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Message: [QUOTE="malpearl31, post: 3333654, member: 6520"] I don't think that Buddy's performance early last year (and you're right, in the first 11 games of 2018-19 he was horrendous) really had any bearing on how many minutes he played this year. Nor do I think it should have - and I bet the overwhelming majority of people on this board would agree with me on this point. And I also think that it's a little over the top to describe Buddy as "simply horrendous on offense" in the final 10-12 games of this season. He did have his worst performance of the season against Florida State on 2/15, and the game just before that one against NC State was probably his second-worst ACC game of the season. But you have to be fair... he had two good offensive games against Carolina, he was good in Ws against Wake Forest, Ga Tech and BC as well as in the loss to Clemson. And he ranged from fine to below-average against Duke, Louisville and Miami. But saying he was "horrendous on offense" for the entire final third of the season isn't fair, in my opinion. (Note: the Pitt game doesn't really count to me since he got hurt.) I think most of us would have been perfectly fine with Goodine getting more minutes during the season - I know I said on multiple occasions that I would definitely have played him more if I was the head coach. I just think it's fair to note that Goodine really didn't do very much with the minutes he did get, and that probably factored into JB's reluctance to play him more. In hindsight - especially with Brycen having performed very well in the Pitt game when Buddy turned his ankle - JB probably should have found a way to get Brycen some more minutes in the final 4 games. The one against Miami sticks out to me the most - if I'm Brycen, I'm definitely pissed that I didn't get any meaningful minutes in that one. Going forward, I'm going to root like hell that Buddy and Joe improve on both sides of the ball... because the reality is, I'm a rabid SU fan - and those two are gonna get heavy minutes next year (like it or not). [/QUOTE]

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