Official Maryland Terps Thread 3.0

AFM · Post #821 » by **AFM** » Sat Feb 6, 2016 11:31 pm

Let's go. Terps out here for real doe...

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #822 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Sun Feb 7, 2016 3:28 am

Ruzious wrote:
Wizardspride wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/TerrapinHoops/status/695763920657715200[/tweet]

The old Lefthander still has the same hair style he had when he coached the Terps. Whether you liked him or not, Lefty oozed charisma, and judging by that picture - nothing's changed. Lefty got swag.

He's also a big guy.\

Back when I was (ever so briefly) a UMCP student the Terps were losing to Towson State. I yelled, "Fire Lefty"...and then after he looked my way very angrily I ducked. That dude was mad!

I love Lefty, and was just being a jerk. I was really mad at him at the time but he was a great recruiter and a very good coach, too.

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #823 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Sun Feb 7, 2016 3:28 am

Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:
Ruzious wrote:
Wizardspride wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/TerrapinHoops/status/695763920657715200[/tweet]

The old Lefthander still has the same hair style he had when he coached the Terps. Whether you liked him or not, Lefty oozed charisma, and judging by that picture - nothing's changed. Lefty got swag.

He's also a big guy! (Who I found intimidating after the following incident...)

Back when I was (ever so briefly) a UMCP student the Terps were losing to Towson State. I yelled, "Fire Lefty"...and then after he looked my way very angrily I ducked. That dude was mad!

I love Lefty, and was just being a jerk. I was really mad at him at the time but he was a great recruiter and a very good coach, too.

closg00 · Post #824 » by **closg00** » Sun Feb 7, 2016 9:39 pm

It was late, and the game was slipping from Mark Turgeon’s tight grasp. In the first 34 minutes, the Maryland men’s basketball coach felt he had “over-coached” his team, especially on offense, trying to force offensive ingenuity against Purdue’s stiff defense. His only hope was to let go.

“Keep it simple,” Turgeon said, revisiting the moment afterward. He was reminding himself more than anyone. “I’ve got good players.”

It’s a kind of trust that should develop over three months of success. Maryland is the nation’s No. 4 team for a reason, and sometimes when the Terrapins are struggling and in need of a lift, the solution is to do less, not more. The solution is to let talent take over.

On Saturday afternoon, with a 25-game winning streak at Xfinity Center in jeopardy, Turgeon altered his approach. He put the ball in the hands of Melo Trimble or Rasheed Sulaimon and ran two-man actions with Robert Carter Jr., using the three players off the ball to space the floor and flow with the offensive set. At the time, the Terrapins trailed No. 18 Purdue by four points with just under six minutes remaining.

By the end, they were celebrating a 72-61 victory, their 26th straight home triumph. And they were left to marvel at how trust had propelled them to a 25-10 game-closing burst.

Yup, watching the Terps this season it felt like the noose was too-tight and I was not seeing how-good this team can be. Glad coach Turgeon got out of the way and let the talent take over.

80sballboy · Post #825 » by **80sballboy** » Sun Feb 7, 2016 10:18 pm

Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:
Ruzious wrote:
Wizardspride wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/TerrapinHoops/status/695763920657715200[/tweet]

The old Lefthander still has the same hair style he had when he coached the Terps. Whether you liked him or not, Lefty oozed charisma, and judging by that picture - nothing's changed. Lefty got swag.

He's also a big guy.\

Back when I was (ever so briefly) a UMCP student the Terps were losing to Towson State. I yelled, "Fire Lefty"...and then after he looked my way very angrily I ducked. That dude was mad!

I love Lefty, and was just being a jerk. I was really mad at him at the time but he was a great recruiter and a very good coach, too.

I went to Maryland for one year, the same year Bias died and Lefty had to "resign" (I ended up skipping class and going to the press conference). You want to know intimidating, try going to a Bob Wade practice. He had the guys running stairs with bricks in their hands. That was 1986 and I ended up transferring to then "Towson State", where Gary Williams' former teammate Terry Truax (RIP) was nearly as much as a character as Lefty and pretty intimidating. Towson could compete with Maryland in the late eighties and early nineties because those Terps' teams had Walt Williams and a bunch of players that no ACC team would recruit.

But Lefty wasn't a great coach. He was good and an innovator in some ways (not just Midnight Madness). I guess he's a Hall of Famer because he won a lot of games in four different places. The "great" coaches seemed to do more in their conference tournaments and NCAA's. I have no problem putting him in the Naismith HOF. It's interesting that a lot of people that criticized Lefty's in-game coaching and for not being able to win the big game, now are pushing him for the HOF.

