GOOD
1) Jayden Reid - Got back in the starting lineup and after a few of his annual bad body language moments that showcased his usual unforced turnovers and giving up on defense, Reid was able to find his shot to score a career high 18 pts to lead the team in scoring. He added 4 assists(could've had more), and 4 rebounds. If USF is going to be successful at any point this season, Reid has to play with confidence whether his shot is falling or not. A PG doesn't have to lead the team in scoring in order to have a strong presence. Bad Body language is bad MOJO for the entire team.
2) Jamille Reynolds - Boy what a MONSTER....when he can stay on the floor. The BIG MAN scored 17 pts and grabbed 9 rebounds in only 22 minutes. Reynolds went 6 for 6 from the field and 5 of 6 from the free throw line. That's high level stuff from Mille and he can even do more than that. The coaching staff should challenge him to be more hungrier to grab rebounds, especially on the offensive end. Even without the foul trouble Reynolds is probably a max 25 minute player, so let's get everything from him that he is capable of giving.
3) Jimmie Williams - The old saying was that the only coach ever capable of holding Michael Jordan under 20 points was his college head coach the legendary Dean Smith. Well I'm saying the only coach capable of holding Jimmie Williams from being Youndblood 2.0 is Coach Ben Fletcher(more on him later). Williams was great again in only 14 minutes of PT, he scored 12 points, hit two threes, and brought a physical presence on both offense and defense. Williams is a 3 level scorer and easily the best all around guard on the team. He's always been a high level scorer and a winner, demonstrated by his 48 PT game in leading his JC team to a championship. It's not a good look that he is buried behind other guys and not getting 25 to 30 minutes per game. The future Bulls head coach really needs to recruit Williams and Brown the first minute he is in place.
BAD
1) Ben Fletcher - Coach said over a week ago that he had pretty much settled on a rotation, but several games later he still hasn't figured out what he wants to do there. Constant changing of the lineup, unbalanced minutes given to guys that either don't deserve to get them or guys getting less than they deserve(Williams, Green, Brown). If this was professional basketball, Williams and Brown would be demanding a trade somewhere else. Coach Fletcher has to do better by his team and they will in turn do better for him.
2) USF Defense - What happened to the D? Throughout history that has never been a good thing. It has never been good for a man to be asked from a woman, and it's never good for a team in sports to be asked about them. There are plenty creams, devices, and pills to help a man with his D. The cure for the basketball team's weak D comes from the demand of the coaches and caliber of players. No game has had USF so out-talented that they cannot matchup and slow down the opposing teams from looking like the Warriors or Celtics, not the Gators and certainly not the Blue Raiders. USF has given up 98 and 95 total points in 2 of the 6 games they have played. In three of these games they have allowed Florida, Charleston, and MTSU to score over 50 points in one half of action. This is coaching which accounts for scouting, preparation, effort, and player rotation. There is a reason why we have seen more players pointing their fingers at each other more in 6 games than they did in 30 games last season.
UGLY
End of the game - The ESPN commentators were very critical of the some of the coaching decisions of USF, but nothing united the viewers and listeners to the curious decision that the USF coaches made by not having the team foul a MTSU player while down 2 scores with under a minute to play. Rewatching that situation again, the decision not to foul even caught MTSU and the officials by surprise as well. It's common knowledge to extend games, now in some instances it can be frustrating when teams start fouling in a hopeless cause as the game is already a loss and people are ready to just get it over with. However USF still was within 2 scores, combining that with MTSU not being a great FT shooting team, and a hot Jimmie Williams going, called for an extension of the game imo. This also can't just all be on Coach Fletcher. The entire staff has to be better as every coach should be aware of something like this.
1) Jayden Reid - Got back in the starting lineup and after a few of his annual bad body language moments that showcased his usual unforced turnovers and giving up on defense, Reid was able to find his shot to score a career high 18 pts to lead the team in scoring. He added 4 assists(could've had more), and 4 rebounds. If USF is going to be successful at any point this season, Reid has to play with confidence whether his shot is falling or not. A PG doesn't have to lead the team in scoring in order to have a strong presence. Bad Body language is bad MOJO for the entire team.
2) Jamille Reynolds - Boy what a MONSTER....when he can stay on the floor. The BIG MAN scored 17 pts and grabbed 9 rebounds in only 22 minutes. Reynolds went 6 for 6 from the field and 5 of 6 from the free throw line. That's high level stuff from Mille and he can even do more than that. The coaching staff should challenge him to be more hungrier to grab rebounds, especially on the offensive end. Even without the foul trouble Reynolds is probably a max 25 minute player, so let's get everything from him that he is capable of giving.
3) Jimmie Williams - The old saying was that the only coach ever capable of holding Michael Jordan under 20 points was his college head coach the legendary Dean Smith. Well I'm saying the only coach capable of holding Jimmie Williams from being Youndblood 2.0 is Coach Ben Fletcher(more on him later). Williams was great again in only 14 minutes of PT, he scored 12 points, hit two threes, and brought a physical presence on both offense and defense. Williams is a 3 level scorer and easily the best all around guard on the team. He's always been a high level scorer and a winner, demonstrated by his 48 PT game in leading his JC team to a championship. It's not a good look that he is buried behind other guys and not getting 25 to 30 minutes per game. The future Bulls head coach really needs to recruit Williams and Brown the first minute he is in place.
BAD
1) Ben Fletcher - Coach said over a week ago that he had pretty much settled on a rotation, but several games later he still hasn't figured out what he wants to do there. Constant changing of the lineup, unbalanced minutes given to guys that either don't deserve to get them or guys getting less than they deserve(Williams, Green, Brown). If this was professional basketball, Williams and Brown would be demanding a trade somewhere else. Coach Fletcher has to do better by his team and they will in turn do better for him.
2) USF Defense - What happened to the D? Throughout history that has never been a good thing. It has never been good for a man to be asked from a woman, and it's never good for a team in sports to be asked about them. There are plenty creams, devices, and pills to help a man with his D. The cure for the basketball team's weak D comes from the demand of the coaches and caliber of players. No game has had USF so out-talented that they cannot matchup and slow down the opposing teams from looking like the Warriors or Celtics, not the Gators and certainly not the Blue Raiders. USF has given up 98 and 95 total points in 2 of the 6 games they have played. In three of these games they have allowed Florida, Charleston, and MTSU to score over 50 points in one half of action. This is coaching which accounts for scouting, preparation, effort, and player rotation. There is a reason why we have seen more players pointing their fingers at each other more in 6 games than they did in 30 games last season.
UGLY
End of the game - The ESPN commentators were very critical of the some of the coaching decisions of USF, but nothing united the viewers and listeners to the curious decision that the USF coaches made by not having the team foul a MTSU player while down 2 scores with under a minute to play. Rewatching that situation again, the decision not to foul even caught MTSU and the officials by surprise as well. It's common knowledge to extend games, now in some instances it can be frustrating when teams start fouling in a hopeless cause as the game is already a loss and people are ready to just get it over with. However USF still was within 2 scores, combining that with MTSU not being a great FT shooting team, and a hot Jimmie Williams going, called for an extension of the game imo. This also can't just all be on Coach Fletcher. The entire staff has to be better as every coach should be aware of something like this.
