The Digression of Zavier Simpson.

If we have to count on Simpson to be our savior on the offensive side we will be in trouble...

He was 3/10 and gets to take the last stupid hook shot? He was abused on defense the last 10 minutes of the game too. Guy has a ton of heart, and is a leader but man is he a detriment on offense. 

He was horrible.  Completely outclassed by Pritchard.  Michigan peaked in November, unfortunately in the wrong sport.

Stop putting him in iso situations...he never passes and he's the most limited player we have in terms of scoring. He can break down the defense when going isolation, but he's awful at creating his own shot.

He's a pick and roll guru.

If we were going to go iso...put Teske in with Johns to clean it up because Simpson is going to get it on the rim, he's just only going to make that hook 1 out of 4 tries.

Defensively he was owned in this game.

So frustrating watching a guy who KNEW that he was limited offensively run the offense, pass, control the tempo, etc. Then he hit a few jump shots and he thinks he's better offensively than he is. Go back to understanding your limitations and if you hit some 3's...that's just gravy. But you're not Ja Morant.

Horrible possessions late in the game. I'm so fucking angry...that game was ours to be won and not playing Michigan basketball lost it.

Oh and if Livers is hitting...Z should be feeding him! Why do you go away from him or Wagner? You are not a better shooter OR iso player than EITHER of them. FUCK!

Multiple times in OT he dribbled out the clock only to LEROY JENKINS to the rim without a hope or a prayer. And he got fucking exposed on defense by a guy who will be lucky to play in Europe after college. Michigan wins if he’s not on the court in overtime. 

That loss was squarely on Simpson. Just a terrible game on both ends of the floor.  

It’s definitely time to hand the reigns over to DDJ. Z just isn’t bringing a lot of value to the court right now. I hope he can turn it around but it seems unlikely given the number of years he’s played college ball. 

This seems to be the entire offense and not just Simpson - too sloppy overall and way, way too much wild passes (and many turnovers resulting).  Beilein kept them disciplined on offense and it is slipping.

Simpson chucking bounce passes to people's feet sure was annoying too.

Also, Eli Brooks is not that great again.

Howard should have played Teske more on defense, Johns was not helping to protect the rim when Simpson was getting annihilated in the iso game.

LMAO. "digression".   

You’ll get badly begged but he really has regressed. Since his sophomore year he has gotten worse in just about every aspect of his game. And unfortunately we are not deep enough to overcome him playing like this. He’s the senior leader and needs to be better. period. 

I blame Howard for this.  If he thinks Simpson going to the basket for 2 points is our best plan, he hasn't been watching Michigan play.

Bad post. Simpson is a very good PG and we've won many big games with him at the helm.

I do, however, disagree with that last shot. We had plenty of shooters on the floor. He was way off this game and it shouldn't have been on his shoulders.

BIG TESKE 

I don't know if its Simpson call or Coach Juwan but when it's clear Simpson is being overwhelmed by the size, speed and strength of the other teams PG then either get him some help or switch Livers or Brooks on them. Reminded me of when Cassius took his lunch money last season... and for crying out loud with the shooters Michigan has (Livers,Wagner) can we get a better play at the end of the game than the smallest player on the floor throwing up a 50 ft hook shot for the win!!!

How about the digression of this board and its OPs?

He’s a one arm bandit and although he is fantastic on PnR passing, he thinks he’s the alpha and he has to have ball in his hands. At Illinois, he was saying in the huddle “Get me the ball”. Great, and do what with it? Dribble for 10 seconds around the perimeter?

Awesome competitor. Bulldog mentality and leader, too. But, Last possession nobody helped off and let him go as Oregon guarded the guys who could actually shoot.  

It’s still 4 on 5 when he’s out there. However, Brooks had easily his worst game of the year too. 
 

Fucking Belfor... what were you bitching about?

Don't delete this shit...it can be the snowflakes thread.

I haven't been this mad at a loss in SOOOO long. When we lost to Louisville, it reminded me of the lost @IU in 2013. The atmosphere was just too much, but you have to go through it.

This game, on our home floor, with chance after chance...unacceptable. Zavier got owned on the defensive end and played like he thought he was Ja Morant or De'Aaron Fox on the offensive end.

Go back to being Aaron Craft with a better jump shot. A guy who D'ed up all game and knew he was limited offensively. Only Simpson could actually make a kickout 3. But the offense should NEVER run through him. EVER.

Just like when some teams have a Big and never run the offense through him, they just expect him to get put backs and dunks (i.e. all of the Lakers centers this year)...Simpson should be the same way, NO PLAYS FOR HIM. All of his offense should be kick out 3s or fast break layups. That's it.

Simpson is limited.  We've known this for 3 years.

Now, he's going from limited to liability as his lack of athleticism is getting exposed.

Teske is limited.  We've known this for 2 years.  

He Is not going to be consistent against good teams/players.

Back to reality.  We should be ranked around 20th.  Oregon would have thumped us on their court and they were still the better team on the road. 

Simpson played like shit.  Anybody who can’t admit to that has Maize goggles on. 

I might as well have just watched any of the 3 losses to MSU last year where Simpson got abused by Cassius Winston down the stretch.

This team has no go-to guy and won’t win these games unless someone steps up. Livers and Franz are the two with the best potential but they clearly have a long way to go...