I think Burks losses all 16 or like 13 of those and maybe a few from mitchell to lighten how much he has to play especially as a 5. The real question is what happens when the second big comes back, I assume ugo is never gonna be in the rotation as he will likely be third back. The first likely just relegates Burks to Harts position.
This. We can make it work with 1. But my fear is we get 2 and Cal doesn’t handle the rotation well bc as of now everyone other than maybe Burks (and he has played well but he would be a tier below his replacement)….everyone else deserves 20+ a game bc they all bring something different and make a a stronger, deeper, more difficult team to compete against. If Reed, Reeves, or Dilly gets cut to 15 or less then we are missing out on our best team on the floor in the name of “getting Edwards and Wagner going and building for ‘March’”.
Honestly....these type of games are why season averages aren't that good of a barometer. It is the big games, SEC games and of course NCAA tournament games that mean a thing.
It will work. Everybody was stepping on their tongues in the Kansas game. Lot of folks needed a good blow in that. Folks get wrapped up too damn much in playing time. Worse than age group basketball where daddies wanted to fist fight over who started and who played how much.
I think you know their minutes were questioned in the Kansas game when neither contributed anything yet played 54 minutes between them.
Cal also pulled dilly from the game during his amazing stretch he had in the first half and Cals dumb 2 fouls and you sit rule is his own rule. He also was in no hurry getting shep back into the lineup the 2nd half. When a player is in foul trouble you can’t just keep pulling them from the game as they never get into rhythm that way. Need to let your best players learn how to play with fouls early in the season as you want your best players on the floor when it matters most foul trouble or not.
Agree with all of this.
Burks won’t play once we get Bradshaw back. Mitchell’s minutes will come down as well.
That was for a breather. How long do you think guys can play all out before they need a rest? Cal took him out like 90 seconds before a TV timeout to try to steal an extra minute of rest for him. Cal literally said in the postgame guys were subbing themselves out for rest. I swear to god people here don't understand that sometimes guys need a breather and that they aren't robots.
He took him out during a 30 second timeout called by Kansas following the 3 by reeves. This was also at the 4:17 mark which at the next dead ball would have been yet another stoppage of play after 4;00. You don’t have to explain anything to me, I’m well aware of how athletes need rest. Funny though, guess you somehow defend cal for how he ran the team down during the sharp year while playing guys 35 minutes/game while injured.
Thiero is only playing 25mpg. Mitchell is playing 35 minutes. I figure Mitchell will be down to about 30 when Bradshaw gets healthy. I really don’t want Thiero playing much less than what he is playing now.
8 Will work well as with one big you just replace Burks minutes and even them out with Mitchell so you have size. The real question is say bradshaw comes back a week before Ivisic. I think that will be fascinating to see how that is handled. You want to see what you have with Ivisic, but he would have to knock one of your top 8 out of the rotation and the least proven 3 right now would be Bradshaw, Wagner, Edwards, so idk how you work him into playing time.
