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[QUOTE="Townie72, post: 3161614, member: 780"]
We had a long thread about JB’s presser after the Carleton game that concentrated on his comments about the Player Likenesses controversy.

But he said other things that I thought were important that ought to be captured so that in December or January people aren’t shocked.

The first of these is that this team is no where near ready and it’s going a significant amount of time to get there (weeks and maybe months). So temper your expectations until January and expect the team to get better later in the season.

Second was his statement that Sidibe is only effective when he is “active”. And that if he is not active or moving, he is going to sit! “He is either going to do it or he is going to sit”) I was reminded of JB’s frustration with Roberson as in “If I had anybody else …"

In this case he does have someone else and that is Dolejaz. JB knows that he isn’t perfect. But if you Sidibe on the bench for extended moments, don’t be surprised. It’s because he wasn’t playing the way JB requires him to.

If the other centers don’t learn to play defense, they are going to sit. (JB, "Carleton got 16 or 18 points in the paint. We can’t have that. “A 6’10” guy can’t let a 6’3” guy score a lay-up. I will play Elijah at center before I let that happen”.

Not surprisingly he said for the hundredth time (and I am paraphrasing), “I play to win. Those players that I think will help us win will play. Those that I don’t think will help us win will sit. Games are not for learning how to play. That’s what practices are for.”
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