Salley

[ph]

Actually, I'm in agreement with you (in theory..)...I think this combo would be "the perfect world scenario" for this team as well...(if Collins were progressing and playing up to his obvious physical potential)...I'm just basing my statements on the fact that Collins really seems to be in a funk right now...and regressing rather than progressing...
If DC could start to show that he is 'getting it' as far as understanding where he needs to be offensively and defensively, I would love to see him and Salley on the floor together in some matchups...

I'm starting to believe the lack you (and I initially) see in DC and MS together is more of a coaching than playing ability issue. If the coaches put DC and the other bigs in situations / schemes that enhanced their strengths and minimized their weaknesses, they'd seem to play much better.
Too often (even inb past years) we get "killed" by teams playing seemingly slow/un-athletic or not extremely talented bigs that got put in the correct position to suceed.

 

[Dub]

David Collins hasn't shown us much...to that we can all agree. HOWEVER, at this point in the season, with very little to lose, I feel we should give him significant amounts of Sally's minutes and expose him to a trial by fire crash course on being a center. Make is simple for David and send him in there for 20-25 minutes per game for the next 3-4 games. Reevaluate his performance and progression at that time.

I feel our potential is very limited this year with Salley (and without David), and predict that late in the conference season we will be wishing we had done what I just said.....yet it will be too late. We need a post scoring threat, a shot changer, and a rebounder down low to do anything this year. We need it sooner rather than later.

 

[Beninator]

Actually, I'm in agreement with you (in theory..)...I think this combo would be "the perfect world scenario" for this team as well...(if Collins were progressing and playing up to his obvious physical potential)...I'm just basing my statements on the fact that Collins really seems to be in a funk right now...and regressing rather than progressing...
If DC could start to show that he is 'getting it' as far as understanding where he needs to be offensively and defensively, I would love to see him and Salley on the floor together in some matchups...

Understand your point ER3 and I think that our opinions on the situation are fairly close... My hope with the two bigs on the floor would be that this would help get DC out of his funk while making Salley a little better with DC's presence. It's a gamble I know, but a gamble we need to try.imo

 

[SpfldBUAlum]

I wonder if part of DC's problem is that as soon as he makes any kind of mistake Les yanks him out of the game. Not only does it not give him a chance to get into the flow of a game it also seems to make him timid as well.

 

[ER3]

I wonder if part of DC's problem is that as soon as he makes any kind of mistake Les yanks him out of the game. Not only does it not give him a chance to get into the flow of a game it also seems to make him timid as well.

That certainly could be a factor...but I think DC's major problem lately is that he seems to make multiple mistakes within the first 11 seconds that he is put into the game and he doesn't seem to be learning from those mistakes from game to game...
If he'd start to show any signs of progress, I think Les would give him a bit more latitude.
...and I'm just speculating, but I'd have to assume that he has not been practicing well either to get moved down so far, or completely out, of the rotation...