Time to cut Dylan Addae-Wusu some slack.

[Halldan1]

I posted my usual top 20 points on the Trove after the game. But there is one point I want to post on the free board.


1. The Carrington Experiment

We are all guilty and that includes me. I stated in the preseason after watching a practice and a second partial workout that Dylan Addae-Wusu had to start. He was playing that well. But as we have seen in the 4 games to date DAW is not a PG. Sha knows that. The fans know that and so does the media. But knowing that DAW should be starting, where do you play him?

Dylan is a swing but Jenkins and Coleman man those positions. And with Harmon and Dual adding little that leaves DAW at the point. An issue former SHU coach Kevin Willard faced (unsuccessfully) with Khadeen Carrington years ago. Playing the point, running the team, controlling tempo is something that takes years of experience. It does not happen overnight. We have not been fair to Dylan, and with the said he's under a ton of pressure. Most not of his doing.

Time to ease up.

 

[Gohall129]

Comparing DAW and KC is like comparing LeBron and Bronny. And DAW is not LeBron in this comparison

 

[HallGuy23]

I posted my usual top 20 points on the Trove after the game. But there is one point I want to post on the free board.


1. The Carrington Experiment

We are all guilty and that includes me. I stated in the preseason after watching a practice and a second partial workout that Dylan Addae-Wusu had to start. He was playing that well. But as we have seen in the 4 games to date DAW is not a PG. Sha knows that. The fans know that and so does the media. But knowing that DAW should be starting, where do you play him?

Dylan is a swing but Jenkins and Coleman man those positions. And with Harmon and Dual adding little that leaves DAW at the point. An issue former SHU coach Kevin Willard faced (unsuccessfully) with Khadeen Carrington years ago. Playing the point, running the team, controlling tempo is something that takes years of experience. It does not happen overnight. We have not been fair to Dylan, and with the said he's under a ton of pressure. Most not of his doing.

Time to ease up.

Nope. Disagree.

“Dylan is a swing but Jenkins and Coleman man those positions.”

What you meant to say is Jenkins and Coleman are better players and DAW should be on the bench.

As I’ve said before, DAW has no position on offense. He can’t shoot consistently, can’t pass, can’t create for himself. He can only barrel to the hoop praying for a foul or contested layup or shoot wide open 3’s. (Same as most players today)

He’s been in college for 5 years, playing basketball for over 15 years. I’m not cutting him any slack. Watching our so called highly ranked and/or veteran players struggle mightily against weak competition is/was pathetic.

 

[dehere23]

I posted my usual top 20 points on the Trove after the game. But there is one point I want to post on the free board.


1. The Carrington Experiment

We are all guilty and that includes me. I stated in the preseason after watching a practice and a second partial workout that Dylan Addae-Wusu had to start. He was playing that well. But as we have seen in the 4 games to date DAW is not a PG. Sha knows that. The fans know that and so does the media. But knowing that DAW should be starting, where do you play him?

Dylan is a swing but Jenkins and Coleman man those positions. And with Harmon and Dual adding little that leaves DAW at the point. An issue former SHU coach Kevin Willard faced (unsuccessfully) with Khadeen Carrington years ago. Playing the point, running the team, controlling tempo is something that takes years of experience. It does not happen overnight. We have not been fair to Dylan, and with the said he's under a ton of pressure. Most not of his doing.

Time to ease up.

Agree. He's never been a PG and he isn’t anywhere close to being solely to blame for the offensive issues thus far.

 

[LBP43]

Kid plays hard but should not be a starter --may be a decent 6th man

 

[Gohall129]

Should’ve signed Posh

 

[silkcitypirate]

Kid plays hard but should not be a starter --may be a decent 6th man

Always plays hard will always give you points , rebounding , assists and steals in every game . The problem is he is not a point guard.

 

[chickenbox]

Always plays hard will always give you points , rebounding , assists and steals in every game . The problem is he is not a point guard.

Also can't shoot free throws. Something we need on the court in late-game situations

 

[Gohall129]

Always plays hard will always give you points , rebounding , assists and steals in every game . The problem is he is not a point guard.

#NeverForget when DAW when 0/13 from the field with 0 points while being a main ball handler with Kadary out last season against Providence at home.

A 4 point loss that was the differential of dancing vs NIT

 

[HallGuy23]

#NeverForget when DAW when 0/13 from the field with 0 points while being a main ball handler with Kadary out last season against Providence at home.

A 4 point loss that was the differential of dancing vs NIT

Hey it’s not his fault. He has to dribble the ball more now. Give him a few more years to understand how to throw a bounce pass to a moving target..

 

[radecicco]

Should’ve signed Posh

Geez another Posh post!

 

[dehere23]

Add it to the pile that results from a poor start.

We had a poster literally start a thread on Richmond supposedly causing chemistry problems when his two replacements here are already AWOL. You can’t make it up.

When Sha rights the ship with this group some normalcy will return.

 

[Halldan1]

Comparing DAW and KC is like comparing LeBron and Bronny. And DAW is not LeBron in this comparison

Who compared those two players?

 

[Piratz]

Tough situation. Bad for everyone having him play PG. Hopefully he can improve as the season goes along.

 

[silkcitypirate]

In team Stats he is 2nd in scoring ,1st in Rebounding, 1st in Assists and 1st in steals . Give the kid a break .

 

[chickenbox]

In team Stats he is 2nd in scoring ,1st in Rebounding, 1st in Assists and 1st in steals . Give the kid a break .

Third in scoring. Also, 1st in minutes, 1st in turnovers, last in blocks, shooting 47% from the line

 

[Fishjam]

Everyone knows Wusu isn't a PG. He's a role player who was going to be an important, veteran leader for us. Problem is the team is in bad shape as it's 2 Point Guards have been unplayable (for a variety of reasons). As a result Sha is asking Wusu to pick up the slack at a position he clearly isn't suited to.

Most of the players have been playing tentative and without confidence - Wusu especially. Sha has his work cut out for him.

 

[CaptBob]

I know that I'm going to catch a load of crap for this but here goes--- you really cannot put all the blame on Wusu when it should go directly on SHA . His team, his players, his staff, his game plan--the gears are not meshing and it falls on player evaluation. NOT the end all excuse of NIL.

 

[hallwins]

I know that I'm going to catch a load of crap for this but here goes--- you really cannot put all the blame on Wusu when it should go directly on SHA . His team, his players, his staff, his game plan--the gears are not meshing and it falls on player evaluation. NOT the end all excuse of NIL.

This time last year, this Board was calling for the benching of Dawes.

If you did not see the team figuring things out last game, you are not watching.

 

[radecicco]

This board knows very little but they express it with confidence.

 

[Hall Is Life]

The two offensive boards against Hofstra off of Toumi’s 0-4 stint late in the game go overlooked because Dylan then missed his own two free throws, losing us the game. Can’t make it up!

He’s a serviceable player playing out of position. I’m not even sure what his position really is but it’s certainly not point guard.

 

[doctorcb12]

Should’ve signed Posh

Look up Posh's stats from Dayton and get back to me. Has scored 9 points total in 3 games. He only started 1 game and got moved to the bench. Dayton fans are trashing him online wondering what his purpose on the team is.

 

[mbraue]

Always plays hard will always give you points , rebounding , assists and steals in every game . The problem is he is not a point guard.

He's a tough, skilled player. Glue guy who scored 25 vs. Johnnie's when we roasted them last year. Also had a good NIT. Once we get Dual healthy offense should flow better and all players will look better on offense.

Happy he stayed and let's support someone who is part of our program and who plays 100% all of the time.