RyanHolmgren wrote:@dollarbeernight: These are just unhinged takes. What would you like Mac to do? Play King more to see if it will take him three minutes or four until he fouls out? It’s abundantly clear that our starters – especially our Big 3 plus Ashworth – are miles ahead of the bench. They’re well-conditioned to play heavy minutes.
Mac has clearly shown a willingness to play guys who EARN minutes. Green has found his way into the lineup, for instance. Farabello continues to get minutes. Traudt gets opportunities. King squandered his. Lawson hasn’t earned them. Dotzler isn’t quite there yet. (I do like his upside.)
In the Big East, we can’t just bring in a bunch of bench guys for feel-good minutes so their future seems brighter to you. Those few minutes often end in an 8-0 run against us, which is more than enough to lose games.
Who knows how many more years Mac has in him at CU, but he’s absolutely not leaving because of bench guys who can’t crack the lineup. We’ll likely have roster turnover this offseason, as will every Division I program in this portal era. Mac is on the cusp of being the winningest coach in school history. He’s led us to a Big East regular season title (and a likely 2 seed in 2020), a Sweet 16 and Elite Eight. The only quest I have is how many dollar beer night ales did you consume to come to the conclusion that Mac isn’t good enough for the CU coaching job?
Completely agree - the bench will have little to nothing to do with whether or not Mac decides to leave at some point in the future, and certainly wouldn't be a factor this year. Given the class that is coming in, and the people who might develop and who we can recruit through the portal, I don't see him leaving yet either.
Our starter minutes begin with the fact that we have 3 guys who are legitimate 1st/2nd team BE players and if those guys aren't playing there'd better be a really, really good reason for why.
Last night we may have yanked the starters a bit earlier, but I wouldn't want to see them getting 20-25 minutes even in a game like that as it was still an easy night for them, and they got the work in that they needed to stay sharp and not get a bit dull