I have had to take a break from recording each match. The press is starting to hound me for stories, tid-bits and of course some dirt. It seems I can not go anywhere now without seeing at least one flash bulb going off. You see the last few games, I have had great games. I have even racked up some Man of the Match awards which is very nice for my trophy case!
The problem is, we are not winning as consistantly as we were. Maybe our earlier opponents were easier, maybe the change over in players that seems to be going on quite a bit is a distraction to others in different positions, and maybe it is just we are not playing well. I am not sure. But it seems like we either blow out the other team or we are getting blown out. Take a look at our total shooting % from last game (including 2pt, 3pt, ft)
Arturas Ragauskas 50%
Zedas Zedusan 25%
Diablo Xxx 27%
Ohgie Mcgee 57.9%
Anzelmas Filimanavicius 31.8%
Machito Merkader 50%
Mr. Gugis 30.8%
We only have 7 players. Of those 7 less than half shot a decent %. Only 3 players played the entire game and of those three players only one player shot > 50% (total for those 3 players was 23/59 or 40%). Our center and PFs racked up 15 rebounds while our PG and SG players pulled in almost as many 14. This all equates to a very inconsistant game and points out some difficulties that exist. After having 3 Man of the Match awards in the last week, I think I need to take more initiative on the court trying to get my buds to work together more. Not sure exactly how I will be able to do that but I do know that I will be finishing up my studies with Al Borland today and I know he will have some parting advice for me.
Our team has a core of players that could do something special if we ever get our act consistantly together. How about your act? Can you get it going? Why not stop into www.cyberdunk.com and see if you have what it takes to pull the right strings and get your game on?
25 June 2007
21 June 2007
Oh what a game!
Day 59 Season 1: This is my career day to date! I received man of the match for the following performance
28pts ....69% 2pt, 42.8% 3pt
3 steals
2 blocks
12 assists
4 dreb
Our team started off strong then coasted until the end of the 3rd quarter. We let the other team back into the game, but we have enough quality players on the team to realize that we needed to turn it on in the 4th. Mr Gugis was instramental in picking us up and carrying us in that last quarter. New commer Grecu Emil did a good job filling in that 4th quarter as well.
A great game, a nice win, all I needed to make the perfect night was a woman by my side. Two out of three ain't bad though!
Can you score the perfect night? Why don't you head over to www.cyberdunk.com to see if you have what it takes?
28pts ....69% 2pt, 42.8% 3pt
3 steals
2 blocks
12 assists
4 dreb
Our team started off strong then coasted until the end of the 3rd quarter. We let the other team back into the game, but we have enough quality players on the team to realize that we needed to turn it on in the 4th. Mr Gugis was instramental in picking us up and carrying us in that last quarter. New commer Grecu Emil did a good job filling in that 4th quarter as well.
A great game, a nice win, all I needed to make the perfect night was a woman by my side. Two out of three ain't bad though!
Can you score the perfect night? Why don't you head over to www.cyberdunk.com to see if you have what it takes?
16 June 2007
Oh the day off was sooooo nice
I took yesterday off the court, off of basketball, off of anything that resembled work, and it was NICE! I guess it really showed as well because I had a very nice game comming back to work. We pounded the other team by 30 points and looking up and down our roster, I would say that over half our squad had a very nice game indeed. Too bad we can't play that way every game!
Speaking of play that way, I had this guy come up to me after the game. He was offering to be a sort of personal assistant of some sort. He went on and on about how he really knew hoops and could help me tons on my game if I would only listen to him. I asked him what was in it for him, and he proudly stated that he is a teacher and coaches younger kids and would be honored to help a professional such as my self. So here is this guy offering me help for no pay and really no rewards other than the personal satisfaction? Sure, I'm listening. So we go have something to drink and we talk. This guy is so full of stories! I can't believe he has a story for almost every topic that comes up. At some point he turns all serious and turns to my game tonight. "Did you know that for such a short quick guy you drive into the box way too much? You got heart kid, I'll give you that. But your foolish as well driving into trees when you have such a nice jumper." I challenged him that I take whatever is open and don't drive as much as he claimes. He pulled out the game tape and started counting outloud all the shots I took. Wow! I took almost 2 inside shots for every 1 midrange shot. That is incredible! I never knew it. I guess this guy's cred with me just went way up. I thanked him for his advice and headed home. I look forward to seeing how I can change my ways now that I am aware of it. Come to think of it, maybe having someone in the stands looking at me is going to really help my game!
