Bu 57- Osu 68

[Beninator]

I had confidence in Jim for a long time but now I am starting to feel like he is not doing as good a job as he continues to want to play a small team, he does a great job coaching offensive plays but struggles to have the right players on the floor, I hope I am wrong but he reminds me a lot of Ron Zook in that he had 1 great season and recruits good talent but doesn"t put them in a good condition to win. Both of these coaches bragged before the season on how good their teams were going to be yet neither seems to be able to get a win against a good team. Our sweet 16 team would never have taken out Summerville or Ruffin in less he was in foul trouble after just 4 minutes into the game, if these players cannot go for at least 10 minutes then they are not in good enough shape as they get 2 timeouts before the 10 minute mark which should be plenty of time to catch a breather.

I have stated numerous times on this board that I do not like our substitution patterns so far this season! To an extent, I think that JL is struggling to get players on the floor whose styles mesh. Case in point.... someone correct me if I am wrong---Last night when we were down by 20 to OSU, we had DSE, EM, CR, TB?? and SS on the floor. With EM and CR struggling last night, that leaves DSE and TB on the floor for our offense. I like DSE and think he should get more minutes, but this is asking a lot from a freshman.

[SFP]

SM did not have a bad game. Any time he touched the ball 2 guys came at him. We needed someone else besides TB to step up their game and no one did. You have to want the ball and believe in yourself at this level.