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#151
#151
VolArmy74 said:
KNS just posted a story on Powell at the end. Rick doubled and tripled down that it was entirely based on his defense and made no mention of any sickness. The article pointed out Powell had the same minutes arc as he did in 4 of the last 5 games. We made 3 shots in the last 11:29 of game play and the best shooter on the team couldn't get off the bench because Rick apparently thinks if Powell is out there Alabama will go at him and score a basket.
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Barnes was smoke screening. Powell played 26 minutes versus Arizona and Bailey played one minute. Same thing with Fulkerson making the fake Instagram post that he was getting off of the plane in Alabama on Tuesday. They were both lying.
 
#152
#152
Thunder Good-Oil said:
Barnes was smoke screening. Powell played 26 minutes versus Arizona and Bailey played one minute. Same thing with Fulkerson making the fake Instagram post that he was getting off of the plane in Alabama on Tuesday. They were both lying.
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Powell has played 16 or less in 4 of the last 5 games. Barnes emphatically stated it was his defense holding him back and that we really really need his offense but he would only get playing time if Barnes thinks he's doing well enough on defense. Barnes is less likely to be "smoke screening" than Basilio is to be right about Powell supposedly being sick.
 
#153
#153
cncchris33 said:
Yeah, I'm not sure I'd characterize even my expectation as superstar level, but I truly felt that given the opportunity (which seems to be the issue at hand), that his ceiling was all-SEC level talent as a junior or senior, kind of in the vein of a taller and more athletic Santiago Vescovi.

And the issue with Bailey is two-fold, making it even more puzzling. Not only is he not playing well, himself, but it isn't as if a lack of options beyond him is the issue. Powell and Mashack, both, seem to affect the game from more areas than Bailey. And I understand Barnes's predisposition of placing trust in veteran players above all, but at some point, that trust becomes detrimental to his own team.

There's a reason he is being paid $5 million to coach the team, and I'm behind my keyboard criticizing his rotational moves. So, I want to hope that it is simply my ignorance blinding me to what is actually going on, but I'd have to be shown tangible proof of why Bailey is still playing so much to talk me off this opinion. Making $5 million to do his job doesn't make him infallible even if it clearly does make him an authority on the topic. I'm just in a place where I'm not convinced he's making the best choice in this situation.
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I want to see next game…Arizona game Powell played 26 minutes and Bailey 1 minute iirc, if the talk of Powell being sick last night is true then maybe Barnes hands were a bit tied on that move.
 
#155
#155
Powell was getting blown by on defense every time last night, I know most of you guys are enamored by him, but Barnes is right. Bailey isn't good, but you have to play both sides of the ball, and Bailey made a few decent plays on offense when he decided to drive the ball. Who else that was in the game did you want to shoot the ball? JJJ? Zeigler had the ball so he wasn't go to shoot it.
 
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#156
#156
rdk4121 said:
Powell was getting blown by on defense every time last night, I know most of you guys are enamored by him, but Barnes is right. Bailey isn't good, but you have to play both sides of the ball, and Bailey made a few decent plays on offense when he decided to drive the ball. Who else that was in the game did you want to shoot the ball? JJJ? Zeigler had the ball so he wasn't go to shoot it.
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Bailey is terrible on D.
 
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