How about your game? Have you checked out www.cyberdunk.com yet to even get a game? You should.
Speaking of play that way, I had this guy come up to me after the game. He was offering to be a sort of personal assistant of some sort. He went on and on about how he really knew hoops and could help me tons on my game if I would only listen to him. I asked him what was in it for him, and he proudly stated that he is a teacher and coaches younger kids and would be honored to help a professional such as my self. So here is this guy offering me help for no pay and really no rewards other than the personal satisfaction? Sure, I'm listening. So we go have something to drink and we talk. This guy is so full of stories! I can't believe he has a story for almost every topic that comes up. At some point he turns all serious and turns to my game tonight. "Did you know that for such a short quick guy you drive into the box way too much? You got heart kid, I'll give you that. But your foolish as well driving into trees when you have such a nice jumper." I challenged him that I take whatever is open and don't drive as much as he claimes. He pulled out the game tape and started counting outloud all the shots I took. Wow! I took almost 2 inside shots for every 1 midrange shot. That is incredible! I never knew it. I guess this guy's cred with me just went way up. I thanked him for his advice and headed home. I look forward to seeing how I can change my ways now that I am aware of it. Come to think of it, maybe having someone in the stands looking at me is going to really help my game!
How about your game? Have you checked out www.cyberdunk.com yet to even get a game? You should.
14 June 2007
Ohgie Mcgee has subpar game, but the team had a great game
I played against this guy, Raido Halik from Palangos Kariai, tonight that just blew me away. I couldn't stop him and he seemed to be in my grill all night long. He got me off my game in a big way and I was frustrated all game long.
By half time our team was down by 20 points!
In the first quarter, missed both my shots but I did get a steal. As a team we only shot 6/22 (27%)
In the second quarter, I actually made one shot but at 20% shooting for me I was not happy. The team only shot 4/20 (20%). With all this dismal shooting we were in trouble big time! Raido blocked me once in this quarter .. grrrrr.
Third quarter saw us get our game together and start things cranking. Even though Radio blocked me again, I was starting to figure him out. As a team we impoved to 11/24 and only had one foul in the quarter (I had to hack him .. he was wide open).
By the fourth, Mr. Gugis was really cranking! He was a monster in that quarter and the team rallied around him. Grecu Emil came in and did a great job vs Raido and managed to keep him at bay and do very nicely for himself!
In all our team won and that is what mattered. I can't wait till my training is done so I can address some of the weaknesses I see in my games of late! It is very troubling.
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By half time our team was down by 20 points!
In the first quarter, missed both my shots but I did get a steal. As a team we only shot 6/22 (27%)
In the second quarter, I actually made one shot but at 20% shooting for me I was not happy. The team only shot 4/20 (20%). With all this dismal shooting we were in trouble big time! Raido blocked me once in this quarter .. grrrrr.
Third quarter saw us get our game together and start things cranking. Even though Radio blocked me again, I was starting to figure him out. As a team we impoved to 11/24 and only had one foul in the quarter (I had to hack him .. he was wide open).
By the fourth, Mr. Gugis was really cranking! He was a monster in that quarter and the team rallied around him. Grecu Emil came in and did a great job vs Raido and managed to keep him at bay and do very nicely for himself!
In all our team won and that is what mattered. I can't wait till my training is done so I can address some of the weaknesses I see in my games of late! It is very troubling.
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13 June 2007
Ukmerges Santechnikai blown out in first loss for Ohgie Mcgee on his new team
Loosing sucks! It does not matter the language, the country, or even the game ... it stinks. Of course after the frustration wears off I see each loss as a way to improve myself. After this game I have tons to work on. I really wish I could push Jack Steele up on our training as I know there are skills I need on my new team asap! Sigh, I guess one thing I need more of is patience. Still, our team is in 5th place which is one place higher than when I joined the team.
