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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1006091, member: 40"]
I think that utilizing the bench might not be the best argument.  It can certainly be argued that in recent years [post his Olympic experience], that JB has expanded his utilization of the bench and employed an expanded rotation, when warranted by the personnel.

But let's just take that one argument at face value: I think you're taking one point and extrapolating it to reach a conclusion that isn't necessarily true about JB--certainly not one that is supportable.

Just my two cents.

PS--I don't think you can get blood from a stone.  There was no level of PT that was going to make Dash Riley an adequate replacement for Arinze after the latter got injured in 2010, no matter how much people might wish for that to be the case.  Might he have been a little more prepared?  Perhaps.  But a little more PT wasn't going to magically transform Riley into a starting caliber center capable of producing even a fraction of what AO provided.  Same thing with Rak in 2012.  Neither player was ready.  No matter how many minutes they were forcefed, there was an upper limit to their capabilities at that point.  Rak had a great game against Kansas State in the round of 32, playing major minutes, but was practically invisible against Wisconsin and totally overmatched against Ohio State / Sullinger.  It doesn't matter how many extra minutes he'd played throughout the course of the year, Rak wasn't going to be able to go toe-to-toe with Sullinger that game as a raw frosh.  This year, I would have preferred for the Sons to get some run.  I think that all three actually WILL be part of the regular rotation next year as sophomores.  But while we needed depth, it doesn't mean that the frosh were ready to play this year.  Sometimes, you can't get blood from a stone.
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