Whitehead and Brown

[garyshu71]

Frustrations with the coach, players and program should not be taken out on Dan the volunteer. He just tries to give an overview of what’s going on with what’s provided. I do agree there is a lot to be concerned and frustrated about. Dan is not one of them.

 

[JoePeppitone2012]

What I think most people who are just fans don't understand is that you have to establish a relationship with the coach. If you want access to practices, players, staff members and the like you have to 'play the game'.

That brings up the question for most all of us who don't write for the Ledger, the Post or AAP how should we handle ourselves in the post game. For me and most all of us it depends on the coach, both SHU's and the visitor's. As I noted with a coach like Cooley and a few others all questions are fair game as long as they are legitimate. With others, like a Boeheim for instance you have to choose your words carefully.

It's so easy from afar to say ask the tough questions but if you do so understand that you are jeopardizing your future access to the program.

In my case in particular I do not have the cache of a Carino, Zagoria or Brazillier as I am only someone who writes for a blog and thus that has to be taken into consideration.

I think that's totally understandable from your perspective but why Sha who had 15 minutes of fame with St. Peters and is a legend alumni couldn't answer questions on Brown's playing time is just a total turn off. You're not Boeheim dude. If you were him or Coach K etc. we'd get it.

Sha has work to do

 

[shupat08]

I think that's totally understandable from your perspective but why Sha who had 15 minutes of fame with St. Peters and is a legend alumni couldn't answer questions on Brown's playing time is just a total turn off. You're not Boeheim dude. If you were him or Coach K etc. we'd get it.

Sha has work to do

Inmates (coaches) running the asylum. Dictating what can and can't get asked. Lol.

If everyone in the post game room including Zags, Carino, etc asked him tough Qs would SHU freeze EVERYONE out?

And then who would SHU be? Even now, who the hell as we? One of the smallest schools in D1 bball and one of the schools that spends the least and they think they have the power to shut media out? Without this board and 2 journalists no one would be able to follow our program.

They are in no spot to dictate terms to anyone.

 

[Hall Is Life]

I think that's totally understandable from your perspective but why Sha who had 15 minutes of fame with St. Peters and is a legend alumni couldn't answer questions on Brown's playing time is just a total turn off. You're not Boeheim dude. If you were him or Coach K etc. we'd get it.

Sha has work to do

Sha the coach is kind of a joke. I hope he grows up soon.

 

[Halldan1]

I think that's totally understandable from your perspective but why Sha who had 15 minutes of fame with St. Peters and is a legend alumni couldn't answer questions on Brown's playing time is just a total turn off. You're not Boeheim dude. If you were him or Coach K etc. we'd get it.

Sha has work to do

Actually he did. He was asked specifically about Brown and he wasn't expansive but did compliment his play. That said no one asked him about his limited second half minutes. Most all coaches do not like to be questioned about PT.

That came up with Coleman when asked by a younger reporter. The response was as you can imagine.

Even Cooley, who is IMO the very best coach in a presser bristled many years ago when a Providence beat writer following the team questioned him about that subject.

 

[JoePeppitone2012]

In the era of NIL and expecting us to pay for his players not sure if things like this can fly for all coaches. Bigger schools sure but the small ones like ours should be more open to engage fans just my two cents

 

[Halldan1]

Sha has gotten better in his second year and should be complemented. That said, most coaches don't like to be questioned regarding the doling out of minutes and Holloway is no different.

 

[Section112]

Coaches also use the pressers to motivate their kids. Will they answer a question directly or maybe continue to dangle the carrot to their players. Willard and many others used the pressers to send messages sometimes too. Sha may have been doing that. There is a lot in play and you can't get too upset about the coaches answers or nonanswers. Instead you have to look at the pattern of answers and how he uses the pressers and more importantly how he coaches the team. That's the bottom line.

 

[Piratz]

Coaches are notoriously thin skinned and act like emperors, especially in college.

 

[Halldan1]

Personally I don't think the press conferences are that big of a deal. Holloway has gotten much better handling them.

Instead many are questioning his decision making in games and feel the need to get answers on those complaints. That's the issue. If Holloway was winning no one would even bring up the pressers.

In short the complaints are really geared toward game management, not what he is saying afterwards.

 

[Hall Is Life]

Personally I don't think the press conferences are that big of a deal. Holloway has gotten much better handling them.

Instead many are questioning his decision making in games and feel the need to get answers on those complaints. That's the issue. If Holloway was winning no one would even bring up the pressers.

In short the complaints are really geared toward game management, not what he is saying afterwards.

Sha’s press conferences are train wrecks. I cringe with every word just praying he doesn’t bury himself or his players. He’s too off the cuff and that’s the drawback with wearing your heart on your sleeve. He doesn’t have a filter and it comes across mostly negatively even when talking about a player who may have played well. Instead of giving the player his moment, it’s about what the player DIDN’T do or how he did such and such because Sha had him do it in practice. Tough listen.

 

[williaza01]

I completely get what Dan is sa

Personally I don't think the press conferences are that big of a deal. Holloway has gotten much better handling them.

Instead many are questioning his decision making in games and feel the need to get answers on those complaints. That's the issue. If Holloway was winning no one would even bring up the pressers.

In short the complaints are really geared toward game management, not what he is saying afterwards.

I get what youre saying but disagree. People here understand he would most likely give a usual coach non-answer. Most people here reacted to you saying people wont ask him because you get nowhere with Sha or hell act out against you.

I think people here are saying thats beyond ridiculous for someone who has been non-competitive in many games over 1+ years. Its similar to Met fans with scherzer (no one cares he was a hero for the Nats).

No one here cares about St. Peters. That gets you nothing here. So the attitude that he can be so dismissive and nasty to media is unfathomable

this is different than just being mad hes needled in a press conference.

