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[QUOTE="Scooch, post: 3204528, member: 628"]
I'm leaving the ACC starter question alone, but will redirect back to the issue of minutes.  It seems likely that Boeheim, Girard and Dolezaj, are all going to see 35+ minutes/game this season.  If any of these guys were on an SU team of the past 30 years, would they get that kind of playing time?  I might be forgetting a circumstance where it's probable, but I can't think of one.

So as I read posts that lambaste these guys for their flaws, I can't help but think that they're being put in an unfair position where those flaws are being exposed.  On a team with substantially more depth, Girard is getting spot duty, and may not even play at all during ACC games.  Boeheim is likely a 10-15 minute guy who's job is solely to pop 3s.  Dolezaj would be a 7th man who could lean on his passing ability.

Sadly, this reminds me of the Troy Nunes situation from 20 years ago.  The guy had massive flaws in his game, and took a lot of abuse.  But the true failure was on the coaches for not landing an adequate replacement for McNabb, and forcing Nunes to start as a freshman, when he really shouldn't have seen the field until he was a junior (and probably should have been playing safety).
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