Speaking of joining the team, it appears we have some new faces on the team. We now have 3 PG on the roster. Looking over the last three games, I would welcome one quarter of rest a game until I can develop my stamina some more.
I did have the chance to do some shopping in Europe. It was a very nice experience and I was able to pick up a small bauble that will help me out on the court I think. Amazing how a little bling helps build up confidence and other aspects of your game!
One more game before I get a day off. I have learned that moving from one team to another team, especially a team in another part of the world, can be quite daunting. I think I am over the jet lag, now it is time for me to give one big push to get through the next game.
When I get tired, I find motivationial readings like those at www.focusdep.com really help. Why don't you give it a try?
Speaking of joining the team, it appears we have some new faces on the team. We now have 3 PG on the roster. Looking over the last three games, I would welcome one quarter of rest a game until I can develop my stamina some more.
I did have the chance to do some shopping in Europe. It was a very nice experience and I was able to pick up a small bauble that will help me out on the court I think. Amazing how a little bling helps build up confidence and other aspects of your game!
One more game before I get a day off. I have learned that moving from one team to another team, especially a team in another part of the world, can be quite daunting. I think I am over the jet lag, now it is time for me to give one big push to get through the next game.
When I get tired, I find motivationial readings like those at www.focusdep.com really help. Why don't you give it a try?
12 June 2007
Ukmerges Santechnikai comes from behind in final minute to steal the game vs Panevezio Kefyras!
What a great game! Every quarter was close and in the end our teamwork pulled us through. It is such a pleasure to be on a team with such great players.
My game was o.k. My second quarter stunk again and my third was not super impressive either. I find myself driving to the hoop so much when I know my shot is in the midrange area. It's just so easy to blow buy some of my defenders I figure I could take it to the hole. I have to talk to my trainers about that. Either I need to improve my inside shot or I have to be trained to hit that open mid-ranger the way I know I can all night long. Speaking of shooting, what is wrong with my free throws lately? Wow I need to hit that charity stripe some in practice.
Let's get back to that great ending. Our team is down by 1 point when William Tailor nailed a very nice shot from inside the paint. As I was bringing the ball down the court, I saw Anzelmas Filimanavicius (AM) cutting to the hoop behind a nice screen. I bounced the ball around a defender and hit AM on his way to a very easy layup to take the lead by one. Panevezio Kefyras now had 1:02 left to score. In desparation As Jus Apgavu throws up a brick but his teammate Bubuga Shoer is there to dish it back to him for yet another miss. Mr Gugis slips in for the rebound and kicks it out to me as I lob in an easy pass to ZZ (Zedas Zedusan) for the layup! Nice way to finish guys.
Why don't you check out how you finish the game at www.cyberdunk.com?
My game was o.k. My second quarter stunk again and my third was not super impressive either. I find myself driving to the hoop so much when I know my shot is in the midrange area. It's just so easy to blow buy some of my defenders I figure I could take it to the hole. I have to talk to my trainers about that. Either I need to improve my inside shot or I have to be trained to hit that open mid-ranger the way I know I can all night long. Speaking of shooting, what is wrong with my free throws lately? Wow I need to hit that charity stripe some in practice.
Let's get back to that great ending. Our team is down by 1 point when William Tailor nailed a very nice shot from inside the paint. As I was bringing the ball down the court, I saw Anzelmas Filimanavicius (AM) cutting to the hoop behind a nice screen. I bounced the ball around a defender and hit AM on his way to a very easy layup to take the lead by one. Panevezio Kefyras now had 1:02 left to score. In desparation As Jus Apgavu throws up a brick but his teammate Bubuga Shoer is there to dish it back to him for yet another miss. Mr Gugis slips in for the rebound and kicks it out to me as I lob in an easy pass to ZZ (Zedas Zedusan) for the layup! Nice way to finish guys.
Why don't you check out how you finish the game at www.cyberdunk.com?
