Bruce Weber Refuses to Name Starters

[shaunguth]

I don't agree with everything tornado has to say, but sometimes the accusations against him are just astounding. He says something like "they must have been reading some of the whines on BF" and then somehow gets accused of name-calling.

[real fan]

Because we never change ours unless a guy is suspended, whats it matter anyways....


At least Weber tweaks his lineup, not only before the game, but at the half as well...

Bradley is the only team I watch that never alters who starts the 2nd half and maybe, just maybe that is something they should think about, considering how poorly we play in 2nd halves of games.

I have thought about this also and it did happen when MO was the coach, whatever happened to starting the 2nd half with the players that contributed the most in the 1st half, might be more of an incentive to play better plus it makes it harder for the opposing coaches to prepare for the start of the 2nd half not knowing who BU will put out on the floor.

[MacabreMob]

Plenty of times, I have seen Coach K, Boeheim, Izzo, Weber, Painter (to name a few) change their lineup before the 2nd half.

I'm not saying it doesn't happen. I'm saying most teams go with their same Starting 5 for the second 1/2.

Of the 300+ Div1 teams playing about 30 games a season.... so of the 9000+ games... I'd be willing to say that more than 1/2 the time, the same starting 5 begin the 2nd 1/2.

[MacabreMob]

I don't agree with everything tornado has to say, but sometimes the accusations against him are just astounding. He says something like "they must have been reading some of the whines on BF" and then somehow gets accused of name-calling.

Nit-pik-n-gotchya driven by "Tornado-Hate".

[tornado]

the most hated person this side of Bill O'Reilly!...
but their mud doesn't stick to clean teflon!

[SaintLouBrave22]

I don't agree with everything tornado has to say, but sometimes the accusations against him are just astounding. He says something like "they must have been reading some of the whines on BF" and then somehow gets accused of name-calling.

No, but what is the sense in being snarky and correcting someone when we all knew what they were talking about...


Oh, and thanks for removing my previous post there...at least we both know what was said

[lefty]

OMG, I hope the press and message boards rip the guy to shreads..
where's the transparency?? And this is a public university - being run with our tax dollars!
I wanna know - I have a right to know and so does the press...who are the starters going to be?

"Illini coach isn??™t tipping his lineup hand
Weber might go with same bunch that started vs. Iowa, or maybe not"
http://www.pjstar.com/sports/illini/...is-lineup-hand

This is totally different. BW doesn't know who's going to start. He wants to practice more and use it as a motivator. I understand that. Weber has been very transparent about players.