I see what you're saying, but all I was asking for was around 4 minutes in the the first half. Daniels was playing terrible and I could tell Loewe and Stephens were frustrated with him.
It would have been nice to see the younger players play during non conference but according to some the coach was just trying to build confidence. Next year 4/5 of starters are gone.
The backup QB is many times the fan fav.
Yup, until an injury or two or a transfer or two. Play the kid. NO reason not to.
I hope these guys get some time sprinkled in but the reason not to play them would be to win games and to set the tone that minutes are to be earned. I would love to see more minutes by TT and Thiam but I am not in the camp that giving people minutes that they haven't earned builds development. I don't think PT is necessarily fairy dust for development. I think good habits is the fairy dust for development. Generally, I trust the coaches decisions on PT (until I've been given reason not to), as of now I trust Ben that the best way for these guys to develop isn't to be handed minutes before they're ready.
Ig et it and agree, for the most part.
Obviously in a zone.
Have him turn sideways?
He's young and no where near filled out for his height. Ben is not developing him to magically win 10 league games and a tournament berth. He is doing what he believes is best to prepare for next year and after. That includes teaching him the mental side of earning an expanded role.
We had only two guys returning this year, lots were worried we wouldn’t be competitive with what Coach J brought in. Yet we’ve been fairly competitive with a lineup that has tons of experience. Now we’re worried about next year not having experience? I believe Coach J can and will find some experienced players in the portal and will have more success in landing some quality players with what he’s done with the guys he has this year.
Huh. Competitive.
So...no better than last year...
Had TT played more early in the year, I doubt we win all those NC games. So asking for TT to play more would go against the whole concept of winning.
But the goal is to gradually build experience through your own recruited players. We are not looking to bring in eight experienced transfers each year to play a season and leave. The goal for the portal is to pick up one or two key guys a year if you need a quick fix. We will reduce portal reliance next year.
And some of you pass up no chance to piss and moan and act like you know better than the guy who sees these players every day and, I'm quite sure, knows a hell of a lot more about developing players than you do.
Hold up - I thought this season was never about winning?
If he planned to not give him minutes and let him transfer after a year he certainly had every opportunity to tell him to look elsewhere before the season and find another transfer big to contribute instead. All that says Ben isn’t planning on running TT off.
Exactly. Ben had every opportunity not to honor the Pitino scholarship offer if he thought TT wasn't a good long-term fit. TT was always going to be a project, and his lack of minutes shouldn't come as a surprise.
Nothing to do with Ben, but I will bet you a thousand dollars Thompson doesn't transfer. kid comes out ten minutes after every home game and puts up shots and was committed by thanksgiving of his Junior year. If you're going to worry about a kid transferring, it would probably be Thiam, since we have to freshman guards coming in at his spot and will probably take couple more guards in the portal as well. That's not to say I want Thiam transfer, hope he sticks it out, comes back and competes for minutes next year, but he's far from home and the path to playing time will only get murkier for him, if he's having trouble cracking the rotation now.