11 June 2007
First game in Lithuanian League is a thriller for Ohgie Mcgee
Wow! When I joined my new team, Ukmerges Santechnikai, there were already 3 PG on the roster making me the 4th in a very crowded backfield. After our first afternoon team meeting, there was only one PG on the roster... me. Whew, I guess this GM does not mess around! Remind me not to get this guy ticked at me ok?
I was very nervous my first game and it showed. I missed way too many shots and even missed 3 free throws. Unexcusable, but dam I was nervous. I think I wanted to do too much. I started out the first quarter with some great defense drawing three fouls from the other team. I am not sure if I got tired or was still suffering from the jet lag of traveling to Europe, but by the 3rd quarter I was exhausted and really had a poor quarter. I did find my second wind in the 4th and had a respectable outing in that quarter.
I am starting to learn a little about my teammates. Wil Barnard and Zedas Zedusan (ZZ for short) had awesome games! Arvydas Sabonis was great in the rebound department. We were down by 14 at the begining of the 4th (mostly do to letting the 3rd slip away from us). Our team had great resiliancy and fought bck to squeek out a win in the end. John Cameo came up with the last shot for us and our defense was able to cary us the rest of the way to maintain the victory.
Getting the nice paycheck at the end of the match added to the very nice introduction to my new team. I thank the manager for having faith in me and for my new brothers for letting me work through my nervousness!
When I really get nervous I head over to www.focusdep.com for some motivational reading. It really helps to hear from others how they delt with adversity. Check it out!
I was very nervous my first game and it showed. I missed way too many shots and even missed 3 free throws. Unexcusable, but dam I was nervous. I think I wanted to do too much. I started out the first quarter with some great defense drawing three fouls from the other team. I am not sure if I got tired or was still suffering from the jet lag of traveling to Europe, but by the 3rd quarter I was exhausted and really had a poor quarter. I did find my second wind in the 4th and had a respectable outing in that quarter.
I am starting to learn a little about my teammates. Wil Barnard and Zedas Zedusan (ZZ for short) had awesome games! Arvydas Sabonis was great in the rebound department. We were down by 14 at the begining of the 4th (mostly do to letting the 3rd slip away from us). Our team had great resiliancy and fought bck to squeek out a win in the end. John Cameo came up with the last shot for us and our defense was able to cary us the rest of the way to maintain the victory.
Getting the nice paycheck at the end of the match added to the very nice introduction to my new team. I thank the manager for having faith in me and for my new brothers for letting me work through my nervousness!
When I really get nervous I head over to www.focusdep.com for some motivational reading. It really helps to hear from others how they delt with adversity. Check it out!
10 June 2007
Finally I get an offer to join a team!
In my last game as a San Jose Bats player I experienced many highs and lows. First off, losing sucks and getting schooled by the turtles was not fun at all. On an individual basis, I did very well vs a very good backcourt. I knew I did my part, but even the cheerleaders could see that our lack of a PF really was killing. Detroit's Egils Treicmanis just walked over our whole team. He only shot a pittiful 9/25 from the floor, but the sucker raked in 36 rebounds which was only 3 less than our whole team managed. Guess when you can single-handly bring in over 4 times the OReb of the other team you don't really have to be a good shooter.
I was stomping towards the showers when my agent stops me. Next to him is someone that looks like a foreigner. The stranger was introduced as Mr. h3llsing. He grinned from ear to ear congratulating me on a very nice game. I mumbled something along the lines of "Yea, but we lost so it sucks!" He asked me how I would like to win some more games? I was interested. He pulled out a check book, scribbled for a little then handed me a check with more zeros on it than I had ever seen on a paycheck. After studdering a bit I managed to babble out "Wha .. Whaaat. is ths ...ffor?" "We would like to employ your services in the Lithuanian League." was the response. I was embarassed because being an ignorant american that really was not paying attention to geography as I was going through college, I had no clue where the Lithuanian League was. My agent picked up on my cluelessness and filled me in with the relevant information. "You would be playing in Europe for Ukmerges Santechnikai. They are currently placed 6th in the league adn could use your services." I asked about the number of players at each position and I was shocked to hear that the team already had 3 PG on the roster. When I questioned about that, both men just looked at each other then back at me and my agent responded, "Let's just call the other PG as insurance that you will have some competition. I know you're going to rock those others and really show the team that you are worth their investment in you. When you have proven your worth, I am sure they will move a couple of players, but in the meantime they need insurance that you will be able to adapt to the customs and people you will now be living with." I was still concerned with how much playing time might be available on this new team but two things quickly came to mind. One was the paycheck that seemed to be glowing in my shaky hands. I just had to glance back on the court and see the gameboard with the stats scrolling across the screen to get my other motivaiton. After a moment to reflect how horrible the Bats have been playing of late, I turned to Mr. h3llsing, smiled and stated, "I would be very honored to help your team win more games!"
