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Message: [QUOTE="jordoo, post: 3711456, member: 569"] This is just my humble opinion. I think the team struggles because overall our personnel doesn’t match the positions they play or the roles they play. STARTERS: -Marek Is a utility forward and a great complimentary player who could play anywhere from 20-34 minutes on a great team depending on its make up. He’s not a center or a focal point type player. A plus defender on the wing but not in the middle. -Quincey is a starting caliber college forward. An ideal second option and great garbage man. -Allen is an ideal starting 2G on an SU team with a good/great PG. He’s a consciousless shooter with good size, hops and 1-2 dribble attacking. -Buddy is a good college shooter an ideal backup 2/3. A floor spreader a great complimentary offensive player. A subpar defender and rebounder. -Joe is a backup combo guard. Can be an explosive shooter at times. A poor defender. If we had a healthy Sid starting and playing 28-30 minutes at a level close to how he finished out last season, had Kadary starting from the beginning of the season and playing 30 minutes and never played Buddy and Joe together for more than 10 minutes we would be a good team this year. Still this squad overall is missing that classic dynamic SU forward. Hopefully Benny Williams can fill that role in the future. Marek and Quincy are great fits to start along side a forward like that. Woody and Brasewell could be as well with some seasoning and are both fine as backup forwards in the mean time. The center position going forward is concerning. I don’t think the backups we have are without potential but on this team struggling to win games they are not getting developed. I posted this in this thread because you can survive starting a player or two who is not ideally starting caliber or a player or two in a role above what it should be but it’s hard to be successful with three or more guys that either shouldn’t be starters or are playing a bigger role than they should. Not to mention playing guys out of position. Starting Kadary and playing him 30 minutes would eliminate some of these issues. It’s another legit starting caliber player which in turn slides Joe into a proper role of combo guard bench gunner. It also eliminates big minutes of the Buddy Joe backcourt which has been a net negative from my perspective. We would still have Marek playing out of position and Allen out of his ideal position but it’s better than starting a backcourt that (as a combination not necessary individually) is not ACC starting caliber. It also gives flexibility and possibility of sliding Allen to the 2 and Marek to the 4 at times if Sid comes back in a bench role. I’ll go back to my cave now. [/QUOTE]

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