Landry Shamet Injured

[shocksrbest]

By chance, can this thread get back to Landry???

[Steeleshocker]

You acted like a twit. This isn't vitriol, more like you showing your ass (X2). Maybe you should be a little more retrospect in the future. Everyone has many different points. Don't attack people for the simple act of disagreeing with you.

BTW, and I know you don't want to hear this, but Connor is a 3rd year soph, your guy is a 5th year senior, so Connor has much more time to figure it out. He'll be back here next year.

What the hell are you talking about? I'm not talking about Evan. I'm talking about how Conner is currently being streaky at home for whatever reason. And until he gains that consistency I can absolutely see Shamet (on topic) taking some of his minutes when he gets back from his injury. He is a much more skilled defender already.

I don't usually get into pi$$ing matches on this site but I'm sure plenty of other posters would agree that I abide by the post less and read more mentality.

There is only one person who has shown their ass so far.

[shocka khan]

What the hell are you talking about? I'm not talking about Evan. I'm talking about how Conner is currently being streaky at home for whatever reason. And until he gains that consistency I can absolutely see Shamet (on topic) taking some of his minutes when he gets back from his injury. He is a much more skilled defender already.

I don't usually get into pi$$ing matches on this site but I'm sure plenty of other posters would agree that I abide by the post less and read more mentality.

There is only one person who has shown their ass so far.

I'm glad we agree on that.

[shocka khan]

By chance, can this thread get back to Landry???

I want to see Landry back. I think he makes us better as a team. Although some may say it might be better to redshirt him, I think he's good enough he will be the kind of player who will find what he needs to do to fit in with the rest of our players and still prosper.

I'm not only a big fan of Landry's abilities, but also his leadership potential.

[Mr. Obvious]

in 5 road games, Conner is 86% from inside the arc, 48% from 3 and a perfect 100% from the line.

Two things from this....don't discount the attention Conner draws, and how that makes everyone else's job easier. Even when he's just out there, he commands a lot of attention.

Secondly, more. 86, 48, 100.

Plus opposing teams look to see who CF is guarding. Don't need that kind of attention.

[Dave Stalwart]

Friendly reminder: Conner is a sophomore.

We tend to hold him to a way different standard than other sophomores for some reason. He's fantastic for a sophomore and he's giving our team a useful spark.

I think the negative elements of his game will improve in due time.

[proshox]

Man, i tell you what. I must have really come after him hard to have earned such vitriol.

I am not wrong. I expect "more" from Conner. I expect he will get there at some point, but he is not there yet.

So he isn't "there" because his shooting percentage at home? Do you give him any credit for his passing? Seems like he is getting people open shots and to the fee throw line. Do you notice how often our bigs get wide open lay-ups after screening for him? The announcers notice the good pass by Ron and the finish, but have yet to call out why the big was so open.

[Mr. Obvious]

Gregg does not tolerate weak links on D. I think once LS comes back, the little experiment will be over.

[Stickboy46]

Plus opposing teams look to see who CF is guarding. Don't need that kind of attention.

Conner has actually done a pretty good job on defense. I've been more impressed with his hustle, defense, passing ability, and ability to take care of the ball than his shooting. That's a good thing considering those were all the things that people said we should be worried about with him. His shooting will come when he gets the nerves out.

Besides maybe one game early on where his opponent backed him down a lot, I really haven't seen him as a liability on defense. That game he was guarding a lot larger player. It would have been the same thing if we asked Fred to guard him

[Dave Stalwart]

Gregg does not tolerate weak links on D. I think once LS comes back, the little experiment will be over.

I'll give you that. If he comes back and plays better than everyone else, he will take the available minutes. There's no doubt about that. If his shooting AND defense are better than CF, then he will play a lot.

I still kinda think Landry is good enough to steal more people's minutes than just Conner. And if he does, look out for this team... Just like when Ron Baker did his thing a few years ago.

[MadaboutWu]

Markis by the month on a per 40 minute basis:

I love his improvement on 2-pointers. I think he is making much better decisions leading to the results.

[shockmonster]

We are gauging Landry's game against Charleston Southern and Emporia State. He will be coming back with little game experience, and not nearly at the level of the other players that have been playing in Dec. Jan. and Feb. To expect him to come back like others who have been playing when at this time, he can't even run is a little optimistic. Maybe he can help this team and maybe not but some of you are acting like he has been playing this entire year instead of sitting and watching from the sidelines.

[AZ Shocker]

I'm sure hoping the young man can come back and keep all his athleticism. He seemed to be able to jump out of the gym before. That damn screw sometimes... pardon the pun...screws with your jumping abilities. Best of luck to the young man. Looking forward to watching him play.

[Steeleshocker]

We are gauging Landry's game against Charleston Southern and Emporia State. He will be coming back with little game experience, and not nearly at the level of the other players that have been playing in Dec. Jan. and Feb. To expect him to come back like others who have been playing when at this time, he can't even run is a little optimistic. Maybe he can help this team and maybe not but some of you are acting like he has been playing this entire year instead of sitting and watching from the sidelines.

That's fair, but Ron was able to be effective on both ends of the floor and move well after a similar injury. I know he's probably not where he wants to be, conditioning-wise, right now. But I'm also sure he's doing everything he can to get in shape without putting unnecessary stress on his foot.

I don't expect him to come in and light the world on fire. Just give us 10-15 minutes of strong, athletic defense. I expect him to use his athleticism and BBIQ to get to the rim on occasion.

[ShockBand]

Everytime I see "BBIQ" in a post my mind immediately makes it BBQ. Mmmmmm, ribs, brisket, pulled pork, hot links...