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I was stomping towards the showers when my agent stops me. Next to him is someone that looks like a foreigner. The stranger was introduced as Mr. h3llsing. He grinned from ear to ear congratulating me on a very nice game. I mumbled something along the lines of "Yea, but we lost so it sucks!" He asked me how I would like to win some more games? I was interested. He pulled out a check book, scribbled for a little then handed me a check with more zeros on it than I had ever seen on a paycheck. After studdering a bit I managed to babble out "Wha .. Whaaat. is ths ...ffor?" "We would like to employ your services in the Lithuanian League." was the response. I was embarassed because being an ignorant american that really was not paying attention to geography as I was going through college, I had no clue where the Lithuanian League was. My agent picked up on my cluelessness and filled me in with the relevant information. "You would be playing in Europe for Ukmerges Santechnikai. They are currently placed 6th in the league adn could use your services." I asked about the number of players at each position and I was shocked to hear that the team already had 3 PG on the roster. When I questioned about that, both men just looked at each other then back at me and my agent responded, "Let's just call the other PG as insurance that you will have some competition. I know you're going to rock those others and really show the team that you are worth their investment in you. When you have proven your worth, I am sure they will move a couple of players, but in the meantime they need insurance that you will be able to adapt to the customs and people you will now be living with." I was still concerned with how much playing time might be available on this new team but two things quickly came to mind. One was the paycheck that seemed to be glowing in my shaky hands. I just had to glance back on the court and see the gameboard with the stats scrolling across the screen to get my other motivaiton. After a moment to reflect how horrible the Bats have been playing of late, I turned to Mr. h3llsing, smiled and stated, "I would be very honored to help your team win more games!"
Why don't you come on over to www.cyberdunk.com and see what changes and challenges your player will experience?
09 June 2007
How can you field a team with no PF and expect to win?
I can't believe it! We just had this huge changeover of players on our team and we still don't have any PF on our team! The Memphis Indians just scalped us by 48 points. Hell, we didn't even score 48 points in one half. We played against the best Chinese PF and it showed that we were totally unprepared. Kaitian Meng was a giant among men and it showed. Lets look at the carnage this big boy brought down on our team tonight:
32 points - Which is one point more than our whole team scored in first half of play
13/24 from field including 2/3 3pt compared to our team shooting of 26 -57 and 6/9
23 oreb - How does this happen? Was the guy just playing volleyball off the backboard to himself before he slammed the thing through the rim? Teams have been getting more Oreb vs us then we have been getting Dreb. Something is not right here!
17 Dreb which is 2 more than our entire team
Net result? Kaitian Meng could have beat our entire team by himself! Never mind that 6 other players from Memphis scored in double digits! Oh this is so embarassing.
I know this was not one of my best games I have played and I am not proud of the results I had in this game. I have to call out the coaching staff here! The personel decisions have been ...well stupid comes to mind but I think that is being too kind! In the second half of play, our two starting PG totaled less than 7 minutes combined. Without insulting Lukas Tamosiunas, the man only managed 1 foul as any stat in the entire 4th quarter!!!!!!! He shot 0/2 and that's ok because at least he shot a couple times to try to score, but every other stat was a goose egg? What the hell? Ariel Carrera had the best game of the PG and deserved more time in the 4th for sure and I can't believe our coaching staff is so blind to not see that.
