Kiyan deserves to be the starter

[atlanticuse]

Good God. Grab a drink.

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[Jake]

I actually like Kiyan and Sadiq both off the bench as the 6th and 7th man.

Both are going to get the dome rocking.

Scoop and KJo

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Let's play this out.
We start JJ and sit Kiyan. We're down by 15 with that starting rotation.
Both Donnie (who had 4 the first two games), and William Kyle are in foul trouble.

What do we do then?
Put in the big body of Betsey? Along with Zephir?

That's my worry.
If we don't start Kiyan, this could happen - multiple times.

What?

 

[Orangezoo]

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That ain’t making your scenario argument for you for this year…. How about let’s see the numbers when the sample size is larger for this season with this entire team? Until then drop the panic attack.

 

[23Zone]

Let's play this out.
We start JJ and sit Kiyan. We're down by 15 with that starting rotation.
Both Donnie (who had 4 the first two games), and William Kyle are in foul trouble.

What do we do then?
Put in the big body of Betsey? Along with Zephir?

That's my worry.
If we don't start Kiyan, this could happen - multiple times.

 

[baggerbob]

Jake, normally I agree with this unwritten rule of sports, but this season I don't think Red has the luxury of abiding by it. He needs to play the players that will give him the best chance of getting to the NCAA tournament, or else his career as a head coach will be three years long.

And in a team sport you stay with the winning lineup. All time example was Wally Pipp, Yankees were good, but became great when Lou became the starting 1st baseman. If a player is more concerned with being the starter then winning games they shouldn't be on the team.
If we keep winning then JJ should be happy to come off the bench.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

Please Let’s not do this already. Just no.. I don’t even know who everyone is yet.

 

[hoopsupstate]

You don’t sit someone due to injury and you definitely don’t sit a second team All ACC player. People need to chill. Anthony has played two games against two of worse division one teams. Kiyan would agree that JJ starts.