Athens Bulldogs Strengths/Weakness

[bobcatforlife13]

Thoughts on the upcoming season for the Athens Bulldogs Basketball Team? Chubb is underrated in my opinion.

[thebarlowbandit]

How did the scrimmage v Unioto go.

[bobcatforlife13]

I've only heard bits and pieces but heard Eli Chubb looked strong. The team is pretty young.

[danicalifornia]

Good length and pressured hard in their zone, which will likely cause teams with average guard play to turn the ball over a lot.

Struggled to score outside of Hynes and Chubb, but that will come with more time together.

Looked to play a lot of guys last night, so shortening the rotation should help give more offensive cohesion.

I'd guess that they win 14-15 games and have an excellent shot at returning to the Convo. Could be even better than that, but I haven't looked at their schedule. Should be fun to watch.

[Truth&fiction]

Thoughts on the upcoming season for the Athens Bulldogs Basketball Team? Chubb is underrated in my opinion.

How is the mentioned player Underrated? Is it by Fans , Coaching Staff ,Media or SEOP? Just wondering . Will he be the 5th starter?

[bobcatforlife13]

Just a personal observation. Seems real talented but doesn't seem to get a lot of mentions. No disrespect intended.

[VisionQuest]

Just a personal observation. Seems real talented but doesn't seem to get a lot of mentions. No disrespect intended.

In reality it doesn't matter how much you get mentioned or what is said on these Forums. It's all about how good of a teammate you are and what you contribute to the TEAM. I would bet Eli Chubb could care less about how much he is mentioned and probably doesn't want to be mentioned. From what I have ever seen about him he is a Very unselfish player. I have been noticing at these last 2 Scrimmages that he is playing with a lot more Confidence. Maybe it comes with Growing up. He is a Young Junior. And for that matter I think a few other players have really improved since last Season. The Bulldogs have A Lot to Work with this Year!!!

[bobcatforlife13]

Couldn't agree with you more! I look forward to watching him play this year, along with the rest of the Bulldogs!

[Raider6309]

Good length and pressured hard in their zone, which will likely cause teams with average guard play to turn the ball over a lot.

Struggled to score outside of Hynes and Chubb, but that will come with more time together.

Looked to play a lot of guys last night, so shortening the rotation should help give more offensive cohesion.

I'd guess that they win 14-15 games and have an excellent shot at returning to the Convo. Could be even better than that, but I haven't looked at their schedule. Should be fun to watch.

Start with three tough games with Gallia, Watterson, and Warren

[thebarlowbandit]

Good length and pressured hard in their zone, which will likely cause teams with average guard play to turn the ball over a lot.

Struggled to score outside of Hynes and Chubb, but that will come with more time together.

Looked to play a lot of guys last night, so shortening the rotation should help give more offensive cohesion.

I'd guess that they win 14-15 games and have an excellent shot at returning to the Convo. Could be even better than that, but I haven't looked at their schedule. Should be fun to watch.

Start with three tough games with Gallia, Watterson, and Warren

Watterson???? what are you basing Watterson being a tough game on? They went 8-15 last year, that is not any measure in which anyone would just automatically say is a "tough opponent" especially early in the season.

[Chief Kdogg]

I've only heard bits and pieces but heard Eli Chubb looked strong. The team is pretty young.

How many years in a row is the team going to be "pretty young"?

[93Bulldog]

Good length and pressured hard in their zone, which will likely cause teams with average guard play to turn the ball over a lot.

Struggled to score outside of Hynes and Chubb, but that will come with more time together.

Looked to play a lot of guys last night, so shortening the rotation should help give more offensive cohesion.

I'd guess that they win 14-15 games and have an excellent shot at returning to the Convo. Could be even better than that, but I haven't looked at their schedule. Should be fun to watch.

Start with three tough games with Gallia, Watterson, and Warren

Watterson???? what are you basing Watterson being a tough game on? They went 8-15 last year, that is not any measure in which anyone would just automatically say is a "tough opponent" especially early in the season.

Watterson was 8-15 ... but would have been 15-8 playing in southeastern Ohio.

[thebarlowbandit]

Start with three tough games with Gallia, Watterson, and Warren

Watterson???? what are you basing Watterson being a tough game on? They went 8-15 last year, that is not any measure in which anyone would just automatically say is a "tough opponent" especially early in the season.

Watterson was 8-15 ... but would have been 15-8 playing in southeastern Ohio.

Really? Didn't Athens beat them last year? Teams in the SE that would have beaten them: Fairland, Logan, Warren, Fairfield Union, Logan Elm, Washington Court House, Miami Trace, Oak Hill, Chillicothe.....Sorry, just because they have a name does NOT mean they have any players.

[Sniper_Fan]

The Chubb kid is as good as advertised. Saw him in scrimmages. Hear he is getting some initial interest from Kent and Akron. bobcatforlife13 really knows his hoops

[therealNY]

Sniper_fan - I’m not sure if your being honest in your assessment or an a$&. Let’s hope not the latter. Kid works his tail off - no need to bring him into your bashing of the bobcatforlife13...

[Pol pot]

Heard he preformed well at Hidden Gems back in September. Look for big year from him.

[Raider6309]

Heard he preformed well at Hidden Gems back in September. Look for big year from him.

I hope. He definitely has the athletic ability to be very good

[VisionQuest]

I know one thing I would like to see more of and that is for the PG MIcah Saltzman to shoot the ball more. We literally went from having a PG who shot 20 plus times per game in Griffin Lutz-to a PG who shoots maybe 3 times a game. He really has a beautiful shot and I love his Defense and ball handling But Would like to see him put up 8-10 shots a game. He can hit the 3, has a mid-range and can drive to the rim, just doesn't do it enough IMO

[93Bulldog]

I know one thing I would like to see more of and that is for the PG MIcah Saltzman to shoot the ball more. We literally went from having a PG who shot 20 plus times per game in Griffin Lutz-to a PG who shoots maybe 3 times a game. He really has a beautiful shot and I love his Defense and ball handling But Would like to see him put up 8-10 shots a game. He can hit the 3, has a mid-range and can drive to the rim, just doesn't do it enough IMO

Agreed.

If he had his brothers mentality & aggressiveness - he'd be twice as good as Z on the court. lol

[93Bulldog]

Watterson???? what are you basing Watterson being a tough game on? They went 8-15 last year, that is not any measure in which anyone would just automatically say is a "tough opponent" especially early in the season.

Watterson was 8-15 ... but would have been 15-8 playing in southeastern Ohio.

Really? Didn't Athens beat them last year? Teams in the SE that would have beaten them: Fairland, Logan, Warren, Fairfield Union, Logan Elm, Washington Court House, Miami Trace, Oak Hill, Chillicothe.....Sorry, just because they have a name does NOT mean they have any players.

I guess me post should have said playing in a southeast Ohio league. All the teams you mentioned were league champions, Of course it would be tough to go 15-8 versus all of them ... lol

But Athens vs Watterson last year - the Bulldogs played their best game of the year. All 9 players scored, 4 in double figures, Griff had a triple double - they played lights out ... Watterson went on to reach the DII district semi-finals in the Columbus District, which kind of proves they are better than your average (8-15) team from around here. An (8-14) River Valley team would have got smoked in the first game of the tournament, let alone reach the semi's.