It seems like the coaching staff and now some of the players are giving up on this team. Three days ago we had something going. Well it's going alright... right out the window. Maybe I am just being bitter about the loss. Maybe I am looking ahead to the whomping the Detroit Turtles are about to give us tonight. I will be facing the second ranked PG in the USA and his back up is not slouch. With Egils Treicmanis at PF and Connor Richardson at SG we are gonna have on heck of a game if you like charity basketball type games. Look for the bounce off the opponet's head, dribble backwards for a reverse dunk play... often!
I need a drink!
Now would be a great time to join www.cyberdunk.com
Just make sure you create a PF so my stupid administrators have more of a chance of blindly picking a player we might actually need on our team.
32 points - Which is one point more than our whole team scored in first half of play
13/24 from field including 2/3 3pt compared to our team shooting of 26 -57 and 6/9
23 oreb - How does this happen? Was the guy just playing volleyball off the backboard to himself before he slammed the thing through the rim? Teams have been getting more Oreb vs us then we have been getting Dreb. Something is not right here!
17 Dreb which is 2 more than our entire team
Net result? Kaitian Meng could have beat our entire team by himself! Never mind that 6 other players from Memphis scored in double digits! Oh this is so embarassing.
I know this was not one of my best games I have played and I am not proud of the results I had in this game. I have to call out the coaching staff here! The personel decisions have been ...well stupid comes to mind but I think that is being too kind! In the second half of play, our two starting PG totaled less than 7 minutes combined. Without insulting Lukas Tamosiunas, the man only managed 1 foul as any stat in the entire 4th quarter!!!!!!! He shot 0/2 and that's ok because at least he shot a couple times to try to score, but every other stat was a goose egg? What the hell? Ariel Carrera had the best game of the PG and deserved more time in the 4th for sure and I can't believe our coaching staff is so blind to not see that.
It seems like the coaching staff and now some of the players are giving up on this team. Three days ago we had something going. Well it's going alright... right out the window. Maybe I am just being bitter about the loss. Maybe I am looking ahead to the whomping the Detroit Turtles are about to give us tonight. I will be facing the second ranked PG in the USA and his back up is not slouch. With Egils Treicmanis at PF and Connor Richardson at SG we are gonna have on heck of a game if you like charity basketball type games. Look for the bounce off the opponet's head, dribble backwards for a reverse dunk play... often!
I need a drink!
Now would be a great time to join www.cyberdunk.com
Just make sure you create a PF so my stupid administrators have more of a chance of blindly picking a player we might actually need on our team.
07 June 2007
Ohgie Mcgee gives up .11meters but little else in loss to Dolphins
Whew! I don't know where to start. I have to start with the team composition. I am not sure what happened on my day off, but I came back to a whole bunch of new faces. Surprisingly, we still don't have a PF on the team but now we have different people at every position. Where did everyone else go? Wytcka Partiots had a great game and Zoran Pavlovic was good for us as well. The rest of us really did not do well.
I know I had to work my butt off. Here I was at 1.78 m staring up at Walter Qian's 1.89m. That guy is huge! The only way I was able to even get any shots off was because my skills are better. It is true what they say though, you can't teach height and as a PG he had lots of height over me. This was the first game of my career where I feel my short stature came into play negatively. I learned a valuable lesson and plan on fixing that problem in the upcomming weeks!
I have no clue what is going on with the personal on our team. For a long time we had no SG. Now we have 2 SG adn that's cool but we have a whopping 4 SF! What's up with that? No PF and 4 SF means our team is short and will come up short in any games with some big guys in there. This manager of ours must be hitting up some of the best drugs out there. I just hope he is not highering players while his judgement is not impaired. On second thought, if he is making these moves while sober, we may be in for bigger troubles ahead!
Guess I need to stop in at www.focusdep.com to get some motivational reading to help me through all these changes. You should too :)
I know I had to work my butt off. Here I was at 1.78 m staring up at Walter Qian's 1.89m. That guy is huge! The only way I was able to even get any shots off was because my skills are better. It is true what they say though, you can't teach height and as a PG he had lots of height over me. This was the first game of my career where I feel my short stature came into play negatively. I learned a valuable lesson and plan on fixing that problem in the upcomming weeks!
