Amherst-Anna Maria.    You have a definite height advantage. You out rebound your opponent by 24 rebounds. 40% of your shots are 3s and you make 14% of them, so 40% of your shots are missed 3s. You would think with the height advantage you would get the ball to your big guys inside for a shot or a foul. How about driving in for a layup and/or possible foul. Wouldn't you coach some of that? 0 for 12 for 3s in the 2nd half. 17 points in the 2nd half compared to52 in the first. No points in the last 8 minutes with one time out at 3 minutes. Don't you call time outs and set up plays? Try to relax your players? Your big guy has 10 points and 5 rebounds in the first half and you play him 4 minutes early in the second half. You don't play him in the 8 minutes you don't score a point at the end of the second half and none in the overtime when your other big man is limping up and down the court? I don't get it. iMO, that's terrible coaching.

Last night at LaFrak was the worst coaching job i have ever seen.

just think what i feel like as a mammoth fan. lol

Quote from: AmherstRules on February 03, 2023, 02:17:50 PM

Quote from: Homer on January 29, 2023, 03:39:15 PM
In response to Jefffan about the inconsistent play of the mammoths: I was at both games this weekend. Amherst had a height advantage over both Wesleyan and Trinity. They couldn't take advantage of it. Easy shots wouldn't fall. Is it is a matter of concentration, confidence? At the end of the Wesleyan game, Amherst has trouble getting the ball inbounds and nearly lost except for some clutch free throws. They have had trouble with inbounding early in the season. Wouldn't that be something the team would practice and get right? Turnovers and the inability to finish easy shots in the first half of the Trinity game were pathetic. At half time, you could hear Coach Sears screaming through the public bathroom walls which separate the bathrooms from the Amherst men's locker room. The yelling didn't help. The men didn't respond. It was an ugly game from Amherst. From my perspective, it doesn't look like Sears has found a lineup with which he is comfortable. The starting lineup plays 5 minutes and he substitutes a new lineup. In many games , 10-11 players play around 20 minutes or less. I don't see any consistency on the court. Is it frustrating to play for Sears? It's frustrating trying to figure out a game plan, wasting all the height, and wondering if Amherst practices inbounding the ball. it is difficult to watch a season drift away.

It's a hockey substitution thing he's can been reading about. System teams do it all the time.

I don't think it's working.

In response to Jefffan about the inconsistent play of the mammoths: I was at both games this weekend. Amherst had a height advantage over both Wesleyan and Trinity. They couldn't take advantage of it. Easy shots wouldn't fall. Is it is a matter of concentration, confidence? At the end of the Wesleyan game, Amherst has trouble getting the ball inbounds and nearly lost except for some clutch free throws. They have had trouble with inbounding early in the season. Wouldn't that be something the team would practice and get right? Turnovers and the inability to finish easy shots in the first half of the Trinity game were pathetic. At half time, you could hear Coach Sears screaming through the public bathroom walls which separate the bathrooms from the Amherst men's locker room. The yelling didn't help. The men didn't respond. It was an ugly game from Amherst. From my perspective, it doesn't look like Sears has found a lineup with which he is comfortable. The starting lineup plays 5 minutes and he substitutes a new lineup. In many games , 10-11 players play around 20 minutes or less. I don't see any consistency on the court. Is it frustrating to play for Sears? It's frustrating trying to figure out a game plan, wasting all the height, and wondering if Amherst practices inbounding the ball. it is difficult to watch a season drift away.

Quote from: JEFFFAN on January 14, 2023, 08:26:33 PM
Not that I think it matters long term, but do any Lord Jeff fans know anything about Mohammed Alausa?  Pretty much a thin sub over his career but he had a monster game today.   Seemed to come out of nowhere.

It seems to me that the Jeffs, (oops, Mammoths) are rudderless. Alausa goes off one day. Vance has a good game. Sherer another. Hammond, Mitchell at times, then they disappear the next game. What bothers me is, with all the bigs, they shoot close to 50% in 3 out of 4 of the last three games. The guards are shooting 20%. What are the bigs for, rebounding the misses? Turnover are a problem too. Sometimes Sears has 11 players playing equal minutes. Other times he doesn't sub. One game they're down by a ton of points, then nearly win. Another they're up big, lose the lead, then shoot the lights out in ot. To quote Forest Gump, "They're like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get."

The attendance at Amherst/William on Friday didn't bother me, especially when there are no winter session classes. It was a typical January crowd by halftime. What bothers me is the policies set up by the past president. I'm not sure of these #s because I have not researched them, but I've been told that the % of athletes on campus when from 36% to 30%. That is a reduction of around 100 athletes. The football team has suffered the most. Staffing changes and turnovers have become a problem, too. As for the men's basketball team, both the Williams and Middlebury games were low-scoring defensive battles. The men score 6 less points than the Amherst women did over the weekend. That might not have been the case if the men's guards had had better shot percentages, 5-15 against Williams and 2-15 against Middlebury. We'll learn more this weekend at Tufts and Bates, then at Chandler on Wednesday against the Ephs.

I didn't mean to put Toomey in the same class as Maker. IMO, either would have been better than Sears. Maker was a no-brainer. Athletic excellence took a back seat to diversity while Biddy Martin was President. All the Mammoths and, especially, the Lord Jeffs are wondering what's in store with the new President, Mike Elliot, an alumnus. We're all looking forward to the Williams game next Friday.

It is going to be a long dismal year for the Mammoths. Last year, Marlon recruited a freshman class with potential and lead an inherited team to an 18-8 season last year. The 7-5 Nascac record was a bit disappointing, but the Mammoths did beat Williams before losing to Colby in the tournament. It was difficult to understand Marlon's coaching strategy. It seemed to be everyone plays with everyone. This year, Marlon's strength is clear. He has recruited another strong freshman class. His weakness seems to be x's and o's. It looks as if there is one set play - dribble, pass, and shot. Their height inside is not an advantage when they can't get the ball inside. At times, they rely on three-point shots. At times, it looks like every man for himself. That's not the player's fault, it's the coaching staff. It's a difficult game to watch. If you saw the games against Yeshiva, Springfield College, or the University of California, Santa Cruz (their name, Banana Slugs, and gym are so chill), you'll understand.

emma was undefeated in her career at amherst.  unfortunately she played 9 games for fairfield u. over two years.  i think 7 games her freshman year and 2 games her sophomore year, so she only had two years of eligibility left when she got to amherst.   academically, she was unable to transfer some credits from fairfield and came in as an academic sophomore. she is planning to spend the fall semester next year overseas and help coach the team in the spring semester.  she could not have ended her playing career with three better games than the ones she played against Rochester, TM, and Bowdoin.   

I am happy Springfield is in the final four. I watched Jake Ross limp off the court a couple of times against Amherst.  He was injured in that losing stretch. Springfield is peaking at the right time. I hope they follow babson and bring the championship east again. A question. Springfield was ranked 7th and Amherst 8th in the rankings before the conference championships. Amherst lost to wesleyan a higher ranked team in the semis.  Springfield lost to WPI a unranked team in the semis. Springfield was ranked 7th in the final rankings Amherst was ranked 11th. That's confusing to me. Thanks.

nescac1 i finally got through your dissertation.  You proved my point.  i don think williams is going to lose another game. lol

nescac1: point taken

old guy, you read nescac1's posts.  that's why you think Williams can't lose