Comments on: Final: UNLV 65, Air Force 63 (overtime)

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By: Stantheman

Stantheman — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:36:00 +0000

Military teams are always terrible at basketball, but you do want to be competitive, we need to get out of the Mountain West. Besides football we are not competitive at anything. Look at hockey, get in an easy conference and look what you can do. AF Hockey beats the likes of Bentley, AIC, RIT, Mercyhurst, Holy Cross, Robert Morris, Canisius, Sacred Heart. That’s who we need to be playing in basketball, baseball, volleyball, etc. Serratore is no dummy. I feel bad for the basketball coaches at AF.

By: FPC

FPC — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:22:09 +0000

Like I was saying, slow down is pathetic, and AF has no business in this conference. MUEH needs to recognize this or risk demoralizing this program irrevocably. Regardless of the pipedreams, this is year four and the product being coached is not fit for Div I basketball. Week six into Conf play. We shot 20% we are horrible, and the coaching has no excuses after four years in the basement of the MWC. wake up Mueh, your killing these young cadets with this pill they cannot swallow!

By: Bluefan

Bluefan — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:58:27 +0000

Beat the Lobos, cough cough. Thank goodness for AF Football. We should have joined the Big East in Football and put all the other sports in the Big Sky or RMAC, WE CANNOT COMPETE.

By: rjp

rjp — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:40:44 +0000

FPC…I believe you are reading what you want to read, not the intent. No, we are not and will not ever recruit 3/4 star athletes in any of our sports consistently. Therefore in general we will not be ‘as athletic’ etc. Point is that we must (just like football) find ways in the system and coaching to use what we have to win ball games. McCraw, Burtschi, Keller, Kuhle, Gerlach, Hood, Welch, Anderson, Frye, etc, etc, etc were not the physical athelets as on other teams but made that up with determination, ability to shoot and doing that in a system that made the most of those abilities resulting in 2xNCAA and the NIT semis. You know, I know what that means and we are currently striving toward that.

Folks sometimes forget how ‘close’ we are to having that breakout year and I mean this year no matter what you think of the play. Does everyone realize lost to Drake at a shot at the Buzzer (after 10days off and behind by 8 at the half), Lost to CU at the buzzer in OT (AFTER the ref lay’s the ball down on the ground after a TO and CU grabs the ball and scores), AF only down by 5 at SDSU AFTER GOING 1-18 FROM THE 3PT ARC, AF losses at TCU by 3 with a chance to tie at the buzzer, AF loses to #12UNLV in OT (with a no-call foul by SD at the end of regulation that would’a, should’a been game winning FT’s). And this is with Mike Lyons and Taylor Stewarts maor injuries. Lots to be feeling good about….everything except the record and final outcomes!!!

You and I disagree on many things but I do believe we both agree on the support for our Falcons and the desire to see them win.

GO FALCONS, BEAT THE LOBOS

By: FPC

FPC — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:33:18 +0000

. Coach, based upon your views…
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1) AFA should not be in this Conf…as we will “Never come close to the talent and athleticism, etc of most teams”
2) Cannot win any way except reduce possessions of their oppenent. Don Self would and does differ with your views.
3) Based on this Conf,depth, it is one of the five toughest Conferences to Coach in , in the Country…that would tell you that JR would have offers with schools around the Nation. Do you know of any?
4) Based upon your use of NEVER, THESE CADETS should be quite discouraged.
5) stay the course, we will get there? Where will we get to exactly? You use Never, you use superior talent, you use only way they will ever compete is in reducing possessions of our opponents.

What you just stated, is this team does not belong in the MWC, The last four years proves this team does not belong in the conference, and the fans should expect losing to superior teams regularly. You better not try to sell tickets to these games….we are all wasting our time if we expect to see a fair product on the floor. I’ll just stay home and join the rest of the AF fans and watch these losing inferior basketball products on Cable. Save myself $650 a year. Thanks for your wisdom, it helps me decide where to spend my entertaimment funds

By: Frank Schwab

Frank Schwab — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:22:26 +0000

Agree completely with coach4life, the faster pace might seem more exciting on the surface, but it would not be successful at AFA. Running with a team like UNLV would be suicide. And the stats tell you they are shooting the ball just fine – a 52.1 percent effective FG is 60th in the nation according to kenpom.com. They’ve turned the ball over too much and they don’t get many offensive rebounds (by choice, they don’t crash the boards), problems that aren’t really fixed by speeding the game up, IMO.

By: coach4life

coach4life — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:17:03 +0000

FPC,
I am a retired college basketball coach (20 yrs.)who is not just a AF alumni or a fan, but did coach 4 yrs. at an NCAA I military institution.

Because the MWC has become so much stronger the past 3 years, coaching at AFA may be one of the 5 toughest jobs in USA. As a fan, everyone wants to see their team play a faster, more exciting pace. All coaches want their team to fastbreak and get all the easy points in transition they can. Reality is: although AF talent is getting much better, more athletic, it will never come close to matching the athleticism, quickness, length, etc. of most teams in MWC.

When your competition has superior talent, the faster the game and the more possessions played, the more the talent takes over and dominates. The only way AF will ever compete and be in position to win games is cut down the number of possessions, must shoot well to win, and there is little margin for error– ie turnovers, offensive putbacks, etc.

If AF starts running the ball up/down the floor and the total possessions climb from 56 to 70-80, instead of being in games with a chance to win.. they will start getting beat 87-59.

Certainly, they maybe not pass up some open shots earlier in the clock, but AFA is very, very close to getting over the hump. They just have to stay the course and persevere. They will get there. Go Falcons!