statically...no --not our 2nd best player. Unfortunately...based on stats alone....Smith is our second best player. Which is equally as frustrating. So our lineup is basically TJD and 4 other guys who probably wouldn't crack the starting lineup on most other B1G teams.
Add Davis and those are the three that I'd like to see cut from the normal rotation. A 7.5 man rotation with Thompson getting PT, just not too much.
I’ve been saying this for weeks now.
Brunk isn't our second best player, but he has become more consistent and contributes to rebounding. It is important that we don't have to rely on one player inside to rebound and keep the other team off the boards.
Davis has been one of the biggest disappointments for me this season. Hunter and Anderson I didn't have high expectations for this season but for Davis I thought the worst we'd see would be his performance from last season and the ceiling being close to pre-injury sophomore year since he'd have another summer of recovery. He's been playing around the level of when he first started playing last year, maybe even worse than that. Which is too bad, I'd have liked for him to go out with a strong senior season.
If we would have had Hunter last year it would have been Elite Eight time!!! Throw in a healthy Race and no doubt final four potential.
Lol like guys saying hunter would be a starter this year. You are right though about last year. It got annoying to hear over and over how great the team would be in hunter was healthy. He looks really slow to me.
I think that DA, JH and RT can contribute in small doses of playing time. You cannot have 2 of them, and certainly not all 3 on the court at the same time. Bring 1 in at a time to spell TJD, JB and JS.
Archie has given Green a chance to lead and do what Archie expects him to do. It sounds like Archie is ready to move on. Green might play better off the bench. He can't be worse than the way he has played recently.
You guys?are all basing this off of one half of one game. Let's see if he really sits green Saturday as I have my doubts.
Those that were the best performers in a game should have the chance to back it up. The only change would be to swap out Green. If they have a second good game, their confidence rises and increases the chance of a third and fourth. Rewarding a player you had to bench for jogging up court and playing selfish s not the way to go.
Got an idea - just leave for no reason at all. Thanks.
I agree about Hunter. He was a 4-star recruit and kept hearing that he was going to contribute before the start of last season.
Bingo! You shorten the bench and rotate those fewer options in to play with 4 guys you have high confidence in.
Crean left with a shaky apr....couldn't gut the team.
He took a year off from the game. A few days off is enough to screw up timing, a year screws everything up. He's only now moving comfortably, and adjusting to the speed of the game, the rest will come in time.
Ok mr smarty pants lets see how Oladipo does when he comes back, my guess good as new. nice try
Ok, I'll watch whether Green starts or not.
Funny, never seen Smith be selfish. Unenergetic maybe but not selfish.
I will too. Archie has a tendency to keep a very static starting lineup (from both game-to-game and half-to-half).