I have no clue what is going on with the personal on our team. For a long time we had no SG. Now we have 2 SG adn that's cool but we have a whopping 4 SF! What's up with that? No PF and 4 SF means our team is short and will come up short in any games with some big guys in there. This manager of ours must be hitting up some of the best drugs out there. I just hope he is not highering players while his judgement is not impaired. On second thought, if he is making these moves while sober, we may be in for bigger troubles ahead!
Guess I need to stop in at www.focusdep.com to get some motivational reading to help me through all these changes. You should too :)
05 June 2007
Ohgie Mcgee has great game in loss vs LA Glam
You ever have one of those days you just wish you could get the ball on every posession because that rim just looked so big you could fill it all day? Tonight was one of those nights! Shooting 10/14 including 4/4 from 3 land was awesome. Chipping in 6 assists was a nice amount as well. With all the good play I am still disappointed in my production in the second quarter. For that matter our entire team sucked big time in the second quarter. We took only 10 shots and made 4 of them. We were simply out classed big time. Oren Fridman had a decent game for us offensively, but really... we get two whole rebounds from our centers for the whole game? Boiko Borisov and Hristo Stoinov Popski combined for 41 OFFENSIVE rebounds. What the heck was going on there? All together the rebounds were so completely skewed one would have to think our shoes were tampered with. 59 Oreb to our 2 and 31 Dreb to our 18 and I tied for the team high on Dreb! Something ain't right here. Not sure if it was our players not playing, their players just playing incredible ball, or maybe someone drugged our team somehow. I certainly hope our day off helps our players get their crap together.
Speaking of day off, I have decided to try another 1-on-1 tourney. I just finished up a nice training session and I look forward to trying out some new tricks against some of those hot shot players out there. Hopefully I will be richer tomorrow night. I could definately use the money!
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Speaking of day off, I have decided to try another 1-on-1 tourney. I just finished up a nice training session and I look forward to trying out some new tricks against some of those hot shot players out there. Hopefully I will be richer tomorrow night. I could definately use the money!
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Ohgie Mcgee questions the coaching in loss
I am all hip with the idea that everyone on the team needs some time on the court. I know we are as strong as our weakest link. But, in our last losss to the Anaheim Capitals, there were some coaching moves that have my eyebrows breakdancing across my head.
By the end of the game Liu and I had great games in the backcourt and Marius and Wytcka were both o.k. but Liu Haisheng and I were in a zone tonight. Both of us played a total of 0(zero) min in the first quarter! In the second quarter I got a whooping 6 min and Liu got 8 min. In the first half with us on the bench the team scored 39 and allowed 46 on the other side. When we were allowed to play in the second half we scored 54 to their 55! Granted we still gave up one more point than the opposition still, but I thought coaching was about building up all of your players and getting the best crew on the floor to win. Checking the simple math, I needed to be on the court with my bro Liu more in the first half.
Each game there are players that are having it all go their way. The coach has to be able to use that first quarter to find out who is doing what that night and then use the second quarter to verify that. By the third quarter, it's game on and time to kick some buttocks. Evidently our coach believes in the dart board approach. He sits there blindfolded chucking darts at the wall untill he hears five of the darts hit the board. Those will be the starters evidently.
I am sorry to sound so bitter, but as a player, I want to win. We could have been in this game if the coach had not been sleeping for the second quarter so much. Yes the tallent on the floor in the second let us down as well but players already know their game and how they did. If they are good players they will be busting it to get their game up for our next match. The coach seems totally disinterested during some of our games like this one. Maybe if the gm and coach were in the building acting like real humans instead of trying to run the team remotely over the computer we might have more success.
We have tallent. We do need some tweaking, but the San Jose Bats could be a good team in this division if we had a good gm. With a pf on board and some better clock management, I am sure we could be in the top half of the division consistantly instead of the bottom.
Maybe our coaching staff needs to go to www.focusdep.com to get some inspirational reading in. That site is full of stories that help motivate players, coaches and people of all ages.
