Souhan blog: Hollins has been passive and inaccurate

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per Souhan's blog:

Hollins has been passive and inaccurate, leaving the Gophers at 0-2 heading into Tuesday's game at The Barn against Ohio State.

Tubby Smith was known for slumping seniors, the prevailing theory being that players tired of his coaching style.

Now for the second straight season under Richard Pitino, a senior named Hollins is slumping offensively.

http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/blogs/287419511.html

Go Gophers!!
 

Last year was understandable considering that Dre had hip and ankle injuries. This year it's Turf Toe and who knows, maybe his hip is bothering him again. He certainly isn't getting the foot/leg power into his jumpers and he appears to have less quickness in moving and on the drive to the lane.
 

Let's be honest, Souhan is an idiot. From looking at his archive, it appears that he hasn't written a column about the Gophers in more than four months. That seems several kinds of ridiculous.

While Hollins has struggled of late, it's probably a bit early to blame Pitino for this and compare him to OTS.
 

That "blog" has absolutely nothing of substance. Looks like he really put a lot of work into writing those few lines. This one was my favorite: "Perhaps even more revealing, a senior guard known for his ability to get to the basket has attempted only two free throws."

Since when is Hollins known for getting to the basket? I have no idea why he writes anything about the Gophers. I'm not convinced he watches anything other than the games against top opponents.
 




GopherPop said:
Last year was understandable considering that Dre had hip and ankle injuries. This year it's Turf Toe and who knows, maybe his hip is bothering him again. He certainly isn't getting the foot/leg power into his jumpers and he appears to have less quickness in moving and on the drive to the lane.
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Andre Hollins was crapy before his ankle and hip injuries last year.
Why???.....someone please tell me. He is not the same player he was as a fr and soph. I don't see it changing......he'll have good games and bad games.
 

Was his hip bothering him when he lit up Wake Forest? It's clear the turf toe or something is bothering him. But I'm glad GW can revel in his struggles. Between this and rooting against Kill he's the consummate Gopher 'fan.' As for Souhan, every person on this board knows more about college basketball than him.
 

Andre Hollins is a great shooter. He is a below average ball handler with poor lateral quickness but is a decent leaper. He has never been the type of player that can create his own shot well, especially as the focal point of an offense in the BIG.

His shooting will come around, but he was never going to be a first or second team all big ten performer.

In addition, Andre does not fit that well in Pitino's system. Overall I think he is a better player than Nate Mason, but Mason is a better fit in this system and we would have better results with Nate getting more minutes.

Let me finish this by saying Dre has been a tremendous student athlete and ambassador for the U and has earned the opportunity to lead this season. I still think we will turn it around and make the dance, but I would be surprised if we win more than one game if any.


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I really like Andre. Just a class act. There was one poster who thought that Hollins was stronger when we had MBakwe and Williams as scoring options and he could play as the third option and is now struggling having to be the main guy. Who knows? His performance this weekend was one of his worst as a gopher. But I still think he is a great player, will hopefully heal his turf toe soon and will turn this around.

Hard part is that Mathieu hasn't been as effective either this year. Pitino needs to pull this together and get the team moving forward.
 


Andre is a straight up jump shooter. If you ever had a turf toe you would understand his plight. You can't elevate with the same balance. When he is on, his form is outstanding. Right now his straight up jumper is virtually off one leg. Turf toe is harder to deal with on the basketball court than on the football field.
 

XMan said:
I really like Andre. Just a class act. There was one poster who thought that Hollins was stronger when we had MBakwe and Williams as scoring options and he could play as the third option and is now struggling having to be the main guy. Who knows? His performance this weekend was one of his worst as a gopher. But I still think he is a great player, will hopefully heal his turf toe soon and will turn this around.

Hard part is that Mathieu hasn't been as effective either this year. Pitino needs to pull this together and get the team moving forward.
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I think it's this along with him playing shooting guard and being guarded by taller players. He hasn't shot the same since. also the injuries might have something to do with this?

Stats however don't back this up. His shooting percentages are up but his # of shots are down over the last 3 years. In other words he can be the player we think he can if he just learns a bit from Carlos Morris.
 



I think we are over thinking this. Andre is playing harder than I have ever seen him play. He just is not quick enough to get the space he needs when the other team is concentrating their defense on him. He is getting shadowed like no other player we have and unlike Morris who can create a shot, Andre is not a real shot creator. Get him open jumpers and he will be deadly on most days. Pitino has got to find ways for Morris, Mathieu and Walker to get open shots for Andre.
 

per Amelia:

What's the problem? It's hard to say. Hollins hasn't exactly been the most consistent player throughout his career.

