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JohnstonHawkeye
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He falls away a lot, looks like it's a bad habit he has developed
JonDMiller
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Fran has talked a lot about Josh's shooting prowess in practice. I hope he turns it around.
He shot a respectable .372 from three last season, but he was 17-24 from beyond the arc in four double-digit losses or in other words when the lights weren't so bright and nothing was on the line. Taking away those four games, he was 28 of 97 in the other 31 games.
Jeff Horner was not a good three point shooter as a frosh or the first half of his soph season...then he went on a 50% tear for the next calendar year. It can happen, but he does have a funky form to his shot.
He shot a respectable .372 from three last season, but he was 17-24 from beyond the arc in four double-digit losses or in other words when the lights weren't so bright and nothing was on the line. Taking away those four games, he was 28 of 97 in the other 31 games.
Jeff Horner was not a good three point shooter as a frosh or the first half of his soph season...then he went on a 50% tear for the next calendar year. It can happen, but he does have a funky form to his shot.
Tmoney12
Well-Known Member
JO is one fade away three from getting his confidence back... I am not even remotely saying i am the same shooter he is but when I was in a slump I often hit a terribly formed, fade away three from getting out of my slump. He is gonna bust out of it and it will be on a big stage
Horner was going to get a lot of minutes regardless of how he shot the 3. Ogelsby has to knock down 3's right away off the bench without having much time to get into the flow of the game, it's not a real easy role but that's the only way he's going to get minutes.
I've started my rec league season in a little bit of a shooting slump myself so I can relate 100% to what JO is going through.
ChosenChildren
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Just not sure Oglesby is really athletic enough to play in Iowa's guardcourt. He really is not that quick, and has never been a good defender.
If he gets hot, maybe you bring him in as the "zone buster". Other than that, I'm not feeling it. I must be missing something here....
If he gets hot, maybe you bring him in as the "zone buster". Other than that, I'm not feeling it. I must be missing something here....
uofihawkInation
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A good shooter like Oglesby will shoot himself out of it. I'm not really worried.
bcl20
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The lights aren't so brights when we're playing borderline D-2 schools either.
MisterLucky
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If things do average out over the long run, Josh is in store for a heck of a hot streak.
InGoodCo
Well-Known Member
"Give his minutes to some one eles."
yeah, let's roast the kid 3 games into his soph season and give his minutes to someone else. When he shot the ball well last season, there was no pressure and he was just firing away when the Hawks were down big. This is a young team that is still working out it's kinks and the outside shot will fall, and when it doesn't, we can score in other ways.
yeah, let's roast the kid 3 games into his soph season and give his minutes to someone else. When he shot the ball well last season, there was no pressure and he was just firing away when the Hawks were down big. This is a young team that is still working out it's kinks and the outside shot will fall, and when it doesn't, we can score in other ways.
Cover3
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I think many on here are thinking of Oglesby as purely one-dimensional. Yes, when he's not making the three, it will be hard for him to find minutes over Clemmons, May, etc.; but he has decent handles and a nice mid-range game. I specifically remember him providing a spark doing these things in our loss at Illinois last year.
He may be relegated to a <10min/game role player as long as he's slumping, but 'role player' is far from 'waste of space.'
1hawkeye1
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You may or may not be right about "decent handle and mid-range game." Problem is, we don't need that. We need a 3 pt sniper.
FM claimed, during the post game interview, that JO "kills it" in practice so he is not worried about perimeter shooting. Given FM's penchant for hyperbole, I'm worried.
At this time I feel better with Marble or McCabe shooting 3's than JO.
My only solace is that it is still early. He's been a good shooter. Shooters don't forget how to shoot. *gulp*
I know a kid who killed it in practices both at UI and ISU. We all know how that translated to games. I won't put JO in that category yet, however.
eveningnewsteam
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If hes going to be in a slump, now is the time against these teams. As long as hes knocking them down against Indiana, Michigan State, etc.............thats good enough for me. Hes not afraid of that stage either because he nailed daggers in big games last year many times. He will come around.
GhostofBTT
Banned
I think the problem is that he's shooting in the dark.
Clutch 3's to win B10 titles?
wundergrape
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SirJamaLot
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Josh O just needs to break out and have a a couple of solid games to get his confidence going. Hopefully it will happen before the B10 season starts but no guarantees. Josh was a great 3 pt shooter in high school and so far in practice but unless he can relax and duplicate that shooting in the game, he may not be able to contribute in the B10. I hope he gets it going!
