Even winning that I’m not sure the path without other wins that I’m not sure we’re capable of competing with. Even if we split with Clemson I don’t see how we beat UNC and after the last two losses those three games are the least of our worries.
There's no question that the limitations on Bell's game are a problem.
Maybe the visiting fans were too rowdy.
Would agree there's some truth to how Red put together this roster was a combination of loyalty & necessary retention (hard to turn over an entire roster) along with expected growth that, as others have stated, hasn't panned out for a variety of guys.
You have pulled me to the dark side on Taylor, for the most part. Where I’ll push back is piling Bells issues onto being with Taylor at the same time. We don’t have many lost possessions due to Taylor. He’s too scared to take any shot, let alone a bad shot. All he really does is pass the ball almost as soon as he gets it. I don’t see many turnovers from him either, but I haven’t seen all the games or checked the stats.
Oh to be clear, I'm not excusing when Bell's crappy. Just openly wondering how measurable the net effect is for everyone when we say we have a zero production player on offense.
At times last night I started to think possibly the basket was off a bit? Not sure that is even something that can happen but so many of our players were all around the rim with out going in? It was absolutely puzzling let alone frustrating as hell!
Doesn't surprise me at all.
Having Copeland in the game for anyone outside of Maliq is a net positive for the team. That includes Judah.
So why didn’t red bring in a senior or Junior leader? Who else would the blame lie with? The previous head coach who has zero impact on the portal this past offseason? Red had tons of minutes to dole out at forward because the current forward roster is not driving any value and that was apparent last year.
This was the specific play I remember watching and thinking THIS is what the offense should be based around. It was actually BENNY in the game at the time, but point remains. Look at all the space JJ and Judah had to maneuver.
Q didn't have a problem making 2 free throws right after, Brown, and Judah couldn't get it over the front rim 4 times.
I think Taylor stinks more than Benny and both more than Bell, but none of them are Forwards that should be playing this many minutes for Syracuse IMO.
I went back and forth with Bell, but I’m not sure what else he gives us besides shooting and I don’t know how much he will improve as he appears to have the worst motor on the team.
Anyway best lineup plus/minus wise is with Copeland on the court for Bell with the rest of the starters. Our second best lineup plus/minus is Benny in for Taylor with the starters.
Both of those lineups have a better plus/minus than Cope and Benny together.
Also playing Copeland at the point with him the starters seems to be a decent lineup.
Our worst lineup on the season was the original starters with McLeod. McLeod really did not help us at all when he was healthy.
Long story short it doesn’t appear our net efficiency improves at all when Taylor is off the court. His individual stats are awful, but our team stats with him on the court have been decent overall. Maybe it’s because he’s a slight plus defensively?
Anyway it’s all here for people to research.
LOL I guess we will see how much of a bum he is Saturday. I watched this game and couldn't decide who I wanted to win. I never know whether to root for the team we are about to play or not.
it's so damn confusing, isn't it?
Oh I expect Wake to play their asses off now lol. Reids gonna be a handful
We r gonna get smoked and beat down for good measure by the bigs. Reid will foul out MB
