Week Seven Player Reports
Mark Koll: Idle in Week
Seven.
What's Next: Critical showdown in Week
Eight against the new and improved Team Red.
Mark Koll
2013-2014 Season Averages
|
|
RPG |
APG |
BPG |
FT% |
|
25.60 |
9.80 |
2.20 |
1.20 |
94.44% |
Matt Koll: It never ceases to amaze me how similar Matt Koll and Jerry are. They are prolific offensive rebounders, solid defenders, and smart all-around players. But they both have an identical tendency to disappear on the offensive end. Even at times when their teams need them to score, Matt and Jerry seem to make conscious decisions to not shoot the ball. In the past, this has led to some pathetic scoring performances. While neither has ever been held scoreless, both have finished multiple games with 5 points or under. This is worth noting on the weeks that Matt or Jerry put up big numbers. Matt Koll poured in 17 points and 18 rebounds in Week Seven and all you can do is shake your head. If he’s capable of this level of performance, why does he seem equally likely to put up a dud? Consistency is everything. Matt has played well for most of this season, but this is no time to rest on his laurels. He needs to continue to score more and more; there is no doubt that his team needs him to.
What's Next: Dark
Blue will try and prove their worth against the first-place Team Yellow.
Matt Koll
2013-2014 Season Averages
|
|
RPG |
APG |
BPG |
FT% |
|
11.40 |
10.40 |
2.60 |
0.80 |
28.57% |
Matt Vitaliano: Inactive in
Week Seven.
What's Next:
Probably the grave.
Matt Vitaliano
2013-2014 Season Averages
|
|
RPG |
APG |
BPG |
FT% |
|
9.25 |
3.25 |
1.25 |
0.25 |
0.00% |
Rob Knapczyk: Rob continued his hot shooting from deep in Week Seven, matching his season-high and career-high with 7 long balls. And because Rob’s prolific shooting has been shockingly consistent this season, it’s utterly baffling why his free throw shooting has been so terrible. Granted, his injury has limited his activity around the basket, thereby eliminating the high-volume free throw opportunities that allow shooters to get into a rhythm at the line, but at the end of the day, no matter how many free throws you’re attempting, it’s still a wide open shot from fifteen feet directly in front of the basket. It’s reasonable for us to expect a little better free throw shooting from someone like Rob. You can’t shoot the same percentage from the three-point line and the free throw line. You just can’t.
What's Next: Rob
will do his best to keep things going against the solid defense of Team
Dark
Blue in Week Eight.
Rob Knapczyk
2013-2014 Season Averages
|
|
RPG |
APG |
BPG |
FT% |
|
27.60 |
10.40 |
2.40 |
0.20 |
36.36% |
Luke A: There are two types of scratches in HatchetBall
when it comes to players not being available for the game.
The most common scratch is when a player
simply doesn’t show up. This happens
all
the time. The golden rule is “next
man
up.” Which is a cliched way of saying that there isn’t
much you can do
about not having all your players available.
You still have to play the game. However,
there is something to be said about
preparation for these absences. When
they are unexpected, it is a bit jarring and more understandable that
teams
have a hard time adjusting or compensating for a missing teammate in
these
scenarios. However, in the other type of
player scratch, when you know FAR ahead of time that an important
player isn’t
going to play, there is less excuse for not being prepared for their
absence. In Week Seven, Team Yellow knew
they would be without one of their top scorers.
They also knew that their best player had re-aggravated his
injury. Therefore, Luke had plenty of time
to prepare
to help with the scoring load. And it
seems crazy to say after his Week Seven performance (6 rebounds, 8
assists, 7
blocks), but Luke didn’t do enough to help Team Yellow stay
unbeaten. Sure, he played well, with his
usual mix of
varied contributions, but he didn’t help where his team needed
him most. And what they needed from him
was
scoring. His 7 points just weren’t
enough. Part of the blame for this loss
has to fall on him, regardless of how good his stat line looks overall.
What's Next: Luckily for Luke, Team Yellow is up against Team Dark Blue in Week Eight, when they might not need him to score a single point.
Luke A. 2013-2014 Season Averages
|
|
RPG |
APG |
BPG |
FT% |
|
6.00 |
7.60 |
5.00 |
3.00 |
30.00% |
Jerry Hahn: Idle in Week Seven.
What's Next: Jerry
and Team Orange look to make it four out of five against Team Brown in
Week
Eight.
Jerry Hahn 2013-2014 Season Averages
|
|
RPG |
APG |
BPG |
FT% |
|
13.00 |
9.75 |
6.25 |
0.25 |
84.62% |
Dave Troy: Continuing his
play
of recent,
What's Next:
Dave Troy 2013-2014 Season Averages
|
|
RPG |
APG |
BPG |
FT% |
|
7.83 |
5.17 |
1.00 |
0.50 |
66.67% |
Mike Steigerwald: Two short
weeks ago,
Team Red seemed to be headed for a 6th or 7th
finish
overall. 5th
at best. But oh my how things
have changed. Grabbing a real player and
a constant scoring threat, Team Red looks completely different. They are sharing the ball, shooting an
unbelievable percentage from deep, and giving defensive zones all sorts
of
fits. It seems to be no coincidence that
“Steigerwald” and “HatchetBall”
are both three-syllables and both are German for “Ancient War God”.
What's Next: Mike
will get his first real HatchetBall
challenge against
Team Grey in Week Eight.
Mike Steigerwald
2013-2014 Season Averages
|
|
RPG |
APG |
BPG |
FT% |
|
23.50 |
12.50 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
100.00% |
2013-2014 Standings
|
Team |
Captain |
Record |
Streak |
|
Yellow |
Matt V |
4-1 |
L1 |
|
Grey |
Beave |
3-2 |
W1 |
|
|
Vito |
3-2 |
L1 |
|
Red |
Tierney |
3-2 |
W2 |
|
DarkBlue |
Brennan |
3-2 |
W1 |
|
BabyBlue |
McElligot |
3-3 |
W1 |
|
Brown |
Rech |
1-4 |
L1 |
|
Green |
Danaher |
1-5 |
L3 |