Trimble at Walton

[spillywilly]

I was not at the game on Friday but I heard that the coaching killed

Walton. From what I hear it sounds like the coaches gave up on the game and pulled the starters with time left in the second Half. I just can not understand the coaches for this team I belive that they have lost games for us as bad as that sounds.

 

Anyway that does not matter now so I think Walton will win by 10-15 and if not they played a bad game again.

[CatFanatic]

I don't believe coaching lost that game. As for this one, I missed the first game between these two, but I agree, WV should win by 10-15. I look for Sartwell to start getting a little more time. He flat out got with it on Friday in the limited time he was given. It will be interesting to see how Hensley plays with his injury.

[steelcurtain]

what happened to hensley?

[captain]

He hurt his finger. I agree with cat the coaches aren't losing the games , but I don't think their helping the kids by going out every night playing a zone defense . I can think of atleast two games we probable would have won if we would have played MTM for just the last quarter of the games. The coaches say that there are only 2 kids that can shoot the ball , Well then they better get those boys to learn to play defense and dribble the ball so they can stay in the game.

[spillywilly]

I don't know about the coaching but from what I hear Walton was down by eight with 3 minutes left and he had the JV team playing with tungate hensley lynn and wombles all on the bench. I have noticed that Bennett seems to give up on games to easy and I belive he should not even if you are going to lose I say lose with the starters out there.

[steelcurtain]

I disagree....I think Bennett does what he thinks he has to keep games close and give him the best chance to win....If you look at their team for this year they have several holes and weaknessess that he is forced to hide

His best ball handler is probably hensley and thats not his natural game.......IMO he's better when he gets in the paint and mixes it up.....With their lack of guard play he is forced to do more than his share of handling the ball

The team is big and not all that fast so bennett is probably trying to slow the game down with the zone.

1 Because his guards aren't very good defensively

2 they aren't an up tempo type of team.

3. They aren't that deep

So maybe The zone is the right way to go

[SuperMan5]

I disagree....I think Bennett does what he thinks he has to keep games close and give him the best chance to win....If you look at their team for this year they have several holes and weaknessess that he is forced to hide

His best ball handler is probably hensley and thats not his natural game.......IMO he's better when he gets in the paint and mixes it up.....With their lack of guard play he is forced to do more than his share of handling the ball

The team is big and not all that fast so bennett is probably trying to slow the game down with the zone.

1 Because his guards aren't very good defensively

2 they aren't an up tempo type of team.

3. They aren't that deep

So maybe The zone is the right way to go

 

I think your right!

 

The JV team in Friday nights game were the ones to pull the game to within 8 or what ever it was... It wasn't the starters!

[CatFanatic]

Steelcurtain, you have a better grasp on this team than most of its "fans". I resepct and fully agree with your post. BTW, Hensley is out for at least a week with a bone chip and "minor" tendon damage in that finger.

[MysteriousOnes]

Your outside your mind if you think the coaching staff is "dogging it". Unbelievable....

[spillywilly]

This coaching staff has been doing the same thing since I was there, it if it was not for the two years that he had a team that he did not have to coach (they would have won without him even there) he would of been gone a long time ago. He is not a good coach has not been a good coach since he took over for Gilis. Which the only reason he did was because they had no other option at the time, Because Gilis left without notice. Sullivan should be leading this team not bennett and you all should know that if you have been watching Walton basketball from before three years ago.

[CatFanatic]

I would say that I was watching WV basketball long before you were. Do I agree with all of Coach Bennet's decisions, no. If, that's a big if, Sullivan were head coach, would I agree with all of his decisions, no. You have to have guys that can shoot, handle the ball, and play defense in order to win basketball games against decent competition. WV is lacking in all of these categories. There are some fans who are going to disagree with any coach you throw out there. Maybe he doesn't play the style of ball you like. That doesn't, in itself, make him a bad coach. As Steelcurtain pointed out, Kyle does what he feels gives the 'Cats the best chance to stay in the ballgame. They have played some MTM D late in the games lately, and it has worked. It will work for brief periods of time. They simply do not have the horses to play MTM for 32 minutes. They will tire and end up getting blown out anyway. I have not always been the biggest Bennet supporter, but he is not losing games for WV, nor is he holding anything back. He is doing what he feels needs to be done to try and keep this team competitive. Just my $.02.

[spillywilly]

That is fair I just think Sullivan would be a better coach and always has been since Bennett was JV and sullivan was the head coach out there. I don't think Bennett gets the best out of his players.

[MysteriousOnes]

That is fair I just think Sullivan would be a better coach and always has been since Bennett was JV and sullivan was the head coach out there. I don't think Bennett gets the best out of his players.

Well guess what? Sullivan is not the coach. He was at Campbell Co. where the talent pool is a lot bigger. Let's not compare apples and oranges. To say Sullivan would have as much success at Walton as he did at Campbell is ignorant. 4A compared to 1A. Blame someone else besides the coach.....

[captain]

I agree WV can't go MTM defense with everybody or even the whole 32 minutes with anybody , but you have to mix it up . When we have 3 to 4 players on or off the bench who can contain or play denial defense on a shooter I would rather see that until we lose steam. When you lay back in a zone you get lazy. I truely understand slowing down the game philosophy but to play 32 minutes of it only takes the confidence out of the players both ends of the court. Grant Co. game last week was good excample of that . Put the players in who can match up with the guards.

[captain]

I agree MO these coaches are doing their best and what they think is right, but they do have to let these kids play and get after it alittle thats part of basketball as you well know. Getting beat and making ajustments