Ragin' Cajuns head to CIT in Post Season Basketball

[SlappyCajun]

I'm 99% sure the Elfrid is right handed. Also losing LaRyan, Travis and Randell who were likely amongst the top FT shooters on the team could explain the drop

[Bandwagon King]

I'm 99% sure the Elfrid is right handed. Also losing LaRyan, Travis and Randell who were likely amongst the top FT shooters on the team could explain the drop

Could you explain? TIA.

[CajunRed]

I'm 99% sure the Elfrid is right handed. Also losing LaRyan, Travis and Randell who were likely amongst the top FT shooters on the team could explain the drop

Can't be, Slappy. Wagonguy saw it and said it! You are wrong!

[Turbine]

Saying he's dribbling with the wrong hand is like saying Steve Young throws with the wrong hand. But anyone who watched the 49ers during the Montana era & saw how they ran their offense. Then saw the way they had to flip their areas of attack & their rout tree understands what I' m talking about. If you don't it's a coaching thing.

I understand and in football UL had the same transition problem from JB to MD and again last year when Blaine took over.

However (like Young) they actually used their left hand to throw.

EP shoots his free throws right handed, and mostly receives the ball right handed, and dribbles right handed when he is walking up the court. I do understand what yu said about dribbling with both hands.

[Bandwagon King]

Can't be, Slappy. Wagonguy saw it and said it! You are wrong!

What are you so intimidated for son? I wasn't even addressing you. I asked Slappy what made him 99% sure the guy is righty. Of course I have to be a fool though. I mean whether guys are righties or lefties has no bearing on anything in sports. I mean it's plain gibberish to think it could. I appreciate you simplifying that for idiots like myself who were misguided about such things.

[Bandwagon King]

I understand and in football UL had the same transition problem from JB to MD and again last year when Blaine took over.

However (like Young) they actually used their left hand to throw.

EP shoots his free throws right handed, and mostly receives the ball right handed, and dribbles right handed when he is walking up the court. I do understand what yu said about dribbling with both hands.

He dribbled the ball up the court left handed four out of every five possessions.

[CharlieK]

He dribbled the ball up the court left handed four out of every five possessions.

Most good point guards can dribble nearly as well with either hand. It would be impossible to tell which hand was dominant just by which one he happens to use dribbling up the court. What hand he shoots with is his dominant hand. Elfrid shoots righty. He is right handed.

I was a poor high school point guard, and I can tell you I probably brought the ball up the court lefty as much as righty (I'm a righty). More based upon the upcoming play, defensive alignment, where our stud player happened to be lined up, which direction the defender was trying to force me, etc etc.

[Parrott]

Then how could they do it last year? Why is this team some 12% lower @ the line this season? Just saying it's a mental thing without identifying a root cause is a cop out for losers. Those who call these reasonable questions, thoughts, or observations jibberish need to check the validity of their own thoughts, as well as the process they use for gathering them.

First, everything I've observed is that Payton is right-handed but is able to dribble with both hands. Point guards have to be able to use both hands. I know I did while playing competitively and still do today.

Second, how could the team shoot 12 percent lower at the free throw line this season? Let's get the numbers straight first. The Cajuns shot 42.8 percent from the floor, 32.8 percent from 3 and 63.1 percent on free throws this season - down from 43.6 percent overall, 34.7 percent from 3 and 66.4 percent at the line last season. Not sure where you're finding a 12 percent difference there.

The Cajuns lost several players from last season and added eight newcomers (six played, one was a transfer, one was lost due to injury). Among those gone from last season: Travis Bureau (team-high 41 percent shooting from 3), Randell Daigle (team-high 44s 3 made, 80.5 percent shooting on free throws), La'Ryan Gary (led team with 77 free throws made on team-high 101 attempts).

Some of the returning players and newcomers did not pick up the slack. David Perez's poor shooting percentages stayed the same (32.7 percent overall and 31.9 percent from 3 last season to 32.7 percent overall and 31.6 percent from 3 this season). Elfrid Payton shot 56.4 percent on free throws. J.J. Thomas' overall shooting percentage dipped drastically. Alan-Michael Thompson shot 33.6 percent overall and 31.6 percent from 3.

Root cause for the continued shooting woes: The Cajuns didn't have enough quality shooters from the floor and at the line. Most people seem to understand that fact. And it's going to be an issue next season unless they add a bunch of capable shooters in the offseason.

On another note, I'd say a person who has watched only two games this season and criticizes a coach who has won nearly 400 collegiate games for how his offense rotates is rather clueless. I guarantee any Division I coach - heck, high school coach - worth his salt could see that and would laugh at him for actually thinking it's a reasonable observation.

If you're so confident in your observation, why not share it in person with coach Marlin? If it's at all reasonable I'm sure he would appreciate it. Or perhaps you'd rather continue to gripe as a know-it-all poster on a message board?

If you'd like to continue this back-and-forth, I'm sure Turbine and the rest of the board would appreciate doing so by PM. Thanks.

[NicholsonVoice]

Uhh - he is right handed, but like Parrot said, he has some skill and can dribble with both hands. Geez !?

I have an idea - lets move a 6'3", 165 lb Point Guard to Forward ...... genius!

And criticize a good collegiate coach in the process ..... lame.

[CajunRed]

What are you so intimidated for son? I wasn't even addressing you. I asked Slappy what made him 99% sure the guy is righty. Of course I have to be a fool though. I mean whether guys are righties or lefties has no bearing on anything in sports. I mean it's plain gibberish to think it could. I appreciate you simplifying that for idiots like myself who were misguided about such things.

You are a fool. Just wish someone close to you would sit you down and try to make you realize it.

[Turbine]

I thought it was an interesting concept just nearly imposssible (overly complicated) to implement.

What do you do when EP takes a break?

[Bandwagon King]

Most good point guards can dribble nearly as well with either hand. It would be impossible to tell which hand was dominant just by which one he happens to use dribbling up the court. What hand he shoots with is his dominant hand. Elfrid shoots righty. He is right handed.

I was a poor high school point guard, and I can tell you I probably brought the ball up the court lefty as much as righty (I'm a righty). More based upon the upcoming play, defensive alignment, where our stud player happened to be lined up, which direction the defender was trying to force me, etc etc.

Maybe that is why you were such a poor point guard? Maybe that is why you can't seem to design a successful tool either? You still trying to make a tool that you can pump a higher volume through a smaller ID with less pressure? That's what you told me you could do last year. Now why do I not find it surprising you are going out of your way to disagree with me again this spring? You may not realize this, but a right handed point guard is going to handle the ball with his right hand at least 80% of the time & a left handed point guard is going to do the same. Don't even try to argue the point because it's like saying a right handed QB is going to throw the ball from his left half the time or a right handed pitcher is going to pitch from his left at least half the time. Of course you were different than guys like, oh, I don't know, Jason Kidd, Chris Paul, John Stckton, Duane Wade, Etc. Etc. Etc. I bet Coach Robichaux will tell you that a switch hitter favors one side of the plate over the other 99% of the time. I mean I could say we had a sunny day today & some of you people can figure out how I'm insulting the softaball team & accusing the track coach of screwing up the discus thrower. That is why you deserve what you get, when you get disappointed.