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[QUOTE="SmilinBob, post: 5639087, member: 857"]
There are so many aspects of coaching when substituting players and one is unfortunately keeping players involved when they are struggling and not getting floor time.  I admire Reds thinking process of seeing who may be hot and who doesn't have it on that particular day but sending them all in at once like that in a college game is one tough thing to do.

We had to do this in Modified HS ball but it was different as the other team had to do the same thing.  Obviously not so at the upper levels and pro.   Flow is so important and you lose that doing this.

JB was extreme in his later years of this going the complete other way but every coach HAS to figure out when to sub and for who.  JB's bench wasn't near as strong, again, I'm talking the last 5 years or so of his tenure.

When to keep the chemistry going and when to feather in a player or 2 to make it last.  Red does keep JJ in when George is out to have a 1 out there but passing is not JJs strong point and flow often goes out the window unless he's taking it to the hoop and being successful but when he's not, there is a lot of standing around on offense.

Who NOT to take out.  Simply the guys doing well that aren't spent or you know they're ready to come out.  Recognizing this can be interesting at times but if you know your players it's pretty simple.

Also, If anyone has ever coached hoop you would have at times said, go in to a bench guy, he sits on the floor ready to go in and the player your subbing for goes on a heater.  Now, you've got a decision to make.   A line shift takes this part of the equation away and we've seen the results, it is kind of a lazy coaching and the easy way out of making a tough decision.
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