Seawolves Fans

This team looks as raw as an Onion. Clearly missing Yeboah. But I do see them improving as time goes on.

So just watched game this morning, and I agree with Hammer.  We miss having a go-to shooter, aka Yeboah.  Elijah is definitely one of the top dogs on this team, but I don't feel comfortable with him being the man and taking the big shot, given his inconsistent streaky shooting.  Yet he kept us in the game in the 2nd half, after a horrid 1st half (how many lay-ups did he miss?).  I hope we have few 1st halves during the season, like we did here, because that 1st half was just downright ugly.

But the leaders on this team: Foreman, Garcia, Elijah, and Latimer, stepped up in the 2nd half.  Our defense was strong overall, and I think we have to have the team approach, with a different star-by-committee every night, if we're going to win.  Maybe it's because we're a tad banged  up and it was the first game, but Geno seems to rotate players a lot more than Boals did.

The positives from my vantage point:

I know he's banged up, but I think Foreman is an upgrade over Cornish, in that he can hit from the outside (his PG play is still a question mark though).  Really impressed with Gueye's athleticism, although he's raw as hell.  Definitely a work in progress, but love his defense and his unabashed offensive approach.  Impressed with Big Jeff's play overall, and his ability to stay on the court, although he left his post under the basket on that last play in regulation.  If he and Gueye can stay on the court, we have a legitimate twin-towers defense in there.  Free throw shooting was money, and kept us in the game.  Defense was really good overall.

The negatives from my vantage point:

Really poor ball movement throughout.  Shot selection and abysmal shooting in the first half, turned around somewhat in the 2nd half.  Looks like we lack that go-to guy, ala Akwasi, Woodhouse, Warney, etc.

Tough game against a solid Yale team, although Yale isn't as strong overall as they were last year.  We'll see how we progress as season unfolds.