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[QUOTE="Niastri, post: 5620458, member: 722"]
Buddy wasn't the problem. Even as a freshman Buddy was a better player than expected, and a positive contribution, even defensively.

The problems with 2019-2020 were:

1) Girard being the only point guard. The recruiting miss of Carey was catastrophic.
2) Dolezaj playing too much center. Edwards should have played more, backing up Sidibe.
3) The entire team was a negative defender; Edwards would have helped provide size and ability to block shots.
4) Rebounding.  Even Jalen Carey was a better rebounder than Dolezaj... Edwards was better than most even as a freshman.

Everything bad about that team came down to PG and Center.  JB made center worse by trying to make up for bad PG play by putting Dolezaj in at center.  If Sidibe and Edwards were out there, we stop getting pounded on the boards, can play decent defense inside and Dolezaj could have been very helpful playing forward, his natural position.

Brycen Goodine and Howard Washington both got more minutes than Edwards that season.  Pushing everybody down the line by playing Edwards would have solved all the problems with that season.  A rotation of Sidibe/Edwards, Dolezaj/Guerrier, Hughes, Buddy, Girard would have worked.

Instead, Edwards sat the bench and Dolezaj played out of position 25 minutes a game, and was completely overpowered game after game.
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