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OT: AUBURN BASKETBALL

another reason our offense struggled - and why I’m excited for Samir (and to a lesser extent Danjel) is no one on our team can create a shot for someone else consistently aside from Jared and Davion...

Murray is good on the perimeter on back cuts, post entries, and lobs... Horace is surprisingly good moving the ball in transition - he sees the floor better than any of the non PG’s, he just has no touch or finesse and it ends terribly as often as it ends well... Chuma struggled... Mac isn’t a threat but improved tremendously from where he was a freshman... and we’ve already covered Bryce and Stapha

Stapha - 0.9 assists/game, actually DECREASED from his freshman year, and 2.1 turnovers, in 28 minutes

Samir - 2.1 assists, 1.9 turnovers, in 23 minutes

Danjel - 1.8 assists, 1.6 turnovers, in 28 minutes

Danjel, as a 4, actually was a better creator and more efficient than Stapha... and both he and Samir are better athletes - and better equipped to handle and move the ball in traffic... our interior passing was abysmal the last half of the season... it was Jared, Stapha, or Desean driving into traffic and getting swallowed up and turning it over - or Davion/someone else dropping it off to someone who dropped it

more spacing and shooting - more Samir and Danjel - a better Davion - and hopefully better hands in the form of Austin and Mac receiving those drop offs - and hopefully we make a huge leap in that area next year

This is a great point. Heron could slash, but it was almost exclusively to get himself a better look, which was fine because he finished decently well. Having another facilitator to rely on could really help us next year.
 
Need better players at the 1 and 2 to make that lineup work. Harper isn’t an elite PG and Bryce is just a streak shooter. Need a lot more from both. It was mainly their play at the end of the year that led to the embarrassing finish.
Check your DM's on the bunker.
 

We gettin that respect, gents.

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For sure! Most loaded Maui classic ever?
Can you imagine if Heron and Austin came back? I believe we'll have the best team in the SEC, but if all come back, it removes all doubt. Heron just has to get rid of that "me first" mentality he developed right before the SEC tournament. He was a very solid and committed team player until tourney time.

You could see when he got the ball at times he'd already decided he was not giving it up and was going to take the shot no matter what. It was so fuggin frustrating to see this squad do the things they did this season through unselfishness and a team first attitude to go from a cohesive unit to divided individuals.
 
Can you imagine if Heron and Austin came back? I believe we'll have the best team in the SEC, but if all come back, it removes all doubt. Heron just has to get rid of that "me first" mentality he developed right before the SEC tournament. He was a very solid and committed team player until tourney time.

You could see when he got the ball at times he'd already decided he was not giving it up and was going to take the shot no matter what. It was so fuggin frustrating to see this squad do the things they did this season through unselfishness and a team first attitude to go from a cohesive unit to divided individuals.
Agree. He’s never losing that attitude. I’m very interested to see how they all progress in the off season. I bet it will be a drastic improvement alike last offseason.
 
I didn't ask but I know he likes Sharman White because "he checks off two of the boxes." Tate said on the bunker that he thought it would be a minority hire and I agree with him.
 
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I think Sharman White will could kill it in ATL recruiting for us. Here's his bio.

Sharman White, one of the most decorated high school coaches in the country, joined Georgia State and the college ranks in April 2016.

Previously White served as head boys basketball coach as well as Athletic Director at Miller Grove High School in Lithonia, Georgia.

In only 10 years of existence, he guided the Wolverines to state championships in seven of his final eight seasons, including a state record six in a row (2009-14), eight “Final Fours” and 8-time region Championships.

After another successful campaign in 2015-2016, which included a Final Four finish in the Dick’s National High School Tournament and a top ten national ranking, White was named the National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) Coach Of The Year.

For his body of work in the 2013-2014 season, White was awarded the USA Today National Coach Of The Year which is one of the highest honors that a coach can receive. During that same season, he was also selected to be the head coach of the North Junior All-Stars in the GACA North/South All-Star game in Savannah.

During the 2012-2013 season, White received the Naismith Atlanta Tip-Off Club Bobby Cremins award which recognizes the highest honor for a coach in the state of Georgia along with receiving the Georgia Sports Writers “Coach of the Year”, the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association AAAAA Coach of the Year and Dekalb County Tip-Off Club Coach of the Year.

The Wolverines also finished 2013 in the Top 25 of the top national polls, including ESPN, USA Today, MaxPreps, and PrepNation.

During the 2009-10, 10-11, and 11-12 seasons, White was named Georgia Athletic Coaches Association AAAA Coach of the Year, Atlanta Journal-Constitution AAAA Coach of the Year, and Dekalb County Tip-Off Club Coach Of The Year.

His previous coaching stint came at Carver High School where he garnered 5AA Coach Of The Year honors after leading his team to the region championship and then on to the state championship game in 2004.

White has compiled a 373-86 career coaching record over a 19-year career, including a 263-46 at Miller Grove.

Away from the high school ranks, White was invited to the fall training camp for USA Basketball as a court coach in October 2014.

Shortly after he was named an assistant coach for the U16’s that went on to win the gold medal in the FIBA Americas tournament in Argentina in June 2015.

To date, 32 former players have played or presently are playing collegiately or professionally.

White earned his degree from Georgia Southern in 1995. He is married to the former Jemeka Price and has two children. He also earned his master’s degree from Coppin State in 2003.
 
swhite104@gsu.edu

If anyone wants to give him a War Eagle. I may have sent him one hah.

Anyways my friend that coaches juco basketball is friends with him. He said he use to coach Sexton before he took the GSU job.
 
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