Shorten the Bench?

#27
#27
Not sure conventional roster management is in play with our unconventional defensive pressure coach requires for 40 minutes once the ball crosses the half court line. The switch almost everything positionless defense pays off but it does require more effort. Not to mention our offense with constant motion and only rarely stopping long enough to set conventional screens. Defensive intensity driven substitution is my theory if the minutes distribution does not change.
 
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VolBricks said:
Interesting point, I just went and watched a Sectional boys bball game 6-8th graders. The losing team played 7 players the whole game and lost because they got tired and missed foul shots at the end of the game that they made in the first half of play. The winning team played 10 players and won because they were able to make the play's down the stretch. I realize this is 8th grade BBall and not college where the players are in much better shape but it was apparent that the losing team was "Holding their knees" at the end and the other team was not.
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It’s not a common misconception VolBricks just a difference in coaching styles. Players obviously get tired, leg weary, nagging injuries, etc but some coaches choose to let their best players push thru those things ( UNC ) while others try their best to avoid them. The one thing that playing so many guys (10 deep) does is it builds depth! Less likely to have a big drop off if an injury does occur. This year is a terrific example of that.
 
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#34
Barnes, asked in postgame about shortening the bench, said no, "We're going to ride the wave." He said his reason is to keep guys from getting complacent in practice, knowing that they always have a chance to play, and no one is assured playing time.

[edit] He later said he liked being able to respond [with a deep, active bench] to whatever they found themselves facing on the court in each game.
 
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#36
#36
bleedingTNorange said:
It’s actually quite the opposite, historical numbers say that playing 6.5-7.5 man rotation is what the best teams do.
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Agreed, barring injuries, the closer we get to the end of the season the bench shortens if you're planning on playing in March.
 
#39
#39
bleedingTNorange said:
I feel like something to remember is that we’ve only had a full squad for what, 4 or 5 games? So people have been playing that maybe at full strength they wouldn’t have, here’s current mpg averages:

Santi 31.6
Zeigler 29.1
Phillips 25.9
Key 25.6
Nkamhoua 25.2
James 22.0
Aidoo 17.7
Mashack 16.9
Plavsic 15.3
Awaka 8.2

I think Mashack & Awaka are the first 2 candidates to see minutes dropped, not accounting for blowouts so guys getting pulled early I expect something like:

Zeigler 36
Santi 30
James 30
Phillips 30
Key 25
Nkamhoua 25
Aidoo 17
Plavsic 7
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Plavisc is earning more than 7 right now. Starting to get deep position and demand the ball and deliver. I can’t believe Olivier gets that many minutes, crazy.
 
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Volfan1000 said:
Awaka was a beast tonight and may be pushing for extra minutes.
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Awaka was very good offensively, he gets singled out defensively especially trying to play the 4, playing him late when Georgia was essentially playing iso ball and not running anything was a great time to get him run.
 
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