P'Oed · Post #826 » by **P'Oed** » Sun Feb 7, 2016 10:48 pm

What a win. I guess what's especially shocking is we're stringing together some nice wins with Trimble not playing at his usual level. Not sure what's up with him but I'm thinking either the hammy or some other nagging injury is still lingering with him.

Stone is just starting to pull it all together. If that happens completely: look out. He could be an unstoppable force.

Wizardspride · Post #827 » by **Wizardspride** » Sun Feb 7, 2016 10:53 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/umdwbb/status/696408919149776900[/tweet]

Wizardspride · Post #828 » by **Wizardspride** » Sun Feb 7, 2016 11:01 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/umdwbb/status/696347396364750849[/tweet]

Post #829 » by **Ruzious** » Mon Feb 8, 2016 2:48 pm

80sballboy wrote:
Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:
Ruzious wrote:The old Lefthander still has the same hair style he had when he coached the Terps. Whether you liked him or not, Lefty oozed charisma, and judging by that picture - nothing's changed. Lefty got swag.

He's also a big guy.\

Back when I was (ever so briefly) a UMCP student the Terps were losing to Towson State. I yelled, "Fire Lefty"...and then after he looked my way very angrily I ducked. That dude was mad!

I love Lefty, and was just being a jerk. I was really mad at him at the time but he was a great recruiter and a very good coach, too.

I went to Maryland for one year, the same year Bias died and Lefty had to "resign" (I ended up skipping class and going to the press conference). You want to know intimidating, try going to a Bob Wade practice. He had the guys running stairs with bricks in their hands. That was 1986 and I ended up transferring to then "Towson State", where Gary Williams' former teammate Terry Truax (RIP) was nearly as much as a character as Lefty and pretty intimidating. Towson could compete with Maryland in the late eighties and early nineties because those Terps' teams had Walt Williams and a bunch of players that no ACC team would recruit.

But Lefty wasn't a great coach. He was good and an innovator in some ways (not just Midnight Madness). I guess he's a Hall of Famer because he won a lot of games in four different places. The "great" coaches seemed to do more in their conference tournaments and NCAA's. I have no problem putting him in the Naismith HOF. It's interesting that a lot of people that criticized Lefty's in-game coaching and for not being able to win the big game, now are pushing him for the HOF.

That was the roughest year to go to Maryland. I graduated 2 years before. Still have those "what if" pangs. Lefty could have gone down as a HOF coach if Moses Malone kept his commitment. Recruiting is a huge part of being a great college coach, and Lefty did that part really well. If we had a coach who recruited as well as Lefty and did the in-game coaching as well as Gary Williams, we'd have multiple national championships.

The weird stat of the game - Carter made all 4 of the Terps' 3's. Imagine if Timble, Sulaimon, Layman, Nickens, and Carter all hit 3's like they can in the NCAA tournament. They will be unstoppable. But aside from a game or 2, it hasn't happened. I think Turgeon deserves more credit for how he's brought along Stone - rather than criticism for not using him more. Stone came here as a talented player, but he was an immature kid who was way out of shape and with major flaws in his game. Because he was able to put the ball in the basket so well, people ignored the negatives. MD's gotten him in much better shape, and he's gone from a very poor defender to an effective rim protector. If I'd compare him to someone, I'd call him a poor man's Cousins. The thing he does naturally is go aggressively to the rim and shows a nice touch.

Wizardspride · Post #830 » by **Wizardspride** » Mon Feb 8, 2016 6:55 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/TerpsFootball/status/696729690581704704[/tweet]

Wizardspride · Post #831 » by **Wizardspride** » Mon Feb 8, 2016 6:57 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/D_kilgo97/status/696073739503415296[/tweet]

Wizardspride · Post #832 » by **Wizardspride** » Mon Feb 8, 2016 9:08 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/696799315130331136[/tweet]

AFM · Post #833 » by **AFM** » Mon Feb 8, 2016 9:16 pm

They don't call him Melo "FUTURE GOAT WIZARD" Trimble for no reason
Not to be confused with Diamond "FUTURE GOAT WIZARD" Stone

Post #834 » by **Ruzious** » Mon Feb 8, 2016 9:23 pm

Wizardspride wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/696799315130331136[/tweet]

That's kinda what I'd expect him to average for the season - considering last season he averaged 16.2 points, 3.9 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 5.9 FTA's. He was a preseason All-American choice.

A lot of the games - even in this "streak", he's had a lot of trouble getting untracked, but come crunch time, kid almost always steps up.

