JB said the players were tired at halftime

[NateW]

But Girard getting ironman minutes is baffling when he had such a terrible game. It just comes down to that one thing for me.

Just look at it as punishment for the fact that every day, for two weeks straight, JG3 stepped no further into Wegmans than the pumpkin roll end-cap-cooler, conveniently placed next to the entrance.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Lots of folks here are still convinced Joe Gilliam, Jr. was better than Terry Bradshaw.

 

[Scooch]

We played 9 guys in the first half. People are so hell bent here on getting their angry takes off that they don’t even really respond to what’s happening. He played a deep bench in the first half, so what are we complaining about? The defense was horrific when a lot of the fresh subs were in there too. We were also pressing almost the entire half, after 1 practice in 2 weeks.

JB said in the presser he should’ve came out of the press sooner. He liked that it kinda got us going after a bad start and created some turnovers and some tempo, but after awhile it wasn’t very good.

The second half, we didn’t look “tired”. We also only gave up 33 points and 4 3’s. Much more normal.

Only problem I had was no Kadary in the second half...though JB actually explained exactly why he did it, and also said that it would’ve been a mistake if Joe didn’t come through down the stretch with those big shots.

Speaking only for myself, I don’t really care all that much about him getting 4 bench guys into the game in the first half.

This isn’t my first SU hoops rodeo, and I know that come ACC season, Braswell and the two Centers aren’t going to see a minute, absent injury or catastrophic foul trouble. I’m not even mad about that, I just know how it’s going to be.

But I do know that this team simply can’t have a truly successful season by playing two guards 38+ minutes a game. I’ll take JB at his word about why he didn’t play Richmond in the second half. Hopefully it won’t become a recurring pattern.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Speaking only for myself, I don’t really care all that much about him getting 4 bench guys into the game in the first half.

This isn’t my first SU hoops rodeo, and I know that come ACC season, Braswell and the two Centers aren’t going to see a minute, absent injury or catastrophic foul trouble. I’m not even mad about that, I just know how it’s going to be.

But I do know that this team simply can’t have a truly successful season by playing two guards 38+ minutes a game. I’ll take JB at his word about why he didn’t play Richmond in the second half. Hopefully it won’t become a recurring pattern.

Correction - three centers.

 

[Scooch]

Correction - three centers.

If he’s healthy, Sidibe will at least get the token start, before he’s yanked 2 minutes in.

 

[OrangeDW]

Speaking only for myself, I don’t really care all that much about him getting 4 bench guys into the game in the first half.

This isn’t my first SU hoops rodeo, and I know that come ACC season, Braswell and the two Centers aren’t going to see a minute, absent injury or catastrophic foul trouble. I’m not even mad about that, I just know how it’s going to be.

But I do know that this team simply can’t have a truly successful season by playing two guards 38+ minutes a game. I’ll take JB at his word about why he didn’t play Richmond in the second half. Hopefully it won’t become a recurring pattern.

Im with you on the guards. Richmond needs to be a solid part of the rotation for this team to do what we hope it does IMO.

I was focusing on the lack of logic in the first post though.

Some of these guys are in “get the coach” mode 24/7, regardless of if they are making sense. It’s already tired.

 

[HOFCeluck]

I’m getting word that for his pregame warmup Girard elected to go with a mumu because he “didn’t want to look like a freak.”

 

[Todoubled23]

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THANK YOU DEVO. Sheesh.

 

[Todoubled23]

I want to be good so I hope your right.

I am just beaten down.

I don’t believe we are an awful team I just think we are medicore. If Kadary Richmond is so bad he can’t play in the second half of this game then we are in big trouble.

Lol