the anticipational rotational grumble thread

[Shark58]

during the upcoming season who do you think you are gripe about getting too much PT? how about not enough??

 

[Briancuse]

I can see people complaining about Howard not getting enough time, too much time is a tough one, I would say Coleman could be the whipping boy for that one.

 

[SoBeCuse]

Hard to say. One thing for sure is that competition in practice should be pretty intense as we have lots of good players and depth. Something desperately lacking the past few years. JB has the bodies this year so if a player is not playing well, someone should able to replace or slide over to replace him. Too many times we had to live with many calamities in the recent past because there was nobody to replace the offender. Except for Kaleb perhaps but that was dire straits. Not worried about it.

 

[two3zone]

during the upcoming season who do you think you are gripe about getting too much PT? how about not enough??

Seems like everybody is on either one end of Howard. Think it ends up happening on both sides for him.

 

[cuseattle]

Mo Howard!!!

 

[RF2044]

Assuming Moyer plays [which is no guarantee], I envision Thompson and Moyer as being the 9th and 10th men in what will primarily be an 8 player rotation. They'll get some inconsistent run and perform intermittently well, a la MCW in 2012, prompting posters to complain that they should be playing more.

Of the regular rotation guys, I'd expect to hear it about Howard and Chukwu.

 

[Brooky03]

Roberson

 

[Orange Barrel]

Has the statute of limitations on Cooney expired yet?

(Kidding. Love Trevor.)

 

[Cusefan0307]

Roberson replaces Cooney here... That's an easy one.

Darkhorse is people complaining Gillon get's time over Howard..

 

[OttoMets]

I'm definitely going to gripe that Lydon is playing too much center.

Beyond that, too soon to say. But the guards will need to play pretty well to keep me from lobbying for more minutes for Howard.

 

[TDTOrange]

Howard could get the "too little time" award, but I think he'll be pretty close to a 50/50 split with Gillon. So maybe by default Thompson will win the award since he'll be the most likely to get minutes in the early season and the DNPs late in the year.

As for "too many minutes", I'll have to say Cooney. Old habits are hard to break on this board.

 

[Sgt Cuse]

The "too little time" award is all Frank's to lose. If AW3 is at the 2, FH is doomed from the start as the 4th guard. And Gillon will probably get the "too much time" award because people won't like him beating out FH for the 3rd guard minutes.

With AW3 at the 3, TT has a good shot at the award. He should see minutes during nonconference, and then in tight games have little time.

 

[JrodCuse]

But I thought Battle was promised to be our starting PG?

 

[jordoo]

But I thought Battle was promised to be our starting PG?

I think it was more like we see you in the backcourt as a playmaker with the ball in your hands. Some other schools were pitching him as a wing only.

 

[Shark58]

Otto Zaccardo shoulda gotten some burn...

 

[Dave85]

Too much Lydon at the 5.

 

[Shark58]

I understand as a loyal 5th year Sr DC2 has to start, but not jumping Chucky is flat out stupid

#everypossessioncounts

#goergetownswallows

 

[IthacaMatt]

Mo Howard!!!

Well, he's going to have to make shots this year. I think the rest of his game is solid, but he's gotta be able to make shots when the games are for real, and not just in practice.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Too much Lydon at the 5.

I can see this situationally, like against Duke when we need mad offense. But most of the time, I'm going to want to see actual big men at center. We've got 3 of them this year.

 

[realorange]

I understand as a loyal 5th year Sr DC2 has to start, but not jumping Chucky is flat out stupid

#everypossessioncounts

#goergetownswallows

And you are sure that Roberson won't be jumping?

 

[iommi]

And you are sure that Roberson won't be jumping?

It could be Roberson. Could also be Lydon, who has better leaping ability. I'm guessing Roberson, since he did it last year.

 

[SUskibum]

Roberson too much

Lydon too much center (related to too much Roberson at the 4)

I can't figure out the backcourt but as others have said, Howard is the likely candidate to be either too much or two little depending on how much his shot/defense has improved since last year.

The lineup (*before seeing many of them play*) that I think I will be in most favor of will be the following.

G: Gillon
G: Battle
: White
: Lydon
C: DC/Pikachu

 

[tbonezone]

JB's style has always been to think solely about the W in front of him and ignore future player development or chance of injury. that ain't gonna change .

 

[Trueblue25]

More time: Tyler Roberson

Less time: John Gillon

 

[Dilli Gaf]

DC will probably be the most polarizing should-play-more/less player.

If he's playing OK he will get minutes; but some people will yell for more PC or TL at center instead because of defensive and offensive advantages they offer.

Will be interesting to see how this plays out. I think DC will be our most effective low post scorer - he should get more touches as we spread the floor with shooters and drivers.

We should be as defensively intense as Louisville is each year. We will be trotting out subs hockey/lacrosse style this year with fresh line up changes every 5 minutes.

This is the style of play the goon Georgetown teams used to hang with the talented Syracuse teams of the 80s.