CuseTG2003
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He might be the worst coach in basketballCapel did a poor job of prepping his team for this game. Offensively and defensively.
He might be the worst coach in basketball
Agreed. If nothing else, give the young man some minutes when we have a 15 point lead.I’m so sick of the Boeheim show. Zero reason for Benny to play 3 minutes tonight. It’s gross.
This. I get that minutes are good for young players and that JB isn’t fond of playing a deep bench and his handling of young players and the bench (particularly in recent years) is fine to criticize.
But this board is unreal. Every year people cry about minutes. Kadary I get, but Carey? Goodine? Benny? Frank as a frosh? I mean, sometimes it’s on the player to produce when they get that opportunity.
For the season Benny has played in 16 games including tonight. Prior to tonight he was averaging about 14 mins/game. And he had 15 total field goals and 23 total rebounds (as a 6-8 forward).
This isn’t lack of opportunity, this purely lack of production — even if we forget the scoring and focus on filling a stat sheet with steals/Rebounds/blocks.
Should he have played more tonight? I think so. But to act like somehow 12-15 more minutes were going to make some huge difference in his game is pure conjecture.
I took the kids over to Athens a couple weeks ago to see a UGA game - watched Crean’s boys get dominated wire to wire by a 5-7 Gardner-Webb team. It was horrific how bad they were.I guess you never watched any of Tom Cream’s teams.
This. I get that minutes are good for young players and that JB isn’t fond of playing a deep bench and his handling of young players and the bench (particularly in recent years) is fine to criticize.
But this board is unreal. Every year people cry about minutes. Kadary I get, but Carey? Goodine? Benny? Frank as a frosh? I mean, sometimes it’s on the player to produce when they get that opportunity.
For the season Benny has played in 16 games including tonight. Prior to tonight he was averaging about 14 mins/game. And he had 15 total field goals and 23 total rebounds (as a 6-8 forward).
This isn’t lack of opportunity, this purely lack of production — even if we forget the scoring and focus on filling a stat sheet with steals/Rebounds/blocks.
Should he have played more tonight? I think so. But to act like somehow 12-15 more minutes were going to make some huge difference in his game is pure conjecture.
I was a “free Bennie” guy initially. Now I’m more of a “free me from having to watch Bennie” guyWe have never had a recruit as hyped as Williams come in a million miles away from being ready to contribute and people are griping about his minutes?
I get that he might improve but I expect every recruit we have next year to be better than him b/c if they aren't we shouldn't be recruiting them.
How low our expectations have dropped...
This was a good win. I feel like a bunch of games this year should have ended this way wish we could have a couple back and were still playing for an at large.
How much they paying Gordon Gekko to serve as motivational assistant?
Deep breaths, its going to be ok. We won and as far as I know, no players or their family members currently post on this board (board is becoming harder and harder to visit and especially after a loss). I'm in the group that feels JB needs to consider retiring very soon but has earned his right to call his shot on when he does, within reason. The man is beyond stubborn.Okay. But do you want to know what is "unreal?" This team going into last night's game was a sub .500 team this far into the season. More importantly, that many of our starters would likely be 6th or 7th type guys during our more consistent and accustomed good years. You know, back when we were consistently ranked during the regular seasons. We haven't played a conference game as a ranked team after January 1st since like 2014. I mean...think about that for a moment...that's unreal!
That being the case, what's also unreal, is we still can't seem to get our bench guys out there to play much, especially in meaningful moments. Meaningful moments being in the 2nd half when the outcome is still in question. Those who do make it in, are only in because our old normal 6th/7th player nowadays starter, is in significant foul trouble or has fouled out.
You mention those other players, well, that really speaks for itself too, and is even more unreal. How far back do we have to go before we had a legit P5 level PG on this team...Ennis! We got very fortunate that Silent G was able to convert and run the point here after Ennis as well, he certainly wasn't brought here from Duke with that in mind.
The 5 spot has been a joke as well for a P5 level team since Christmas' graduation, let alone for a P5 level school in Syracuse that ranks all time in the Top 6 for wins at the collegiate level. Jesse appears to be our best since Rak, but just last February the HOF'er spewed consistently how he wasn't "ready." We have been so deficient there until Jesse this season, that Lydon to Marek to now Jimmy Jr. is playing the 5.
Those facts and the fact that JB has done a beyond miserable job for years now relative to roster management, etc. is no doubt, truly unreal!
I thought it was Pat Riley.How much they paying Gordon Gekko to serve as motivational assistant?
While I think Benny has a very high ceiling, the guy does not belong on the floor playing 20 min per game right now when he is clearly struggling with all facets of the game. Blame it on JB or blame it on whatever, but the kid is struggling.
OK, then criticize those things. Benny getting huge benefit from 12-15 more mins in one game or getting bigger minutes in general while showing nothing is, as you point out, not the issue.Okay. But do you want to know what is "unreal?" This team going into last night's game was a sub .500 team this far into the season. More importantly, that many of our starters would likely be 6th or 7th type guys during our more consistent and accustomed good years. You know, back when we were consistently ranked during the regular seasons. We haven't played a conference game as a ranked team after January 1st since like 2014. I mean...think about that for a moment...that's unreal!
That being the case, what's also unreal, is we still can't seem to get our bench guys out there to play much, especially in meaningful moments. Meaningful moments being in the 2nd half when the outcome is still in question. Those who do make it in, are only in because our old normal 6th/7th player nowadays starter, is in significant foul trouble or has fouled out.
You mention those other players, well, that really speaks for itself too, and is even more unreal. How far back do we have to go before we had a legit P5 level PG on this team...Ennis! We got very fortunate that Silent G was able to convert and run the point here after Ennis as well, he certainly wasn't brought here from Duke with that in mind.
The 5 spot has been a joke as well for a P5 level team since Christmas' graduation, let alone for a P5 level school in Syracuse that ranks all time in the Top 6 for wins at the collegiate level. Jesse appears to be our best since Rak, but just last February the HOF'er spewed consistently how he wasn't "ready." We have been so deficient there until Jesse this season, that Lydon to Marek to now Jimmy Jr. is playing the 5.
Those facts and the fact that JB has done a beyond miserable job for years now relative to roster management, etc. is no doubt, truly unreal!