SaintLouBrave22
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Let me ask you this SLB. Do YOU have confidence in our bigs? Are they THAT impressive where you'd like to see 2 or 3 on the floor at the same time?
IMO, I think if you had any combination of AT, WE, SS, or MK on the floor at the same time (for an extended period) it would be a disaster. With the lack of footwork and foot speed you would have guys tripping all over themselves. Guys would be on the floor and it would look like a goal-line stand in football. I'm just not ready for the "matador" defense right now. And I prefer not to watch houses being built with all the bricks that would be thrown up.
JL knows his best chance to win is to play 4 athletic guys at the same time with one of the bigs. He'll go with 2 "smalls", 2 "mediums", and one "big". Or, we'll occasionally see 3 "smalls", 1 "medium", and 1 "big". Hopefully, our bigs can develop and earn JL's (and the other players) confidence during practice and earn their minutes.
Now, if this is a reflection of poor recruiting then so be it. But JL is just playing with the hand he's been dealt (and he's the dealer). As Herm Edwards so famously said: "You play to win the game!"
I would be more confident playing Will at the 4 if Sam Singh is on the floor...
Thompson maybe but I don't have much confidence in him...
Will and Taylor will work well BUT only if we aren't playing Sammy and Eddren as well...
And in reality, if you've seen the two games with your own eyes, you'd know that we're a "+" in scoring numbers with Will on the floor, thus he should be getting closer to 30 mpg and not 10!
I'm just saying it for what it is...this team will never win with 4 guards as they will get hammered on the glass inside...
Just imagine playing 4 guards against UNI and Koch and Egleseder....you're asking Chris or Andrew to guard Koch....
I'm sorry, but thats a JOKE!
When you play Creighton, you're asking one of them to guard Carter...
Once again, a complete JOKE!
Les may think its so great to play with all of these guards, but when he was on the floor, would he have enjoyed guarding someone 4-6 inches taller than him or more physical or would he have enjoyed playing out of position?
Its just too much and it needs to be stopped...unless he plans on adding to the IL unemployment rate in a year or two...