Thu Dec 14, 2023 12:33 pm
bluejayfan00 wrote:drbluejay wrote:Mason wins my standout player of the game. Even with Bello playing much better this year, we can't have him as the best backcourt player in games like he was last night. It all starts with Trey and Ash running the show and the curtain seems closed for those 2.
I didn't think Kalk played nearly as bad as some think. He goes 9 for 13 with 22 points, 8 reb. and 5 blocks. Backcourt play was a big reason why we lost the game.
There it is. I was waiting for it.
He got worked.
Thu Dec 14, 2023 12:36 pm
Thu Dec 14, 2023 12:42 pm
HaRdWoOd wrote:Chicagojayfan wrote:
Lots of downsides - Bench mostly played poorly,
Other than Fran, I dont think the bench had much of a chance last night and if the starting PG wasnt so ineffective, Fran might not have got a chance either. Trey played the whole game, Baylor played the whole game. Kalk played 35 minutes. Its not like those guys were playing great and they had to be on the floor. Quite the contrary actually. Seemed like we were hemorrhaging points all over but we stayed with the guys that were responsible for it. Trust me, the guys on the bench can miss shots and lack energy just as good as the starters.
King played 4 minutes. What are you going to do in 4 minutes? Traudt 9 minutes and he has been playing well, along with Mason. 0 minutes for the freshman PG and that is a position that is a glaring weakness right now. At this point Dotzler should have redshirted because all the big east games will be tight and Mac just doesnt use the bench in tight games. We had a rotation going that has been working and not sure why we went away from it. If you play a bench guy, maybe he provides a spark, maybe he doesnt. Maybe he gives a breather to a starter and the starter has fresher legs for a late come back.
Thu Dec 14, 2023 1:09 pm
Thu Dec 14, 2023 1:11 pm
JayPak wrote:HaRdWoOd wrote:Chicagojayfan wrote:
Lots of downsides - Bench mostly played poorly,
Other than Fran, I dont think the bench had much of a chance last night and if the starting PG wasnt so ineffective, Fran might not have got a chance either. Trey played the whole game, Baylor played the whole game. Kalk played 35 minutes. Its not like those guys were playing great and they had to be on the floor. Quite the contrary actually. Seemed like we were hemorrhaging points all over but we stayed with the guys that were responsible for it. Trust me, the guys on the bench can miss shots and lack energy just as good as the starters.
King played 4 minutes. What are you going to do in 4 minutes? Traudt 9 minutes and he has been playing well, along with Mason. 0 minutes for the freshman PG and that is a position that is a glaring weakness right now. At this point Dotzler should have redshirted because all the big east games will be tight and Mac just doesnt use the bench in tight games. We had a rotation going that has been working and not sure why we went away from it. If you play a bench guy, maybe he provides a spark, maybe he doesnt. Maybe he gives a breather to a starter and the starter has fresher legs for a late come back.
+1 except for calling Bello “Fran”
Dotzler needs a chance. Don’t waste him. King either.
Thu Dec 14, 2023 1:23 pm
Thu Dec 14, 2023 1:27 pm
Thu Dec 14, 2023 2:12 pm
omajay wrote:From what I have seen, Dotzler isn't ready. People seem to be judging him by how he has looked in mop-up duties during buy games. He may well be fine in time. But, unless we are playing for the future, I don't think he is ready to be a starter or play meaningful minutes. I'd rather give more minutes to Bello. He has been solid.
Thu Dec 14, 2023 2:42 pm
omajay wrote:From what I have seen, Dotzler isn't ready. People seem to be judging him by how he has looked in mop-up duties during buy games. He may well be fine in time. But, unless we are playing for the future, I don't think he is ready to be a starter or play meaningful minutes. I'd rather give more minutes to Bello. He has been solid.
Thu Dec 14, 2023 2:51 pm
bluejayfan00 wrote:Kalk got most of his points off of wide open lay ins/dunks. Not taking them away. Points are points.
But for arguments sake, we all watched the same game. He got worked 1v1 in the post. He's supposed to be the most consistent part of our entire operation. His defense. He wasn't good there. If he's not good there, we aren't going to win a lot of games.
Let's not act like he was Hakeem in the post offensively against their bigs, and we just kept giving it to him on the block and letting him go to work.