Week Nine Player Reports

 

Mark Koll: It's become obvious that this season will be a struggle for Mark.  His team is unreliable in a lot of ways.  First, they don't seem to think it necessary to show up to the game each week, which is something he can't control in the slightest.  Second, his teammates all seem hell bent on playing their own style of basketball.  There's little to no cohesion night in, night out.  Which is a shame because, when they are clicking, Team Grey can be a force.  Inconsistency has been their biggest downfall.  The easiest example of this is that they've traded wins and losses the entire season long.  So far, they don't have a single two-game win streak.  But they also don't have a two-game losing streak.  Week Nine was a microcosm of their entire season.  In the first half, they played poorly, playing down to a very beatable opponent.  But then they got things going in the second half and won by a decent margin.  It's hard to anticipate what you're going to get out of Team Grey, which makes them a bit of a wild card contender, but almost guarantees more frustrating times ahead for Mark.  He did his part in Week Nine with 24 points and 9 rebounds, but most of his production comes from self-starter plays.  If he wants to return to the monstrous production of years past, he'll need to find a way to integrate with his team a little better in the half-court set.

           

            What's Next: Week Ten brings a "favorable" match-up against Team Green.  In Week One, Mark torched Team Green for 36 points.

 

Mark Koll 2013-2014 Season Averages

 

PPG

RPG

APG

BPG

FT%

25.29

10.29

2.29

1.29

90.32%

 

 

Matt Koll: Idle in Week Nine.

 

            What's Next: Team Dark Blue will look to refocus in Week Ten in a critical match-up against Team Red.

 

Matt Koll 2013-2014 Season Averages

 

PPG

RPG

APG

BPG

FT%

9.50

8.83

2.33

0.83

28.57%

 

 

Matt Vitaliano: Idle in Week Nine. 

 

            What's Next: Matt V will likely be a spectator again in Week Ten when Team Yellow has their rematch with Team Orange.

 

Matt Vitaliano 2013-2014 Season Averages

 

PPG

RPG

APG

BPG

FT%

9.25

3.25

1.25

0.25

0.00%

 

 

Rob Knapczyk: Rob finally had what you might consider a bad shooting performance in Week Nine against the hapless Team Brown.  He finished with a season-low 1 three-point basket.  However, like all good players, he worked himself into the game in other ways and ended with one of his best stat lines of the season: 20 points, 13 rebounds, and 8 assists.  Granted, many of those rebounds and assists were inconsequential, but a stat is a stat at the end of the day.  And when you come within two assists of a triple-double, that's a good night by anyone's standards.

 

            What's Next: Rob will look to get his stroke working again in Week Ten against the small-ball lineup of Team Orange.

 

Rob Knapczyk 2013-2014 Season Averages

 

PPG

RPG

APG

BPG

FT%

26.43

10.57

3.43

0.14

65.22%

 

 

Luke A: Apparently Luke has given up on scoring altogether.  He put up another stinker in Week Nine, finishing with just 6 points.  But, yet again, he was able to placate himself by swatting three opponent's shots.  He's run his season total up to an astounding 20 blocked shots, and we're just barely into the second half.  This is approaching Bol territory.

 

            What's Next: Luke will likely have plenty more opportunities for rejections against the puny Team Orange in Week Ten.

 

Luke A. 2013-2014 Season Averages

 

PPG

RPG

APG

BPG

FT%

6.00

7.29

4.71

2.86

25.00%

 

 

Jerry Hahn: After being frustrated offensively early on, Jerry was in prime form in Week Nine as he helped secure the win over Team Green.  In the process, Team Orange ran their record to 5-2.  Right now, they are alone in second place.  While Yellow has earned the right to the top spot, Orange and Red seem to be getting better as the weeks go on.  More importantly, Orange and Red seem to have the best teamwork in HatchetBall.  While there certainly are some redundancies on Team Orange, they play excellent together.  And you can never have too many hustlers.  In Week Nine, Jerry clocked in with 7 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and tied his career-high in blocks with 2.  However, he'll need an even bigger effort in Week Ten if they want to topple Team Yellow.

 

            What's Next: Jerry was a DNP in Week One against Team Yellow.  In Week Ten, he'll get his chance to rewrite history.

 

Jerry Hahn 2013-2014 Season Averages

 

PPG

RPG

APG

BPG

FT%

12.50

9.83

6.33

0.67

68.42%

 

 

Dave Troy:  Mark up another loss for Team Green in Week Nine.  They showed a little more spunk this time around, keeping things interesting until late in the second half, but they lack the muster to keep things going.  Troy demonstrated another spirited effort, but couldn't get enough shots to fall.  It's encouraging that he's been more aggressive on the offensive end, now he just needs to focus harder and convert more of those opportunities.  He gets close to 7-8 quality attempts in per game.  That should be enough to achieve double-digit points every week.

           

            What's Next: Team Green will be up against it again in Week Ten when they square off with the 4-3 Team Grey.

 

Dave Troy 2013-2014 Season Averages

 

PPG

RPG

APG

BPG

FT%

7.57

5.00

1.14

0.67

66.67%

 

 

Mike Steigerwald: Idle in Week Nine.

 

            What's Next: Team Red is back in action against Team Dark Blue in Week Ten.

 

Mike Steigerwald 2013-2014 Season Averages

 

PPG

RPG

APG

BPG

FT%

20.33

11.67

3.67

0.00

100.00%

 

 

2013-2014 Standings

 

Team

Captain

Record

Streak

Yellow

Matt V

6-1

W2

Orange

Vito

5-2

W2

Red

Tierney

4-2

W3

Grey

Beave

4-3

W1

DarkBlue

Brennan

3-3

L1

BabyBlue

McElligot

3-4

L1

Brown

Rech

1-5

L3

Green

Danaher

1-6

L4