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Message: [QUOTE="billsin01, post: 1224148, member: 837"] Dude, I think you're frustrated with me because you don't get what I'm saying. Don't get me wrong, that was a really cute emoticon, but I don't think you needed to use it. Let's reset this point by point: -- At no point have I ever said that developing a deeper bench meant playing everyone equal minutes nor did I ever suggest it would limit the effectiveness of the starters. In fact, I've said that I'd love to see JB regularly go deeper than the 7.5 rotation and I've said forever that playing Cooney 40 mpg when he's a jump shooter who uses a lot of legs in his shot is crazy. -- At not point have I ever said practice is more valuable than game minutes. I've said the following: What happens off the court -- which encompasses entire off-seasons playing with international teams, working in the weight room, practices, the natural maturation of kids who 18, 19, 20 years old, etc. -- plays a far greater role in the development of a player than what happens after tip-off 40 times a year. The games are where you see what all the hard work has led to. In no way, shape or form does this mean game minutes aren't valuable -- it's just that they are a small part of the overall development AND that you can't draw a direct line between minutes and improvement. Minutes are good, they're valuable, they help a kid figure out what he needs to do, but they don't inherently make a kid better from Nov. to February. -- Baye was an offensive liability b/c he was BAYE. That's the whole point. You could go back in time and give Baye 40 mins a game as a frosh and he still doesn't catch the ball well and has no post move. I love him, but all the minutes in the world weren't going to change that. That's the whole point of this discussion. -- And finally ... ahhh ... Dash Riley. So your contention is literally that Dash Riley 'would have been more ready to step in for AO in March had he played more minutes during the season'. So, I'm not sure I agree but let's concede the point that Dash getting 15 mpg in every game we play would have made him a bit better by the end of the season. Your argument is that somehow the Dash Riley who went on to average 4 ppg and a handful of rebounds for the next three seasons at EMU -- against MAC competition -- was going to help mitigate the loss of AO on that team? Then yes, we are very, very much on different sides of that ocean. [/QUOTE]

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