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He also picks up his dribble against the sideline and the sideline becomes a free extra defender for the defense. Others do it too. I turned the game off part way thorough the second half when it became obvious there would be no comeback. Maybe our guys played better after I turned the channel but I doubt it. Their weakness has been exposed.... bad ball handling, bad passing, poor floor spacing... This team will not go to the big dance and even if they did, would get their clock cleaned by some SEC or ACC team. Last Edited: 2/25/2022 7:52:27 PM by greencat Back to Top Pataskala General User Member Since: 7/8/2010 Location: At least six feet away from anybody else Post Count: 9,306 Status: Offline     RE: Sears is picking up his dribble too soon    Posted: 2/25/2022 8:14:24 PM  He also goes too far underneath against the bigs and gets stuffed a lot. He needs to put up the floater farther out in the lane or dish it to an open man. We will get by. We will get by. We will get by. We will survive. Back to Top RSBobcat General User Member Since: 8/22/2010 Location: Columbus, OH Post Count: 4,408 Status: Offline     RE: Sears is picking up his dribble too soon    Posted: 2/25/2022 8:33:13 PM  Sometimes he dribbles to much... Would help if some one would post up lower or slash so he could dish to...but that would require that they also manage to grab/secure the dish... RS Bobcat Back to Top 100%Cat General User Member Since: 1/17/2013 Post Count: 2,533 Status: Offline     RE: Sears is picking up his dribble too soon    Posted: 2/25/2022 8:52:29 PM  That was painful to watch. Back to Top OhioCatFan General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 14,164 Status: Offline     RE: Sears is picking up his dribble too soon    Posted: 2/26/2022 10:53:47 AM  greencat wrote: Maybe our guys played better after I turned the channel but I doubt it. . . . Yes, they did. They played much better the last seven minutes of the game and cut the deficit in half at one point. Maybe you should have tuned out earlier! ;-) The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA "It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right." Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. Learn more about the old 78th at: http://www.78ohio.org Back to Top Alan Swank General User Member Since: 12/11/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 7,073 Status: Offline     RE: Sears is picking up his dribble too soon    Posted: 2/26/2022 12:03:44 PM  We were down 20 with 1:56 to go. That spate of threes made the final outcome appear much closer than the game was. Back to Top Andrew Ruck General User Member Since: 12/22/2004 Location: Columbus, OH Post Count: 4,878 Status: Offline     RE: Sears is picking up his dribble too soon    Posted: 2/28/2022 2:20:37 PM  He has really fallen off, no question about it. If shots you take that are blocked were a stat, he would have some high numbers in that stat lately. Entering February he seemed invincible. Some defenses adjusted and stopped him and it seems his confidence has taken a hit as a result as well. He seems a bit shell shocked right now but I am confident adjustments will be made by him and the coaches in the offseason and he will come back firing on all cylinders next season. Andrew Ruck B.B.A. 2003 Back to Top OhioCatFan General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 14,164 Status: Offline     RE: Sears is picking up his dribble too soon    Posted: 2/28/2022 11:58:27 PM  Andrew Ruck wrote: He has really fallen off, no question about it. If shots you take that are blocked were a stat, he would have some high numbers in that stat lately. Entering February he seemed invincible. Some defenses adjusted and stopped him and it seems his confidence has taken a hit as a result as well. He seems a bit shell shocked right now but I am confident adjustments will be made by him and the coaches in the offseason and he will come back firing on all cylinders next season. Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about, but I would think it would be possible to make adjustments before the MACC. Such simple things as coaching him to look for the open man on the perimeter when he's being triple teamed inside, and to dribble away from the double or triple team when it appears instead of right into it and then trying to put up an ill-fated shot. As you say, earlier in the year he seemed to often perform magic and make shots when it appeared he was going to be blocked. But that's not true anymore. Teams know his tendencies and he just can't score with impunity underneath. Why can't adjustments be made now rather than next year? Last Edited: 3/1/2022 12:41:24 AM by OhioCatFan The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA "It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right." Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. Learn more about the old 78th at: http://www.78ohio.org Back to Top Jeff McKinney Moderator Member Since: 11/12/2004 Post Count: 6,102 Status: Offline     RE: Sears is picking up his dribble too soon    Posted: 3/1/2022 12:30:39 AM  I've seen him passing more out of the lane recently. What Akron did was trap and double team him on the wing. Back to Top Andrew Ruck General User Member Since: 12/22/2004 Location: Columbus, OH Post Count: 4,878 Status: Offline     RE: Sears is picking up his dribble too soon    Posted: 3/1/2022 7:50:12 AM  OhioCatFan wrote: Why can't adjustments be made now rather than next year? They can, it's just hard. Some deep seeded strategic changes are need to the offense & Sears game. Andrew Ruck B.B.A. 2003 Back to Top CatsUp General User Member Since: 4/15/2019 Post Count: 755 Status: Offline     RE: Sears is picking up his dribble too soon    Posted: 3/1/2022 8:19:19 AM  Jeff McKinney wrote: I've seen him passing more out of the lane recently. What Akron did was trap and double team him on the wing. My assessment as well. To compound that situation, at the point when he saw (or seemingly should have seen) the presses coming, he seemed to be dribbling into them anyway. Perplexing to watch develop. 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