Recent content by stankeylegjones

Kaku likes to describe the standard model as supergluing together a tiger, an elephant, and a bear (or three other animals of your choosing). I completely agree with him. I never really found an appreciation for it...too many parameters that must be set by experimental data, rather than coming...

I know, I was just fucking around.

Also, there was that time when you were talking about PDEs :)

Did you not even read the page you linked? It's right there on it. I mean seriously, what are we doing here??? Are you trolling? What was Bacot's class his second-to-last year? What about his last year?

Covid year. It's why Bacot had two senior years. Cherry-picked? Seriously? per 100 pos is a fairly routine/common stat. Not all teams play at the same pace, you know. Seriously?

So, good to know that my eyes didn't deceive me. His numbers actually went down over his last three years.

While waiting for you to post Mando's numbers for his last three years, I decided to go look at HI's "astoundingly" improved rebounding numbers. Per 100 pos, he went from 9.4 (Fr), 8.6 (Soph), to 10.6 (Soph 2). Have you found those Bacot numbers yet?

Apparently not enough for HD.

I think it's more that you didn't read what was written. I said Bacot's last three seasons were very similar in stats. Do you disagree? You seem to have the stats up, post them to see if my eyes test was off.

Not sure. Could be that Bacot's presence drew focus leaving him more open/free to rebound - hence my comment about factoring in the players around him at UNC vs Stanford. Also, I would imagine rebounding is a skill that is less about development and more about "want to," at least compared to...

Regarding perception: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25182709-college-basketball-coaches-nba-execs-trust-most

Great analysis. How does one factor in surrounding players and their gravity? And, how does it prove he progressed? Could it be that he was the defenses third focal point, instead of their first (while at Stanford)?

Regardless of where you stand on this issue, this is fucking hilarious.

cjones and bwall work with and around players and agents, I believe. Sherrell works at IC and covers UNC recruiting. And while there's no way to "prove" it, it's all about what players/agents think. I guess it's as verifiable as saying that it's true that Kelvin Sampson is a good coach.

Rob nailed it a few weeks ago when he said that HD "needs a perfect roster to be successful." Meaning, he believes he can put a good team on the court, as long as the players fit his schemes perfectly. (I guess the question then is, wouldn't every college coach succeed if that were the case?)