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[QUOTE="Ghost, post: 1200208, member: 581"]
Yeah, I'm not going to argue minutes at this point of the season, but I do think we miss out at times by cutting the bench down so much, so early in the year.  That's when you would like to see some of these guys play (by "you" I mean me so I can come on here and pretend I'm smarter than JB)...what ends up happening is that someone plays in some random game in MSG, (like MCW as a Frosh against St. Johns) and looks amazing in an 18 minute spurt and then everyone starts wondering...hmmmm, could this kid help???

You saw something similar with Jeremy Grant, where he was only getting blowout minutes early in his Frosh season, something went down (Dirty suspended?) and he showed he could produce in a larger role.  And then went back down to nothing.  We like the short bench.  It strikes me as an oddity at times, but it mostly works out for us.

Plus, you could argue JG got his experience in those blowouts, and the point is he is ready for the larger role - but isn't better than the starters.  That's JB's philosophy obviously.  Does it lead to the kids being tired at the end of the year?  Who knows.

The idea is though, that I'm making my way to in the most roundabout fashion, is that when we got in foul trouble against Michigan, JGrant was ready - and probably moreso because he got those minutes when Dirty was suspended.  Cooney?  Not so much.  (Not arguing for Cooney getting more minutes as a Frosh - just another what if we developed the bench...)

That whole UM game was a sham though...that foul on BT was such crap.  Eh, I'm just rambling now, not even sure which side I'm arguing any more.  :)
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