Riley is Filthy, thats the best word for it.

Riley is Filthy, thats the best word for it.

 

Couldn't of said it better myself. I completly agree.:dancingpa:dancingpa:dancingpa

I listened to the game yesterday. I thought they did a good job. They spoke highly of the Holmes players, and said they are the best team in the state. I wonder why Holmes don't have there games on the web ? Is it a budget probelm ?

 

You can stream games for free now online, and I would think there are people willing to broadcast the games. The only budget issue would be for a wireless internet card. I imagine you can get a wireless signal at the fieldhouse, so at least the home games could be done for free.

I think the biggest reason you see Maschinot in there now over Riedinger is the ability to not get trapped. When facing pressure, Maschinot is able to use his quickess to avoid traps, where as Brett is more likely to get caught up in the trap leading to the turnover. I am also surprised on the knock on Maschinot's passing. Yes he is a youmg guy who makes some turnovers, but more often than not he grts the ball to the open man. How often does he make a good pass only to have the guy miss the shot?

 

I didn't say anything about his passes.

Riley's value to this team is more than people think. A couple days ago someone said this team would be lost without Pittman, but they would still have Riley and the two Johnsons. It would hurt if they lost Pittman but they could still win the region IMO.

Riley's ball handling has been much better than they gave him credit for. The Scott Co game is ONE game. Anyone who saw him last night saw his ball handling skills were superb. I'd be willing to bet NOBODY in nky can handle the ball better than him and the scout I was sitting with said the same thing. Riley did struggle a little in the SC game at times but if I remember correctly, it was when JJ went out that Riley struggled.

 

As for Rico, I knew he played well but didn't realize he had a double double with 15 points and 14 boards. Very impressive showing for him. With Pittman not having great games recently offensively, Rico and JJ both have really picked up the slack.

 

It seems like with Pittman having all the big numbers early, R. Johnson was some what forgot about. Pittman has been Holmes best player so far this year as far as stats go. But all around R. Johnson does it all. He was preseason number #1 junior, and I think in the second half of the season everybody will see why he was #1 before the season started.

You can stream games for free now online, and I would think there are people willing to broadcast the games. The only budget issue would be for a wireless internet card. I imagine you can get a wireless signal at the fieldhouse, so at least the home games could be done for free.

 

If it could be done for free, than whats Holmes waiting on. I noticed most of the top programs have a broadcast. I think these kids deserve it. This could be something a few of us Holmes fans on BGP could look into.

First observation about the game is that the most impressive thing about Holmes is the play of the Johnson boys. Lot's of talent and they play smart. I was surprised how shallow Holmes' bench was. Solid team, though. They deserve credit for the win.

 

A few observations about CovCath: 1) At this point in a disappointing season, good turn out and support from the Crazies; 2) Thelen was the bright spot for the team last night. Earlier this week some here said that he was too soft. He was the ONLY one changing Pittman's game by putting a body on him. He took Pittman out of his game Only knock on Thelen last night is that he runs funny (joking!); 3) It's shocking how some of the CovCath players have disappeared during big games. The box scores for B'wood and Holmes are, well shocking. For them to win, it has to be a team effort; 4) Way too much criticism of Machinott here. Can anyone argue that if everyone on the team stepped up like he has done and improved his game this would be an entirely different team? I think somepeople should begin to focus some of their constructive critiques to some other players (my opinion); 5) Didn't see much impact of Coach Bradley last night, but he was taking lots of notes (and laughing at the Crazies). He can only help; 6) Good showing by Maile. At times it looks like he tries to do too much, but all in all Good Showing; 7) It's a shame the JV undefeated streak had to come to an end; 8) Counts deserves some positive recognition in this game. He has had rough season, has been moved into a different role, and as some have implied hasn't been too happy about it. In this game he did a good job in the role that he has been given. Less drama, more solid minutes. He deserves credit for that; 9) CovCath had some strange looking line ups at times. At one point I thought I saw some players looking a bit surprised as to who was out there.

It seems like with Pittman having all the big numbers early, R. Johnson was some what forgot about. Pittman has been Holmes best player so far this year as far as stats go. But all around R. Johnson does it all. He was preseason number #1 junior, and I think in the second half of the season everybody will see why he was #1 before the season started.

 

Riley's value to this team is more than people think. A couple days ago someone said this team would be lost without Pittman, but they would still have Riley and the two Johnsons. It would hurt if they lost Pittman but they could still win the region IMO.

 

Riley is pretty underrated. He is the best shooter around this area.

 

Riley is the X-factor for Holmes. His outside shooting is what allows Holmes to run the offense that they do. The way he handles the ball is very impressive. I don't know how many times I've seen him take someone off the dribble, cross them and make them stumble back, and then hit a 3 or jumper. If he were 6'2 or 6'3 he'd be a big D1 prospect and this comes not from me, but several scouts that I'm good friends with.

 

As far as Holmes being lost without Pittman/Riley/etc., I'd say they could still win the region without any one of those but it would be much tougher. Holmes has a VERY solid top 7 with Housely and Arnold off the bench. Either of those two would start for ANY other school in nky but they're all successful because they work so well together as a TEAM. Each player has a different role to Holmes success.

