I'll take the bait. Soares, Guerrier, and Couisnard have always been below average shooters. Soares shot 34% from three in a JC league. Couisnard was a streaky, volume shooter that shot 37% from the floor and 30% from three for 3 years at South Carolina. Guerrier shot 26% from three while at Syracuse. That trio makes up the lions share of the starts this year at the guard / small forward position with Richardson and not a single one of them can consistently make an impact from the perimeter or even with their so-called midrange game.StevensTechU wrote:Chicken and egg, a little bit. The lack of motion in the offense means guys are taking contested and rushed shots, and obviously not hitting shots is ruining spacing. There are a few guys on the roster that one would've projected better play out of (Soares, Williams) but in his offense are playing dreadful. So I don't think it's just "talent."northbeachsf wrote:Lack of depth, shooting ability, and injuries at the guard position are the main issue. I read recently that this group is responsible for the lowest three-point season shooting percentage in program history. That's something right there. We had some pretty bad teams in the late 80s and early 90s when I was in school. As Altman said in one of his press conferences, we have a lot of shot takers, but not a lot of shot makers.
I expect a complete overhaul at the guard position going into next season. We picked up a good shooter in transfer guard Jadrian Tracey yesterday. He shot 43% from three last season and 47%+ from the floor. Hopefully that translates over, but for sure a step in the right direction in improving our scoring ability from the guard position.
And its not like Rigsby (37% at JC) or Barthelemy (33% at Colorado) were that much better from outside. The real head-scratcher IMO is Williams. That guy was scoring in bunches at the JC level with good shooting percentages. Maybe he just sat for so long, it is taking some time to get the rust knocked off? He had a nice NIT game the other night against Irvine.
This group was below average to average at best when they came in, so we honestly should have expected this to some extent.