Acknowledging the rut, Pitino sent a bit of a message postgame, challenging his shooting guard to work harder.

"He's just got to live in the gym," the coach said. "There are no classes right now. Go home and just live in the gym and just work. He'll get there but he's just got to live in the gym."

http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/287455141.html

Go Gophers!!
 

I think he can start by stopping the pull up threes with 30 seconds on the shot clock, and the fade away threes in the corner out of an inbounds pass.

I'm not a Pitino, but that sounds like a good start.
 

It's just very unfortunate. Unfortunate for Andre, for Pitino, and the program. It's very clear in watching him that his athletic prowess has left him. While he has never been a go to the rack first scorer, that ability was certainly within his skill set his first few years (in deference to the article, Dre has thrived on his ability to get to the line throughout his career, and this has totally dissipated- although I agree Souhan is an opportunist with limited insight for the most part).

Dre has scored in 3 primary ways- spot up 3s, 3s off of screens, and pull up jumpers (I was at WI game where he turned his ankle coming down from pull up that he nailed and had very nice elevation). I think those tools are by and large unavailable to him- from what I have heard, his hip issue is degenerative- and after watching him for 4 years, and knowing the offensive skill set he possesses, is the only thing that makes sense.

Again, very unfortunate, but I guess that's human frailty for you. I just wish he could have been the offensive threat his Sr year we all envisioned- the last two games would have been very, very different with an effective Dre going out and getting 15 cause it's just what he does, or unfortunately, used to do
 

What is this nonsense about Andre being the 3rd or 4th option his sophomore year? He scored 4.5 points more than the second leading scorer, easily took the most shots, and had the ball in his hands all the time. Injuries have clearly been his biggest issue. Andre was playing at least equal to his sophomore year this year and last year prior to his injuries.

Also, contrary to what Souhan and another poster think, getting to the line does not equal getting to the basket. Andre has absolutely never been known for getting to the basket and finishing / getting fouled. His FTs have been more from getting fouled on jumpshots, end of game situations, and fouls on the floor during bonus.
 

Agreed. I can't stand when Andre jacks up an extremely low percentage shot early in the shot clock. Besides his injury, his biggest issue is his shot selection.

afurry91 said:
I think he can start by stopping the pull up threes with 30 seconds on the shot clock, and the fade away threes in the corner out of an inbounds pass.

I'm not a Pitino, but that sounds like a good start.
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anonymous said:
Let's be honest, Souhan is an idiot. From looking at his archive, it appears that he hasn't written a column about the Gophers in more than four months. That seems several kinds of ridiculous.

While Hollins has struggled of late, it's probably a bit early to blame Pitino for this and compare him to OTS.
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I honestly don't have an issue with what Souhan posted, Dre needs to step up, big time
 

underground629 said:
What is this nonsense about Andre being the 3rd or 4th option his sophomore year? He scored 4.5 points more than the second leading scorer, easily took the most shots, and had the ball in his hands all the time. Injuries have clearly been his biggest issue. Andre was playing at least equal to his sophomore year this year and last year prior to his injuries.

Also, contrary to what Souhan and another poster think, getting to the line does not equal getting to the basket. Andre has absolutely never been known for getting to the basket and finishing / getting fouled. His FTs have been more from getting fouled on jumpshots, end of game situations, and fouls on the floor during bonus.
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Bottom line, Dre has not been stepping up. If he doesn't, we are lucky to be an NIT team
 

I think if Andre has a 5th consecutive poor game here against Ohio State, Pitino should insert Nate Mason into his spot in the starting lineup. It would not only take a little pressure of Andre, it might also light a fire under him as well.
 

GameDay said:
I think if Andre has a 5th consecutive poor game here against Ohio State, Pitino should insert Nate Mason into his spot in the starting lineup. It would not only take a little pressure of Andre, it might also light a fire under him as well.
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But then how would he get to the NBA?
 

Agreed.. Like the kid, but this is B10 bball, and at the end of the day it's a business like any other money generating enterprise (cough cough NCAA). If you're not producing it becomes a very Darwinian world
 

underground629 said:
Also, contrary to what Souhan and another poster think, getting to the line does not equal getting to the basket. Andre has absolutely never been known for getting to the basket and finishing / getting fouled. His FTs have been more from getting fouled on jumpshots, end of game situations, and fouls on the floor during bonus.
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Also, part of him not getting to the line is due to him not being the primary ball handler anymore.

Holf said:
I think those tools are by and large unavailable to him- from what I have heard, his hip issue is degenerative
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You should be careful who you listen to and what you spread around.
 


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