 

I agree that R. Johnson was somewhat forgotten when Pittman started putting up big numbers but the scary thing is, people were forgetting about him and he was still averaging 11 ppg. This could very well be one of the best teams to EVER come out of nky. Again, that comes not from me, but from several scouts that have recruited and followed the area over the last 25-30 years. Honestly, the only team who can beat Holmes is themselves.

Riley is the X-factor for Holmes. His outside shooting is what allows Holmes to run the offense that they do. The way he handles the ball is very impressive. I don't know how many times I've seen him take someone off the dribble, cross them and make them stumble back, and then hit a 3 or jumper. If he were 6'2 or 6'3 he'd be a big D1 prospect and this comes not from me, but several scouts that I'm good friends with.

 

As far as Holmes being lost without Pittman/Riley/etc., I'd say they could still win the region without any one of those but it would be much tougher. Holmes has a VERY solid top 7 with Housely and Arnold off the bench. Either of those two would start for ANY other school in nky but they're all successful because they work so well together as a TEAM. Each player has a different role to Holmes success.

 

I agree that R. Johnson was somewhat forgotten when Pittman started putting up big numbers but the scary thing is, people were forgetting about him and he was still averaging 11 ppg. This could very well be one of the best teams to EVER come out of nky. Again, that comes not from me, but from several scouts that have recruited and followed the area over the last 25-30 years. Honestly, the only team who can beat Holmes is themselves.

 

Well put :thumb: could not have said it better myself.

Riley is the X-factor for Holmes. His outside shooting is what allows Holmes to run the offense that they do. The way he handles the ball is very impressive. I don't know how many times I've seen him take someone off the dribble, cross them and make them stumble back, and then hit a 3 or jumper. If he were 6'2 or 6'3 he'd be a big D1 prospect and this comes not from me, but several scouts that I'm good friends with.

 

As far as Holmes being lost without Pittman/Riley/etc., I'd say they could still win the region without any one of those but it would be much tougher. Holmes has a VERY solid top 7 with Housely and Arnold off the bench. Either of those two would start for ANY other school in nky but they're all successful because they work so well together as a TEAM. Each player has a different role to Holmes success.

 

I agree that R. Johnson was somewhat forgotten when Pittman started putting up big numbers but the scary thing is, people were forgetting about him and he was still averaging 11 ppg. This could very well be one of the best teams to EVER come out of nky. Again, that comes not from me, but from several scouts that have recruited and followed the area over the last 25-30 years. Honestly, the only team who can beat Holmes is themselves.

 

I agree with Riley being the X-factor he strecthes the defense, which opens the lane for Pittman and the Johnson brothers to work.[imo] This is not the Holmes team everybody will see come March. It seems to me Henley is still trying to find the pace that they want to play. I think they are still growing as a team. Also [imo] Arnold will play a bigger role come March. Something like how Pittman's min. went up at the end of last season. He has all the tools to be really good. I hear he shows it in practice, it's just a matter of playing that way in game situations.

I agree with Riley being the X-factor he strecthes the defense, which opens the lane for Pittman and the Johnson brothers to work.[imo] This is not the Holmes team everybody will see come March. It seems to me Henley is still trying to find the pace that they want to play. I think they are still growing as a team. Also [imo] Arnold will play a bigger role come March. Something like how Pittman's min. went up at the end of last season. He has all the tools to be really good. I hear he shows it in practice, it's just a matter of playing that way in game situations.

 

As someone stated earlier, Arnold is still a work in progress but has all the tools to be VERY good. He just needs to let the game come to him more. Seems like too often he's in a rush to score which makes him force up shots or shoot too quickly. But then again, on the other hand, there have been times this year where he's looked scary good.

 

If Arnold can keep progressing throughout the year, don't be surprised to see him move in to a starting roll come March, like Pittman did last year. At 6'6, he can play inside or out and he is actually a pretty good defender for only being a soph. He did a very good job on Jackson when they played SC.

As someone stated earlier, Arnold is still a work in progress but has all the tools to be VERY good. He just needs to let the game come to him more. Seems like too often he's in a rush to score which makes him force up shots or shoot too quickly. But then again, on the other hand, there have been times this year where he's looked scary good.

 

If Arnold can keep progressing throughout the year, don't be surprised to see him move in to a starting roll come March, like Pittman did last year. At 6'6, he can play inside or out and he is actually a pretty good defender for only being a soph. He did a very good job on Jackson when they played SC.

 

If you replace D. Johnson with Arnold that will give you two 6'6, 6'5, 6'4, in the starting line up. Somethimg else I like about this lineup is that all of them are guards.

If you replace D. Johnson with Arnold that will give you two 6'6, 6'5, 6'4, in the starting line up. Somethimg else I like about this lineup is that all of them are guards.

 

Rico, JJ, and Key are all guards that can play the forward because of their size. Pittman is a forward that can shoot. With Arnold in the lineup it makes them very tough to score on. It'd be 6'7, 6'6, 6'5, 6'4. Pittman is a little taller than Key.

This was a nice win for Holmes. This has officially wrapped up the #1 seed in the district. I thought Cov Cath played undisciplined in the second half. It wasn't a typical team coached by Listerman. I was also surprised to see alot of empty seats in Park Hills. I got there at 6:45 and thought I might not even get in. It was disappointing.