Thsts what is frustrating. The kids are alot more athletic now but lack basketball skills and knowledge. I know for a fact skills are taught at lower levels in almost all the SLL schools then its seems they get lost somewhere when they get to high school.ernie wrote:the game has changed way to much to compare now to the beginning of the sll. i will agree teams in this league are not very good at the basics but they are a whole lot more athleticinsuranceguy wrote:How much basketball have you watched in the SLL? I go back to the beginning of SLL. The last 5-6 years in the SLL have been flat out bad. No teams that even resemble a regional or state team. Yes I was at the game. Not well played by either team. Way too many turnovers and easy missed shots to be whining about the officials. Both teams played average at best.royal_k wrote: Your post are average at best.
Were you at the game? Those 2 teams were anything but average.
Good post. Nice analysis of the league race. Problem is the league has been down for quite a while now. This isnt a 2-3 year thing. When I talk to people from schools outside the SLL, usually the conversation ends up at why is the SLL lacking behind most other leagues of their size? I want the SLL to be good but its been going the other way for a while now. And quite frankly I dont see it ending with possible exception of Otsego who seems to be developing some young talent. I'm sorry if some of you dont agree, but there is talent in this league but the actual play is lacking behind other leagues.BBall15 wrote: I havent posted at all on here but I am very familiar with the SLL and have looked over all these posts, here are my thoughts...
Regarding the top of the SLL, it has realistically been Eastwood's league to lose throughout the season. While they have struggled to get solid play from their guards, it appears they finally have figured out that they cannot rely too heavily on them and have learned to win without much contributions from those positions.
I also have been impressed with the play of Otsego. They have freshman playing big minutes for them and to be in the race this late in the season is a testiment to their coach. If they can find a way to go 2-1 in the aforementioned big games down the stretch they could pull out a tie for the league.
While their coach has done a great job, I also feel that Liskai out a Gibsonburg does an excellant job as well. He keeps his kids playing hard and gets a lot out of them.
As for Genoa, many of you come on here and rip into the coaching of Overmyer as to why they are not winning as you feel they should. While I agree that he needs to implement a few more offensive plays in, he is not the reason for their losses. While Bassit and Wonnell both are talented players, they are not the world beaters that you make them out to be. Yes they are skilled players, however those two are not talented enough to carry a team. The arguing amongst players is not the coaches fault, it falls on the young men to grow up and with that success will come.
It will be interesting to see how these teams finish the season and hopefully one can surprise some and make a little run throughout the tourny. For those to complain about the league being terrible are just looking to glorify the time that they were directly involved. Like all leagues, they go through ups and downs and the SLL is no different.
I agree that people are way to harsh on Overmyer. He is a great person. I never have heard of anyone say that he has hurt a player before. I dont agree at all with his coaching styles but that is just me. Im not the coach so I have no say. His coaching "thrives" on talent which has been plentiful over the last couple years. Look way back....Skees brothers, B. Sutter, Robertson, Vonck, Edens, Alt, diekmans, Dunn, Hornyak, Gargas, Schumacher, etc, etc.....there has been a crazy amount of college athletes play for overmyer just in the past couple years. Matt, Richard, hopefully Lester and whoever else will advance to some level and play after high school as well.BBall15 wrote: As for Genoa, many of you come on here and rip into the coaching of Overmyer as to why they are not winning as you feel they should. While I agree that he needs to implement a few more offensive plays in, he is not the reason for their losses. While Bassit and Wonnell both are talented players, they are not the world beaters that you make them out to be. Yes they are skilled players, however those two are not talented enough to carry a team. The arguing amongst players is not the coaches fault, it falls on the young men to grow up and with that success will come.
This is the most accurate post about Genoa!insuranceguy wrote: Athletes dont always make basketball players. Bottomline basketball is the 3rd sport in line at Genoa right now behind Football and Baseball. The "athletes" everyone talks about dont seem to care as much about basketball.
