My Marlin Defense

[CajunEXPRESS]

So what is this supposed to mean to me? Did the kid ever become a point guard or not? I thought a point guard's number one job was to get his team involved in SCORING! The purpose of the game is outscoring your opponent to post a win. At least that's what my misguided opinion was. How many players scored more than 3 points in the last game they played?

A point guards job is NOT to be the top scorer even though that can happen. EP is the best point guard in the league for lots of reasons.

The pg runs the offense, it flows through him. EP handles defense on the best player not a 4or 5. His assist turnover is good. His steals tops, good rebounder, and he scores with high efficiency.

[SlappyCajun]

So what are the deficiencies? How do they get fixed? Realistically, how long will this take? And finally, back to the OP's original question how long is the rope on the guy who is supposed to have the cure for all this?

I'm not saying he should or should not get more time. He will get another year. There is no reason we should not be able to win next year. Will we? I don't know. I hope so.

[Cajunsmike]

So what is this supposed to mean to me? Did the kid ever become a point guard or not? I thought a point guard's number one job was to get his team involved in SCORING! The purpose of the game is outscoring your opponent to post a win. At least that's what my misguided opinion was. How many players scored more than 3 points in the last game they played?

Kyle, at an average of 71 ppg, the Cajuns are one of the top scoring teams in the conference. Their record is poor because they give up too many points. They play hard on defense but are outmanned and get beat on the boards every night which is why they give up so many points. Four people scored in double figures the last game but the bench did not contribute. They lost their best bench player in Kevin Brown back in early Dec. He is the guy who scored 14 at Michigan State. As far as Elfrid is concerned, among guards in the league he is in the top 5 in scoring, assists, and steals. He is also considered by many to be the best defensive guard in the league and his free throw shooting has gotten much better. His improvement from last year to this season has been impressive. Folks who are optimistic things will be better next season are basing that view on inside help being brought in via recruiting. They did sign a guy in the early signing period who is the top rebounder on one of the best HS teams in Texas. They also signed a local player who is outstanding in the catch and shoot mode. That probably is not enough help to turn things around and more help (particularly inside) will have to be brought on board for the optimists to be proved correct. There is one thing different than in the past in that Shawn Forrest is in charge of recruiting. Forrest is the guy who brought in much of the talent that Johnny Jones turned into a winner at North Texas. He may be the most critical guy in the Cajun program right now as the future will largely be determined by his efforts.

[Parrott]

He also leads the league in assists. Our team has many deficiencies. The PG spot is not one of them.

Also leads the Sun Belt Conference in steals. He's also the league's third-leading scorer at 16 ppg. At one point Elfrid Payton was also the only Division I player in the country to be averaging at least 10 points, 5 assists, 5 rebounds and 2 steals per game this season. He is an all-conference point guard.

[BananaHammock]

Oh My! You even underlined the word opinion. WOW! How'd you manage to do that? I tell you what 3406. Enjoy the rest of the 11-20 something season with all fifty of your buddies who are going to be at the dome for how many ever other games there are left this season & convince yourselves there's gonna be some big ground swell of support next season for a team with a preseason ranking of about 250-300. Hell even convince yourself that because Hudspeth did it his first season that Marlin's gonna do it his fourth? But do the rest of I don't know, the whole entire Acadiana area a favor & wait until they actually put a three game winning streak together that includes someone better than powerhouses like Grambling State & New Jersey institute of Technology before waking the masses from their mindless slumber & TIVO watching of Duck Dynasty to pack the dome for all the excitement that is (not) UL men's basketball. Because right now the round ball is a hard pill to swallow for us bandwagon fans which is about 96.7% of fans in general.

That's the problem, you're a Bandwagon Fan! You only will support or show up to an event when things are doing good and teams are winning. In the down years all you want to do is criticize and whine instead of supporting. Opinions are fine but enough with the whining.

If you whine as much at work as you do here you shouldn't be allowed to work.

[anhil8tor]

not only kevin brown.. imagine if we had kadeem coleby this year?

[SlappyCajun]

not only kevin brown.. imagine if we had kadeem coleby this year?

I'm not sure how much of a difference Coleby makes. Maybe 3 or 4 games. I don't know if you could play Long and Kadeem together.

[Bandwagon King]

Kyle, at an average of 71 ppg, the Cajuns are one of the top scoring teams in the conference. Their record is poor because they give up too many points. They play hard on defense but are outmanned and get beat on the boards every night which is why they give up so many points. Four people scored in double figures the last game but the bench did not contribute. They lost their best bench player in Kevin Brown back in early Dec. He is the guy who scored 14 at Michigan State. As far as Elfrid is concerned, among guards in the league he is in the top 5 in scoring, assists, and steals. He is also considered by many to be the best defensive guard in the league and his free throw shooting has gotten much better. His improvement from last year to this season has been impressive. Folks who are optimistic things will be better next season are basing that view on inside help being brought in via recruiting. They did sign a guy in the early signing period who is the top rebounder on one of the best HS teams in Texas. They also signed a local player who is outstanding in the catch and shoot mode. That probably is not enough help to turn things around and more help (particularly inside) will have to be brought on board for the optimists to be proved correct. There is one thing different than in the past in that Shawn Forrest is in charge of recruiting. Forrest is the guy who brought in much of the talent that Johnny Jones turned into a winner at North Texas. He may be the most critical guy in the Cajun program right now as the future will largely be determined by his efforts.

Thanks Mike. You always bring civility & intelligence to the board. So how long should it take these guys to come together as a team when & if they all get here?

[Cajunsmike]

Thanks Mike. You always bring civility & intelligence to the board. So how long should it take these guys to come together as a team when & if they all get here?

Well, I am confident there will be three new guys next year. They are Brown (injured this year), big man Jackson (already signed), and shooter Register (already signed). If no more pieces are added to the puzzle, they may have a winning season next year and start playing well in the middle of conference play. If another competent big man is brought on board, I expect they will have a winning season and I would expect to see results after about 10 games or so.

[Bandwagon King]

Well, I am confident there will be three new guys next year. They are Brown (injured this year), big man Jackson (already signed), and shooter Register (already signed). If no more pieces are added to the puzzle, they may have a winning season next year and start playing well in the middle of conference play. If another competent big man is brought on board, I expect they will have a winning season and I would expect to see results after about 10 games or so.

So how many of these guys are being overhyped like the kid that transferred in & then transferred back out without playing a game? How many can play & how many have the ability to contribute? When I hear words like competent being used by someone as yourself, I tend to get a little scared because it makes me think we are all really just in a wait & see guessing game where no one really has a good idea of what to look forward to. I know anything is possible, but this men's team needs some life pumped into it before it is left to die on the side of the road.