Does anybody still think Edwards...

[hoopsupstate]

You have to think JB thought Sidibe was going to eventually come back. That might have effected his thinking.

 

[TheCusian]

Marek can’t play the 5 in the ACC. It’s been true for his entire time here. He’s a major defensive liability. Not a great rebounder.

 

[capeorange]

I think that if Jesse and Kadary could have stayed in we win by double digits.

 

[albanycuse]

Lol stubborn old man

He’s the only one with the balls to ask him these questions, love it!

 

[syrBossHogg]

 

[Scooch]

Should have been getting at least 7-10 minutes all year, if only because we could not have Marek play 35+ a game at the 5. Should have been given either time to develop, or time to play his way out of the rotation. We did neither.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

I was very big on Jesse after last season. Clearly by here is a strength issue, and I can only assume some development has taken place this season.
We also don’t know the Covid has impacted kids through the season.
Just a crazy year.

 

[crv1728]

I think that if Jesse and Kadary could have stayed in we win by double digits.

Their best stretch of the game was when Edwards and Richmond were in, Griffin and Girard were sitting. I'm not saying it should always be that way but it sure worked tonight.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Jesse got one minute combined in the 2 Pitt games. Maybe if he’s out there the first time we actually beat them at the dome. Same could be said had he got more time in UNC.

 

[Consigliere]

... wasn't ready to be a contributor this year, even in a limited capacity?

Oops

Wasn’t ready early. And development hurt by delay getting to campus. Give the coaches some credit for working with him in December and January so he can contribute in late February and March. In retrospect, the times we went on pause and players worked one on one with their position coaches may have worked in his favor.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Their best stretch of the game was when Edwards and Richmond were in, Griffen and Girard were sitting. I'm not saying it should always be that way but it sure worked tonight.

This year Joe is just not last year’s Joe. Hope he figures it out.

 

[SUfanNC]

He didn’t deserve minutes. He had chances earlier in the year. He seems to have turned a corner and def looks deserving of more mins but the guy we saw out there tonight is flat out better than earlier. You want to act like he should have been starting all along even though he looked lost for most of the season.

He should have played minutes. Pretty simple. Alleviate MD and in certain matchups play against others bigs. Come on!

 

[OmahaCuse]

Feel bad we left Edwards on the bench all year. Especially against teams like PITT and where we needed the help. Minimum he is good for clogging the lane and ironically on offense “opens the floor” up. Again we spotted them 11 points before bring in KR. We need to start the game with the best players on the floor.

 

[bigmike]

This young fella appeared to improve greatly even from the GT game. Displayed much better hands, and made his presence known down low. I have a feeling that with a little more time, he may become a reliable scorer on the block, and a willing passer out of double teams.

 

[Scooch]

Wasn’t ready early. And development hurt by delay getting to campus. Give the coaches some credit for working with him in December and January so he can contribute in late February and March. In retrospect, the times we went on pause and players worked one on one with their position coaches may have worked in his favor.

Would he have even played again this year if Marek didn’t get in foul trouble last game?

 

[orangejunkie]

He came to SU as a very raw recruit who played on the IMG "B" team. He was abroad until early in the semester when his visa came through. Not sure he had any training regimen in Holland before he arrived in the fall. Also, for what ever reason, Jon Bol seemed to be Boeheim's #2 center based on practices and Edward's questionable play.

No need to blame the coaching staff here, we should just be happy he's starting to emerge as a legit big man who may help us win a game or two down the stretch. Huge credit to what ever assistant coach works with the bigs. I'm more in the camp of those that think he wasn't playing due to not being ready not some belief that JB just didn't see his obvious talent.

The future is definitely brighter at the center position and we haven't seen what a year of redshirting may do for the 3rd center. Boeheim has repeatedly said "he's not ready" so have to accept that as a fact.

 

[syrBossHogg]

Jesse got one minute combined in the 2 Pitt games. Maybe if he’s out there the first time we actually beat them at the dome. Same could be said had he got more time in UNC.

Kadary also only played 16 mins the 1st UNC game

 

[Scooch]

He came to SU as a very raw recruit who played on the IMG "B" team. He was abroad until early in the semester when his visa came through. Not sure he had any training regimen in Holland before he arrived in the fall. Also, for what ever reason, Jon Bol seemed to be Boeheim's #2 center based on practices and Edward's questionable play.

No need to blame the coaching staff here, we should just be happy he's starting to emerge as a legit big man who may help us win a game or two down the stretch. Huge credit to what ever assistant coach works with the bigs. I'm more in the camp of those that think he wasn't playing due to not being ready not some belief that JB just didn't see his obvious talent.

The future is definitely brighter at the center position and we haven't seen what a year of redshirting may do for the 3rd center. Boeheim has repeatedly said "he's not ready" so have to accept that as a fact.

He played in 21 games last year and got double digit minutes 7 times.

 

[orangeinnyc]

He should have played minutes. Pretty simple. Alleviate MD and in certain matchups play against others bigs. Come on!

I’m not disagreeing. I think he should have played around 5-7 mins a game, more if he was playing like he did tonight. However he did get chances earlier and really did nothing (up until miami) to distinguish himself apart from JBA. Ppl saying he should have been starting all year I just don’t agree with that.

 

[two3zone]

He just needs to bulk up a bit to be the best center since Rak left.

Unfortunately that’s not saying much at all.

 

[Orangezoo]

Unfortunately that’s not saying much at all.

And yet it's a start a lot of us would take lol. Desperate times as a Cuse fan.

 

[Consigliere]

Lol stubborn old man

Phrasing questioned whether Jesse was capable of contributing early in the year when we still had a chance to make the tournament. How would you expect a coach to answer that.

 

[OrangeDW]

Wasn’t ready early. And development hurt by delay getting to campus. Give the coaches some credit for working with him in December and January so he can contribute in late February and March. In retrospect, the times we went on pause and players worked one on one with their position coaches may have worked in his favor.

I’m not dismissing that at all. I’m sure he’s better now than he was 3 months ago and is more ready.

But there were many games where 40 minutes of Marek wasn’t going to work. He couldn’t have played 5-10?

Why does it have to be from 0 minutes to 20+ minutes?

 

[rhcuse]

Kid needs to hit the weight room and start hitting the V with Joe.

I do not think this means what I think it means.



I think we’ve had guys suspended for this.

 

[Scooch]

Kid has gotten 20+ minutes three times this year, and averaged 7 points and 7 boards in those games.

Nothing makes sense with the way this roster has been managed.