in to Thursday vs Sparty then Northwestern.
Go RU!
Glad the skid is over and in to Thursday vs Sparty then Northwestern.
Go RU!
They missed that one, but I actually thought it was a well-called game overall. They let them play a bit and didn't seem to slant one way or the other. I do notice players get away with a lot of the so-called "Euro step" these days, which usually translates to traveling. They probably missed that back-to-back in the first half, one against Indiana and another against Rutgers. The call that's probably changed the most from my childhood days is what we used to call "palming," turning the ball over or carrying it when you dribble, Almost all of today's guards would have been called for that 40-50 years ago. The move toward change probably was inspired by Earl Monroe's spin moves.
There was a bad stretch against ru with some phantom calls and the T but agree overall it was fine. Fortunately ru showed some maturity and weathered it well.
The refs were letting him play a bit today. A tighter called game and he would have been right back in foul trouble
Agree, mostly ok except for that span where we were hit with a few consecutive bad foul calls in the blink of an eye, along with the T b.s. And Jackson-Davis could've easily been in foul trouble too if the refs called it tight.
Not so fast my friend. Offensive studs get away with murder on D and that doesn’t mean they play better D than MJ. Garza is a perfect example. MJ is much better defensively. Not even close and I think Garza works really hard and could really cover the 4 as well as the 5. Down low, MJ is much better. Garza doesn’t ever get in foul trouble.
I get what you are saying after reading back about that one specific call. He gets a lot of those and I agree that’s why. I’m just saying the prime time Offensive players get away with 10x more than MJ.
I agree. It makes sense. Garza is a “star” because he’s a scoring machine. It’s probably much harder to make a name for yourself being a stellar defender.. especially down low.
Down low players get called for so many “automatic” fouls on out backs or strong drives. Garza and guys like him are exempt.
There are far fewer automatics calls on the perimeter. Reaching is one of them even if you don’t make contact. If you’re 6’11” and reach on the perimeter they call it even more frequently.
