It looks to me like he's not used to college athletes yet

Feb 9, 2016
11:41:43am

bluegato All-American

He probably got away with going one on three in high school. Hopefully there will be a learning curve and he's not over-hyped.

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"Nick is a competitor. Boy, I love him." - Dave Rose on Nick Emery

thebruce

2/9/16 9:56am

He's hitting a bit of an RM conditioning wall right now--& it's become a mental

mantis mutu

2/9/16 10:04am

How about caring enough to pass the ball instead taking on 3 bigs and getting

erodcoug

2/9/16 10:08am

That is a problem with inexperience-- not effort/caring

thebruce

2/9/16 10:11am

Passing has everything to do with caring. Nick cares for sure, but he needs to

erodcoug

2/9/16 10:33am

not passing in those situations has everything to do with Nicks inexperience.

thebruce

2/9/16 10:48am

Yeah, I hate it when a senior PG does that. Oh wait, are you talking about Emery

runnincoug

2/9/16 10:12am

I agree with you, but Collinsworth has a better conversion rate down low than

erodcoug

2/9/16 10:28am

I think he's been encouraged by the coaches to take it at the D. When he's on

mantis mutu

2/9/16 10:13am

I am with you on that. I have seen on many occasions that players are refusing

erodcoug

2/9/16 10:24am

It's really sad. It's definitely affected his game. I'm sure Nick is somewhat to

mantis mutu

2/9/16 10:27am

Is it small minded to not want to waste an offensive possession?

cougfromcali

2/9/16 10:54am

It's small-minded to think you have to lead in stats if you're the Sr.

mantis mutu

2/9/16 10:59am

I doubt that's the issue.

cougfromcali

2/9/16 11:19am

I agree

warp

2/9/16 12:09pm

Relationship thing is a two way street.

roseyscenario

2/9/16 10:37am

Nick most surely shares in the blame.

mantis mutu

2/9/16 10:39am

If there is a leadership void at the Sr lvl, no prob with him trying to fill it

Dr T-bone

2/9/16 11:13am

Taking ill-advised shots early in the shot clock is the opposite of leadership.

cougfromcali

2/9/16 12:50pm

Last time I checked Fischer was a senior leader.

blueisbetter

2/9/16 1:22pm

Yep, Emery seems to be following his bad example.

cougfromcali

2/9/16 2:58pm

Sure. The point being, there is no ON COURT leadership on this team.

blueisbetter

2/9/16 5:45pm

Umm, I have seen nothing but self-sacrificing team play

warp

2/10/16 7:07am

RE: Umm, I have seen nothing but self-sacrificing team play

blueisbetter

2/11/16 3:18pm

Yep, I've picked up on this too...I blame multiple losses on this

CougarPilot

2/9/16 1:20pm

It looks to me like he's not used to college athletes yet

bluegato

2/9/16 11:41am

He doesn't always make great decisions and he isn't super mentally tough but

StalwartBraveTrue

2/9/16 2:35pm

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