We need him to play regardless if he starts. My interest is what makes him be a better team player. I believe coming off the bench carries a message that he isn't running the team. The keys have been handed to others and his job is to come in and not screw it up.
NO we don't, didn't we crush Marquette last year with Green on the bench with yes you guessed it an injury.
So far this season we've seen him both coming off the bench and as a starter. He played best off the bench. I'll give you that most of that competition was weak, which certainly played a part in that. And against that weak competition IU's offense was also more fluid and moved the ball around much better so he got better shots. But he also wasn't trying to force stuff as much. I think the last game off the bench for him was his best game against FSU, who I saw has now moved up to #10.
Different year, different team. That team had two players it could rely on to score a bunch of points. IU also won 5 championships without Green but that has nothing to do with this team.
His success depends on shot selection. His shot should be the same against a good team or a bad team. The opportunities may be increased against a bad team, but he controls when a shot is made. He has been shooting when he should be passing.
I agree, but my point was that his shot selection was better at the beginning of the year because the offense was better. Part of that was certainly due to the competition. They just weren't good enough to effectively defend IU. Better players/athletes plus more data points to use for scouting means recently teams have been able to keep IU from getting into a flow. Some of this has to be on the coaches and/or players but the competition is part of it. Some times (4th quarter of Arkansas game, for example) it was certainly on the players for going away from what the coaches wanted.
Archie certainly cast doubt on who would start. Maybe that is enough to get Green's attention, but there aren't many practices for anyone to prove they deserve to increase their minutes. Unless something has changed, I would expect the five that finished the NW game to start the OSU game. Those 5 showed the most energy and heart. I would use that process for every game moving forward.
Why do people think there will be major changes to the starting 5 the only difference might be a different guard for Green. They got absolutely embarrassed at Maryland down 30 and guess what same starting 5 the next game.
How many no look one handed cross court through traffic bounce passes did it take to realize this.
Miller wasn't known for playing 11 players at Dayton. His best team, his rotation consisted of 8 players. Of course, he didn't have as many highly rated recruits at Dayton as he does, and will have, at IU. At this point in the season I think it's time to shorten the rotation. The five that finished the game against Northwestern should get the most minutes and he'll have to figure out who the next 3, plus or minus 1, will get minutes too. He should base it on effort and performance in practice. That will give every player incentive.
But I was told all last year and offseason that Hunter was going to be the savior. That he would be better than Romeo. You’re telling me all those people were wrong again?
No one said that feepaw. Those were voices in your head. Your mental capacity didn't improve during your layoff. That's unfortunate.
They blamed injuries notably Hunter, Race and Phinisee and that’s a fact
Follow the conversation. We weren’t talking about injuries.