We still don't have a pf and I don't understand what is preventing us from going out and acquireing one of the many good pf that are out there.
By the end of the game Liu and I had great games in the backcourt and Marius and Wytcka were both o.k. but Liu Haisheng and I were in a zone tonight. Both of us played a total of 0(zero) min in the first quarter! In the second quarter I got a whooping 6 min and Liu got 8 min. In the first half with us on the bench the team scored 39 and allowed 46 on the other side. When we were allowed to play in the second half we scored 54 to their 55! Granted we still gave up one more point than the opposition still, but I thought coaching was about building up all of your players and getting the best crew on the floor to win. Checking the simple math, I needed to be on the court with my bro Liu more in the first half.
Each game there are players that are having it all go their way. The coach has to be able to use that first quarter to find out who is doing what that night and then use the second quarter to verify that. By the third quarter, it's game on and time to kick some buttocks. Evidently our coach believes in the dart board approach. He sits there blindfolded chucking darts at the wall untill he hears five of the darts hit the board. Those will be the starters evidently.
I am sorry to sound so bitter, but as a player, I want to win. We could have been in this game if the coach had not been sleeping for the second quarter so much. Yes the tallent on the floor in the second let us down as well but players already know their game and how they did. If they are good players they will be busting it to get their game up for our next match. The coach seems totally disinterested during some of our games like this one. Maybe if the gm and coach were in the building acting like real humans instead of trying to run the team remotely over the computer we might have more success.
We have tallent. We do need some tweaking, but the San Jose Bats could be a good team in this division if we had a good gm. With a pf on board and some better clock management, I am sure we could be in the top half of the division consistantly instead of the bottom.
Maybe our coaching staff needs to go to www.focusdep.com to get some inspirational reading in. That site is full of stories that help motivate players, coaches and people of all ages.
We still don't have a pf and I don't understand what is preventing us from going out and acquireing one of the many good pf that are out there.
02 June 2007
Ohgie Mcgee cries foul in Man of Match decision
First off, I want to say for the record that I am happy we won the game especially because the game was so close. In fact this has to be the closest game we have played in some time and winning one is always a good feeling.
But come on man! What does a little guy have to do to get Man of the Match? Huet Laurent had a good game and I don't mean any of the following to reflect negatively on the fine job he did tonight! Lets look at the stats side by side.
PTS: 13 me vs 8 Huet
%: 50% me vs 33% Huet
Stl: 5 me vs 0 Huet
Ast: 4 me vs 1 Huet
Reb: 7 me vs 23 Huet
I can understand if Huet was able to save our butts at a critical point in the game, but most of his work came in the 3rd quarter, in which we managed to squeek out 2 points more than the other team. I did my best work in the forth quater and again we squeeked out 2 points more than the other team. I surpassed the MOM in 4/5 categories with the other categories being ties for both of us. Come on Refs or whoever is making that decision! Do I need to wear a skirt? How about playing with one hand cut off? What does it take to give a little guy some love? I was robbed man! Plain and simple.
Lots of changes being discussed and many things to be excited about. Why not join us at www.talkdep.com? Great discussions about Cyberdunk and more!
But come on man! What does a little guy have to do to get Man of the Match? Huet Laurent had a good game and I don't mean any of the following to reflect negatively on the fine job he did tonight! Lets look at the stats side by side.
PTS: 13 me vs 8 Huet
%: 50% me vs 33% Huet
Stl: 5 me vs 0 Huet
Ast: 4 me vs 1 Huet
Reb: 7 me vs 23 Huet
I can understand if Huet was able to save our butts at a critical point in the game, but most of his work came in the 3rd quarter, in which we managed to squeek out 2 points more than the other team. I did my best work in the forth quater and again we squeeked out 2 points more than the other team. I surpassed the MOM in 4/5 categories with the other categories being ties for both of us. Come on Refs or whoever is making that decision! Do I need to wear a skirt? How about playing with one hand cut off? What does it take to give a little guy some love? I was robbed man! Plain and simple.
Lots of changes being discussed and many things to be excited about. Why not join us at www.talkdep.com? Great discussions about Cyberdunk and more!
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