 

[Piratz]

These things could be a bigger deal given the new world order with NIL. It’s no longer a coach and his team. These are players being paid by the fans and fans will want clear explanations and engagement. And Sha will need to appease the fans in a way his predecessors never had to or the money gets cut off. Who’s going to keep contributing if we’re losing and the coach is a curmudgeon without a track record here?

They better go to the Jay Wright School of Diplomacy.

 

[HALL85]

Personally I don't think the press conferences are that big of a deal. Holloway has gotten much better handling them.

Instead many are questioning his decision making in games and feel the need to get answers on those complaints. That's the issue. If Holloway was winning no one would even bring up the pressers.

In short the complaints are really geared toward game management, not what he is saying afterwards.

I’m with you on this. At the end of the day it’s about wins and losses and unfortunately Sha is doing a pedestrian job so far.

Losses create opportunities for more questions about decisions. Press conferences come more under the microscope. In Sha’s case it’s just another reason to feel bad about the program.

Win and none of this matters.

If SHU was a top ten team and Sha was the second coming of Bobby Knight, no one would care.

 

[Turiddu]

My son who was a sports broadcaster for NBC for eleven years said "You have to build the relationships and then some coaches will answer the tough questions. He told me that Boeheim was the most awful person to interview and had disdain for everyone in the media.

 

[sami]

True reporters/journalists ask all kinds of questions - easy and tough - no matter the situation. There are not nearly enough of them out there in the world today. Asking the coach about why Brown didn't play in the second half of a game in which he played well prior to that, is not a tough question and it needs to be asked.

And that is a question that has not been asked week to week as it was developed by and pertinent to the game that is being directly reported on.

Why Brown was so essential in a first half run and then disappeared in the second couldn’t have been asked time and time again and is the single biggest question that could be answered to truly understand if Sha has any clue what he’s doing or if he’s grossly in over his head.

 

[stipe65]

Maybe Sha needs to sit and watch the replay of the game a few times, I imagine these guys have to be taking it to the seniors in practice as well. None of us knows what deals were cut with these starters before they signed on to play this year. What's painfully obvious to all of us maybe more complicated than it appears to Sha. He may have given his word to some guys that if they stay they will play. What's more complicated for the coach is he's looking bad by their lack luster play. Brown and Coleman are pushing the buttons, something has to give soon or Sha is going to lose the team. Tough spot for Sha, I know the conversations he must of had to bring this team together. He's telling the public/us that everyone has to earn their spot, these guys are clearly earning that court time. Now he has to man up for the team, trust me not everyone is going to be happy.

And while Sha watches the replays he needs to pay particular attention to himself on the “In the Huddle” segments. His constant screaming at players is not a good look, does not appear effective and hardly qualifies as coaching or teaching. Maybe watch a few of his peers around the league, it’s an infrequent occurrence, and hardly a constant one. (Pretty sure the Monmouth coach had a postgame quote that indirectly spoke to these “teaching” moments)

 

[PirateFan94]

Personally I confident care less what questions Sha answers. Just play the damn kids and bench the guys who are sticking up the court. Do that and tut don’t have to answer questions. I don’t want to head about practice. All I want to hear is I’m playing the guy who I’d playing the best and gives is tut best chance to win. If he says that after playing Dawes after one of his typical stinkers, then we know he’s playing favorites because anyone with eyes can see the freshman are Olsons better than he is.

 

[hallwins]

Personally I confident care less what questions Sha answers. Just play the damn kids and bench the guys who are sticking up the court. Do that and tut don’t have to answer questions. I don’t want to head about practice. All I want to hear is I’m playing the guy who I’d playing the best and gives is tut best chance to win. If he says that after playing Dawes after one of his typical stinkers, then we know he’s playing favorites because anyone with eyes can see the freshman are Olsons better than he is.

Other than Brown not playing much in 2nd half, the minutes were more spread out.

4 of 5 starter sat out big minutes In first half

Wusu sat long stretched in 2nd half as well.

Dawes minutes were down

EHE got important minutes while Bediako got needed rest

Brown got big minutes in first half

Sanders for second game got more minutes

Coleman played big minutes

Nganga played minutes

The idea of starting Brown against the balance of our schedule is not a good one. Play minutes in spot duty for sure. Maybe by end of year you get a good 15 minutes.

You want to start Coleman, I get it. As good as he has been, his performance against P6 teams should not have anyone clamoring for starter minutes.

Our best chance for success is getting Dawes, Wusu and Davis to improve. Those are guys that have competed at P6 level for years. They improve and you sprinkle in the play of the reserves. This is clearly what Sha is trying to manage. Whether he can get that done, we shall see.

 

[radecicco]

Other than Brown not playing much in 2nd half, the minutes were more spread out.

4 of 5 starter sat out big minutes In first half

Wusu sat long stretched in 2nd half as well.

Dawes minutes were down

EHE got important minutes while Bediako got needed rest

Brown got big minutes in first half

Sanders for second game got more minutes

Coleman played big minutes

Nganga played minutes

The idea of starting Brown against the balance of our schedule is not a good one. Play minutes in spot duty for sure. Maybe by end of year you get a good 15 minutes.

You want to start Coleman, I get it. As good as he has been, his performance against P6 teams should not have anyone clamoring for starter minutes.

Our best chance for success is getting Dawes, Wusu and Davis to improve. Those are guys that have competed at P6 level for years. They improve and you sprinkle in the play of the reserves. This is clearly what Sha is trying to manage. Whether he can get that done, we shall see.

Agree with this. Maybe give Coleman a start over Wusu. But Wusu only played 12 minutes vs Monmouth so Coleman will get major minutes either way. ( Dawes was limited to 22 minutes.)