GuardIndians

Cleveland Guardians - Raking ‘n Hot Taking

[GuardIndians @GuardIndians_]

@JacobsFieldRBW @BauerOutage You need to look up the word arrogant in the dictionary lol

This is at the intersection of humility and desperation, but you've never been one for nuance

[GuardIndians @GuardIndians_]

@Clevta Mobley decided to toss the ball out of bounds - hit potato!

[GuardIndians @GuardIndians_]

@realcavsfans https://t.co/mIbyv6dmxC

[GuardIndians @GuardIndians_]

The decision to reallocate savings on the new HC hire, to the NIL budget, is a straight forward one, especially relative to the players above Woj has brought in. Said another way, that $500K is more impactful to the roster, than in Schmidt's hand, and that's the hard truth.

[GuardIndians @GuardIndians_]

Mark Schmidt is a fantastic coach, and pulled a program out of the depths of hell; but, the reality is, his teams regressed throughout the season for 6 consecutive years. That period also overlaps with the emergence of NIL. That's a problem.

@SBUnfurled @TylerRelph10

[GuardIndians @GuardIndians_]

This university owes a great deal of gratitude to Schmidt. But, we can also be objective about recent performance, and the return on the $2M/year investment into a head coach, or lack there of, for a program strapped for cash relative to peers.

[GuardIndians @GuardIndians_]

@Talking_spurss So, you're not aware why this account gets hate, but also aware enough to speak to the reason this account gets hate?

[GuardIndians @GuardIndians_]

@Talking_spurss Mate, we know it's you. Does this mean Frank is staying?

[GuardIndians @GuardIndians_]

@xJonNYC You're telling me, the engine Airbus said doesn't function below 15 degrees in freezing fog, blew up flying in freezing fog conditions below 15???

[GuardIndians @GuardIndians_]

@SBUnfurled Can you make sense of the line?

KenPom has a relatively close game as well...must be something in the advanced metrics?

On paper, looks like a small-ish team that can't shoot the 3 and turns it over a lot? What am I missing?

[GuardIndians @GuardIndians_]

@Allthings__THFC Playing 5 in the back, protected by Paulinha and Bentancur, against a front 3 of Merino, Saka (fully cooked), and Troussard, is spineless and terrible from a tactical angle.

[GuardIndians @GuardIndians_]

@SBUnfurled

[GuardIndians @GuardIndians_]

@SBUnfurled Free flowing nature of the offense and rebounding, particularly on the offensive end.

The concern is, Schmidt coaches these positives away.

[GuardIndians @GuardIndians_]

@_TottenhamTalk_ He has several world class traits - he's obviously tenacious, wins duals, aerials, composed. But, his ability to split the lines, his vision combined with the deception of his passes, is unmatched; he's 1/1, there's no one close in that department.

[GuardIndians @GuardIndians_]

@CleGuardPro Arias is what he is.

30% K rate, low-200 avg, mid-70s wRC+. This is just normal regression.

Why the FO expects a different result - no clue. But we also brought back Nolan Jones for whatever reason.

[GuardIndians @GuardIndians_]

@ZootB_ @SBUnfurled It's really said, but we did, for one glorious game (couldn't throw a stone in the ocean but still crushed a really good CSUN team). 21 turnovers forced, 32 3PA, 34 FTs

[GuardIndians @GuardIndians_]

@SBUnfurled I'm just going to leave here: If you recruit 4 slashers and a non-stretch 5, you need to play in transition; which we did really well for 1H of season. But if you morph into an inside-out offense, you're going to struggle - no shooting and no space underneath. Very basic stuff.

[GuardIndians @GuardIndians_]

@SBUnfurled The scouting report vs Bonnies since mid Jan:

Defense: double Brown, he'll either turn it over or kick it out to a 'sniper' who is 24/85.

Offense: create ANY slight imbalance, they'll over rotate, and we're shooting uncontested 3s

And we've done NOTHING ABOUT IT FOR 8 WEEKS

[GuardIndians @GuardIndians_]

@SBUnfurled The hard truth is, Schmidt's teams have regressed throughout the season for 3 years in a row now. Woj left ESPN to help facilitate sustainable success in an NIL world, and the current focus on player development and complex schemes will not deliver that, unfortunately