The talk of the sports world over the past 24 hours have been centered around Grinnell College guard Jack Taylor, who miraculously scored 138 points in one basketball game. Many are split when talking about the subject, some see this as an amazing feat, but for some reason others are offended that a coach would allow something like this to happen.
Grinnell is a Division III school in Iowa, and they downed Faith Baptist 179-104 last night. Sure it is a blowout, but would you really take out a kid that is having a game like the one he had? How could a coach possibly tell a player who has dreamed of 40 point games let alone 100+, that it is time to sit because your team is up by a lot.
However, what should be addressed is the coaches offensive and defensive tactics. Taylor took 108 of the team's 136 total shots and he only made 52 of them. Taylor also managed to go 27 of 71 from the three point range. These shooting percentages are simply unacceptable if you ask me. Plus Taylor's assist/turnover ratio was -6. I'd pull him out immediately if I was the coach. The kid had 0 assists. 0. Not one. But he sure as hell had enough strength to throw 108 shots at the rim. Pass and cut Taylor.
Now on the defensive end, sure the team scored 179 on offense and should be feeling good, but then again you did let up 104 points in a 40 minute game. Swiss cheese defense if you ask me. Plus "Big Shot" Taylor over here only had 3 rebounds the entire game...and they were all on the offensive end. Simply unacceptable.
One Last Thing: The real hero of this game was on the Faith Baptist Eagles and his name is David Larson. This kid is an absolute stud. He dropped 70 points on 34-44 shooting. 77% from the field, and he even had one more assist than Taylor. You have to tip your cap to a guy like that. Larson was just feeling it, Taylor was forcing it.
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