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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 3026105, member: 405"] I just want Buddy and the Orange to be successful. I think if Buddy plays big minutes, he's not quite ready for it. I think with Buddy, if he starts a game poorly, sometimes that's it for the game. He gets down on himself and can't make another shot, and commits a bunch of silly fouls trying to compensate. We also are prone to really slow starts. I would hate to see Buddy, a real clutch guy, or Marek, get into foul trouble early in a bunch of games. We saw some of that last year. I want to protect the players who we need at the end of games. It's not who starts, it's who finishes, right? I understand why you'd disagree. It's just my opinion of how I would handle next season's rotation. Reasonable people can differ. But I was one of Buddy's earliest backers, so please don't suggest that I don't want to play the kid. I just want to get the best out of him with the least amount of pressure. [/QUOTE]