Post #835 » by **Ruzious** » Mon Feb 8, 2016 11:09 pm

Terps ranked #2 in AP - just edged out by Villanova. Honestly, I think UNC is the team to beat - they've got experience.

spaceman_E · Post #836 » by **spaceman_E** » Tue Feb 9, 2016 12:04 pm

key to PU win was coaching. Not that MT was great but what was Painter thinking? Haas was killing us but doesn't play last 6 minutes or so, never put he and Hammons together. It was crazy to me that Turg didn't switch to zone for a bit. Thankfully going 4 out and fronting everything down low was enough of a change, really threw PU off. Next time let's not wait 34 minutes to switch things up. We will be #1 once we avenge the Michigan loss.

Upper Decker · Post #837 » by **Upper Decker** » Wed Feb 10, 2016 1:52 pm

Ruzious wrote:
Wizardspride wrote:[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyVgQiZtOG0[/youtube]

He'll be an excellent backup to Wiley next season - though maybe they go to a 3 guard offense to get some more 3 point shooting. He's going to have to get a lot stronger to play any small forward. Cowan will likely win the PG spot over Brantley. Who knows - maybe Trimble returns?

I went to watch Huerter last night b/c Shen came to visit Saratoga High in upstate NY. None of my friends and I are college scouts, but none of us were really blown away by Huerter. He made some three's, but none of them were contested, he got some blocks but Saratoga's starting line up has 4 sub-6'1'' starters. He has decent handles, but was never pressured, or guarded by anyone that'd sniff a college basketball floor. He wasn't quick or explosive, but he was slithery athletic. He's really wiry and needs to fill in at least 20 lbs. His upside is Mike Jones in that he'll probably shoot the 3 well, probably won't make much of an impact until he's a junior, and won't be a huge threat off the bounce. We waited all night for a "this is a big time recruit going to a big time college program" moment and it didn't happen.

Wizardspride · Post #838 » by **Wizardspride** » Wed Feb 10, 2016 2:22 pm

Upper Decker wrote:
Ruzious wrote:
Wizardspride wrote:[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyVgQiZtOG0[/youtube]

He'll be an excellent backup to Wiley next season - though maybe they go to a 3 guard offense to get some more 3 point shooting. He's going to have to get a lot stronger to play any small forward. Cowan will likely win the PG spot over Brantley. Who knows - maybe Trimble returns?

I went to watch Huerter last night b/c Shen came to visit Saratoga High in upstate NY. None of my friends and I are college scouts, but none of us were really blown away by Huerter. He made some three's, but none of them were contested, he got some blocks but Saratoga's starting line up has 4 sub-6'1'' starters. He has decent handles, but was never pressured, or guarded by anyone that'd sniff a college basketball floor. He wasn't quick or explosive, but he was slithery athletic. He's really wiry and needs to fill in at least 20 lbs. His upside is Mike Jones in that he'll probably shoot the 3 well, probably won't make much of an impact until he's a junior, and won't be a huge threat off the bounce. We waited all night for a "this is a big time recruit going to a big time college program" moment and it didn't happen.

He excelled when he faced big time competition in various camps. :dontknow:

Upper Decker · Post #839 » by **Upper Decker** » Wed Feb 10, 2016 3:06 pm

Wizardspride wrote:
Upper Decker wrote:
Ruzious wrote:He'll be an excellent backup to Wiley next season - though maybe they go to a 3 guard offense to get some more 3 point shooting. He's going to have to get a lot stronger to play any small forward. Cowan will likely win the PG spot over Brantley. Who knows - maybe Trimble returns?

I went to watch Huerter last night b/c Shen came to visit Saratoga High in upstate NY. None of my friends and I are college scouts, but none of us were really blown away by Huerter. He made some three's, but none of them were contested, he got some blocks but Saratoga's starting line up has 4 sub-6'1'' starters. He has decent handles, but was never pressured, or guarded by anyone that'd sniff a college basketball floor. He wasn't quick or explosive, but he was slithery athletic. He's really wiry and needs to fill in at least 20 lbs. His upside is Mike Jones in that he'll probably shoot the 3 well, probably won't make much of an impact until he's a junior, and won't be a huge threat off the bounce. We waited all night for a "this is a big time recruit going to a big time college program" moment and it didn't happen.

He excelled when he faced big time competition in various camps.

That's what all my friends were saying at the game b/c they follow local high school hoops pretty closely. This is why we were all surprised he didn't dominate. Who knows though? I feel like H.S. coaches over-coach like crazy. Maybe Huerter sacrificed being big time to do what the coach wanted? Maybe it was a bad night, but even in bad nights you should see at least one big time moment from a top-50 recruit.

Cramer · Post #840 » by **Cramer** » Wed Feb 10, 2016 3:49 pm

I saw Durant and Montrose Christian against Herndon HS and thought he was the softest thing I'd ever seen, though you could see some mad skills from time to time. Wasn't impressed with Grievis either. Shows ya what I know.

I hope I get a chance to see Huerter and think he sucks as well. MD will have themselves a player.