This game by Thompson made me want to give Chukwu another look. ...and it was going to take a lot for me to want that.
The good news is that we now know for certain, who should be starting and where. Now, jb has to learn who to bring in off the bench. It's funny, normally we all hate that he only goes 7 deep. Now almost all of us feel that he is going too deep and for too long. The starting line up can play. We need Howard to hit some free throws at the end of games. But this bench??? They have to stay there.
Thompson is lost out there. Deer in the headlights. Chukwu needs some time
Remember when we thought this team was 9 deep... Yikes, barely 6 deep, and that's when Roberson decides he feels like playing.
he's 21 years old and in his 3rd season of D1 basketball. I'm guessing we're seeing his ceiling.
Excluding AW's shooting, the team played about ten good minutes today at the most. Fortunately those ten were enough to make up for the other 30 minutes.
True but we need someone to be backup C and I'd rather a 7'3 uncoordinated guy who doesn't know how to play defense than a 6'10 one.
I don't believe that. I don't know hoe long he has been playing basketball but big kids take longer. He may not get there but I haven't given up on him. Having said that, I really don't care to see him on the court any time soon.
Exactly my point. Everyone wants someone to blame and it is JB more often than not. But I am not sure we are good enough to warrant this criticism towards him. We are a bunch of puzzle pieces that do not fit together at this point.
Boeheim recruits these puzzle pieces. It's his job to put them together and get them to play well. So far he has not done that. Lets hope they improve but I am definitely skeptical
So whose decision was it to leave Gillon at PG while the lead melted away, Hopkins?
He didn't recruit everyone. He was forced to look elsewhere because we lacked depth on the roster due to people leaving early. But I am talking more so about the in game stuff. My only complaint with JB is that he doesn't have an offensive mind and he doesn't run any plays besides a double high ball screen. If you ask any great coach, they will tell you that they get too much credit for how their team plays. The players decide the game on the court.
If I am JB, I probably do the exact same thing. John is a 5th year senior, you should have reasonable grounds to expect he can come in and maintain flow against an undermanned North Florida team. I agree, he should have pulled John sooner, but that's about the extent of it.
Right, so the 20 point swing was all on John? Not sure if you've noticed, but the top of the zone hasn't been great no matter whose been out there. The whole team played rather poorly today, and I actually think JB made some great changes today to the lineup.
Put John in with the starters and the lead probably doesn't dwindle. You put him in with Thompson and Roberson and our offense will stall every time. And don't get me wrong, I think Thompson will be very good here. Still, the lineup is good enough to maintain a lead vs. North Florida.
