PGs- McCain and Maniscalco

[BU RICK]

WHAT?!?

The point is to get to sunday and that's all you need. What is the point of getting to sunday if our starters are dead tired...no no no...you get to sunday before you worry about sunday. Anything can happen on any given day. If our starters are tired...so what...the team we'll be playing also played 2 games and maybe aren't as conditioned as ours are. Get to sunday anyway you can and then you worry about who to play to win that game.

Would you rather lose on Friday because we used our non-starters too much in an effort to save some leg for "sunday"....I WOULD NOT and frankly I'd be ticked at the coaching staff if they came out and said that's why they didn't have the starters in.

Ditto. Now's the time to put the pedal to the metal and see where the chips fall. Go Braves This is what we have worked all season for!

[SFP]

I get what you guys are saying and agree but if we are up by 20 with 5 minutes to go I hope our starters are getting a bit of a breather, is all I was saying.

[Bradleyguy10]

Oh...well yeah. Any reasonable coach would have to do something like that.

[SFP]

Well I thought during our OT that we would see TB and or DN for a minute or so for some fresh legs.

[Bradleyguy10]

Well...overtime isn't exactly up 20 with 5 minutes left. It was senior night..we wanted a win. I know it was pointless but I think it's important to go into STL with a little momentum and a win on senior night. That may have been more for morale...had we lost then I think the tiredness really comes to mind and sets in. Since we won I think our guys are more optimistic. I'm definitely ok with us playing our starters for the overtime in that game...we need the ego boost.

If that situation arises in STL...then there comes my theory...have to get to sunday before you think about sunday..and I would be ok with playing the starters for the overtime...unless someone is visibly lacking due to fatigue..then the team would be better off putting someone else in.

[amckillip]

Honestly, GTD, I'd like to see the scenario you're talking about with SM starting at the 1 (anyone who says Sam should come off the bench after the last few games is just blind). However, I fully expect to see the Lineup be EM, SM, AW, DD/CR, WE, at least to start the season. With all inexperienced big men(except for SS), I do not expect JL to start two of them... Nor should I really.

[SFP]

Honestly, GTD, I'd like to see the scenario you're talking about with SM starting at the 1 (anyone who says Sam should come off the bench after the last few games is just blind). However, I fully expect to see the Lineup be EM, SM, AW, DD/CR, WE, at least to start the season. With all inexperienced big men(except for SS), I do not expect JL to start two of them... Nor should I really.

You think that DD/CR will start over TB at the 4! I would be surprised because TB has been coming in exclusively for TW and not once when TW was on the bench did we see either DD or CR in for him.

[Beninator]

Honestly, GTD, I'd like to see the scenario you're talking about with SM starting at the 1 (anyone who says Sam should come off the bench after the last few games is just blind). However, I fully expect to see the Lineup be EM, SM, AW, DD/CR, WE, at least to start the season. With all inexperienced big men(except for SS), I do not expect JL to start two of them... Nor should I really.

You think that DD/CR will start over TB at the 4! I would be surprised because TB has been coming in exclusively for TW and not once when TW was on the bench did we see either DD or CR in for him.

There are certainly a lot of options for next year... I pretty much agree with GTD concerning a bigger lineup... I would like to see a EM, AW, CR, TB, SS lineup for the start of next season. The lineup we will probably see at the begining of the year will be closer to what amcillip has listed but put SS in place of WE. The toughest aspect for the coaching staff for next year will be defining roles and seeing which lineup gels the best.

[BUconnorD]

There are certainly a lot of options for next year... I pretty much agree with GTD concerning a bigger lineup... I would like to see a EM, AW, CR, TB, SS lineup for the start of next season. The lineup we will probably see at the begining of the year will be closer to what amcillip has listed but put SS in place of WE. The toughest aspect for the coaching staff for next year will be defining roles and seeing which lineup gels the best.

Well said,

I think the only sure thing of someone starting will be AW.

every other spot is up for grabs, each possition has at least 2 very capable people.

I personally like SM more than EM...i just like his style of play more and i feel that EM drives too much and gets caught in triple coverage and can't dish it out afterwards.

I would like to see: SM, AW, CR, TB, SS...i like having a big lineup and this is pretty big

[Beninator]

I don't see any way you can start Eddren if you are also planning on starting Singh and Brown. That is one bad, bad offensive lineup you are putting out on the floor there. Warren will have a lot of trouble scoring when he is getting triple-teamed with that lineup out on the floor.

I usually agree with you ER3 but not this time... and if AW is triple teamed, somebody has to be open!

[BU RICK]

I usually agree with you ER3 but not this time... and if AW is triple teamed, somebody has to be open!

The last one I saw triple teamed was Larry Bird, so I guess he is comparing AW to LB, they are both from Indiana. The final score was something like 29-27 in favor of Indiana State, there was no shot clock. The 3 triple teaming Bird had him pinned on the baseline several times. I hope I'm remembering this name right - it was Carl Nicks that won that game for them.

[Bradleyguy10]

The only way TB starts next year is if that boy puts on some serious muscle and can bang a bit or if he develops a 15 foot shot that he MAKES more than 40% of the time. He's not a Theron...not yet at least.

EM and SM should not be on the floor together next year, it was a necessity this year, but shouldn't be next year.

SM
nice to see AW at the two but more than likely will be switched with
DD
CR/JP (depending on how each comes in)
SS

that's an athletic..relatively big..offensive&defensive capable lineup right there

[pfunk880]

Well I thought during our OT that we would see TB and or DN for a minute or so for some fresh legs.

I generally don't favor subbing during OT. You have to ride your best five.

[BradleyBrave]

I generally don't favor subbing during OT. You have to ride your best five.

I kind of agree with you, although I think we maybe could have done some offense/defense subs to try to stay fresh. However, we aren't real deep, and didn't have anyone we could go to who hadn't been sitting for 20 minutes.

[georgethedog]

The last one I saw triple teamed was Larry Bird, so I guess he is comparing AW to LB, they are both from Indiana. The final score was something like 29-27 in favor of Indiana State, there was no shot clock. The 3 triple teaming Bird had him pinned on the baseline several times. I hope I'm remembering this name right - it was Carl Nicks that won that game for them.

I was at that game and Carl Nicks was a great college player. People who think that Indiana State team was a one man operation never watched them play. They also had a pretty good center.