The Hartford Plan...IT NEEDS TO CHANGE ALREADY!

Thank goodness! AE fans have finally stopped dreaming. I almost thought I was going crazy. Hartford sitting at 4-2 and having a chance to fight for the conference? It had to be another dimension. Finally, I / we AE fans have snapped out of it...WITH A THUD! In two games, Hartford has shown us that it's three game winning streak and strong start was a fluke. I don't like bashing on teams. I was kind of hoping Hartford would prove myself and others wrong, but that clearly is not the case. The main reason? The continued use of a flawed offensive plan.

Any progress this team was making came to a streaking halt tonight down on Long Island. After going 4 for 21 from three-point range against Boston the game before, the game plan was exactly the same for the Hawks against Stony Brook. The exact same result happened. They shot 3 for 20 from three point range. Nearly 48% of the shots taken by Hartford tonight were behind the arc. This season, Hartford has taken 482 three point attempts. They are shooting only 30% from that range. While fans of the AE have stepped out of the crazy dimension that made us think Hartford could contend for something, the Hawks continue to sit in a dimension that allows them to think they can win by shooting as many three-pointers as possible.

Coming into tonight, Hartford had taken just over 20 more three point attempts than the team behind them, BU. UAlbany sat just shy of 30 attempts behind Hartford in 3rd. OK, no big deal. The problem is that UAlbany is third in the conference in three point percentage and BU is fifth. Hartford sits 8th, only in front of Binghamton, who coming into the night was the only team to not even reach 300 attempts. Which means, Hartford is dead last in the conference in three point percentage in teams that have shot over 300 attempts. CAN WE PAINT THE PICTURE ANY CLEARER?

Please Hartford, US AE FANS BEG YOU, come back to reality. Come up with a new system. We want to see you successful. You will not be if you continue with the same strategy night in and night out.