A shout out to his play. Where are the fans who questioned his play and wanted Posh Alexander here instead .
Wusu
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Never really wanted Posh, but was critical of his early play. Too many drives with his head down and no realistic chance of finding the backboard much less the basket. Silly turnovers dribbling off his knee, bad passes. A lot to question on him early.
But like many other players, his play of late has been much tighter (only one drive in the first where he literally had his head looking directly at the floor). He’s playing with great energy as he always did, but he’s playing smarter.
Big shout out to his play. I don’t get the mentality that you can’t be critical of poor play/decision making, but as someone who was vocal I can also see a clear difference in play over the last few games. He’s growing on me.
He is one tough arse dude. I want him next to me in a fox hole.
He's tough as nails , hustles and is a great teammate. Let's hope he can cut back on some of his unforced turnovers.
That's the only issue I see..
That's the only issue I see..
Criticism is fine. The level of criticism of fan boards is too often inane.
I'm a fan of him and agree with your sentiments, but generally these kinds of post are the worst imo (no disrespect intended). Players will have a horrible stretch of games, finally put out a good performance, and it inevitably will draw out a "where are those complaining fans now" kind of posts? Then, the next bad game Dylan has will draw out the "see, i told you" from other people. It's just lame.
I wish everyone would just enjoy the performance, hope we continue to see more, and let go of the need to try and "show" other fans.
Posted on another thread he is getting 5.5rpg. That is big for us.
Also, feel like he is playing smarter on offense, even hitting a few nice 3's. Like Dawes, he makes plays on offense that make me groan but much fewer since the Rutgers game. Kudos to him
If you know me I'm not drawing anything . Always thought he was a good complimentary player for us and a perfect Sha type of player . It's just that some fans just don't give a player , coach and team time to jell . To give undo criticisms or accolades 1,2 3 games into a season is not fair. We got a long way to go and there will be many more highs and lows. Go PIRATES !!!!!
Come on. His double double at PC was trading poor plays for good ones. Is it an even trade?
He is tireless. He rebounds. He makes things happen. He is shooting well. Kept us in game in first ten minutes with his 3 and drives.
Turnovers happen. We have to take chances on offense. The pass Khadary made to EHE for a lay up yesterday, is not made without risk.
Dawes was ridiculously good yesterday, has been closing games against good teams, and half the posts on here start with, "he had some turnovers, but he scored 17 points in the first half".
Maddening
A lot of what Wusu does, doesn’t show up in the box score. He covered Kolek for a good bit and was physical. Made a key steal in the second half on pure effort and should have had a foul when he was held back on another. I like a guy you can’t out tough.
turnovers happen is not the way to describe wusu and dawes. pretty much every turnover is unforced
Another narrative about yesterday's game that is false.
We had alot of turnovers against Marquette.
Guess what - everybody does.
It is what Marquette does.
Some may be truly unforced and others appear unforced.
Just like our defense since Missouri ( well maybe not xavier), we have imposed our defensive will on these teams. Marquette does the same with the focus on turnovers.
We had alot of turnovers against Marquette.
Guess what - everybody does.
It is what Marquette does.
Some may be truly unforced and others appear unforced.
Just like our defense since Missouri ( well maybe not xavier), we have imposed our defensive will on these teams. Marquette does the same with the focus on turnovers.
It has started. We just beat thr top two teams in the conference. When do we forget about the NJIT scrimmage.
The coach said the team was not playing well, needed time to find roles. Needed to get Wusu to improve, team has not come close to its potential. Some posters on here just dismiss it as coach speak. Maybe, it just wasn't.
22 is still high. They average 16.6 per game. Give them credit but we also committed a number of sloppy, lazy, tired turnovers.
That last stretch was as much about not protecting the ball well as it was about Marquette forcing us into bad plays.
That last stretch was as much about not protecting the ball well as it was about Marquette forcing us into bad plays.
I wish the negative posts were commensurate with the bad play.
I loved every players skill and effort yesterd a
Never thought he was much of a threat when he was on St. Johns so I was ambivalent when he transferred here. Clearly, I was wrong about his value and happy to say so. He does a lot of things that don't show up in the box score. And like most of the team, he is buying in to what Sha is preaching. The only open question I have is does he have a Covid year of eligibility next year?
Story goes Pitino gave Posh a chance to possibly return and he blew off a workout. So bye bye.
There were issues with Wusu at SJU last year which played a role in him not returning at least it seems. It was posted on Twitter during his recruitment and I won’t repeat it unless someone really cares to ask.
I’ve always been a fan of both. And to me the Wusu we see is the guy I always saw watching him at SJU. He was unnecessarily elevated preseason on the hype train but I’ve always viewed him as a solid BE player whether rounding out your starting 5 somewhere or coming off the bench.
Yea he’s a guy you might see one game and think he’s “x” and another and think he’s “y”. Fans generally tend to appreciate guys like you describe more when they are on your team and you watch them a lot.
I sit between Wusu's 2 biggest Fans--my Son and Bluebeard-- and am being Brainwashed 
Wusu is a signficant upgrade over Femi
If you read the play by play in the first half, this sequence epitomizes exactly what you get from Dyan, Starting at 3:03 left he stole to ball from Kolek, then as he drove to the basket turned the ball over. BUT immediately stole it back and went up for the shot and was fouled. Making the two FTs. That's what I love about this kid. In 22 seconds had had 2 steals a TO, forced a foul on the defender and made both FTs. I'll take that 100% of any game.
