Mychal Mulder needs some minutes
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The coaches don't feel like they have to prove to you Mulder shouldn't play. They already know, and that's all that matters.
All of you coaches can get Cal's take on Mulder... 6:41 mark
http://www.coachcal.com/36772/2015/12/coach-cals-pre-arizona-state-media-opportunity/
http://www.coachcal.com/36772/2015/12/coach-cals-pre-arizona-state-media-opportunity/
He's not playing because his shooting is poor in practice. anyone want to turn Around and ask why David or Floreal isn't getting a shot now?
Why are people so hard on new guys this early? He's 8 games in to his first season in D-1 and he hasn't played in many of those games. Skal is just as lost on defense, but is better so he still gets to play. If we can just accept that he isn't some great player that somehow fell thru the cracks and went JUCO, we'll have a better perspective on him. He's having normal transitional difficulties.
Sounds like Cal WANTS Mulder to play....Just needs to show he can make shots so he can provide a spark off the bench
Because you haven't seen him play much doesn't mean he needs more time. If Mulder was the answer, then he would be on the floor. Coach Cal plays whom ever gives the team the best chance to win the game.
Before the season started, I said that I didn't trust a JUCO, especially in his first year of D-1.
It's a tough adjustment. For whatever reason, it usually takes them more time than Freshmen to acclimate.
Many on here, though, kept hyping him up all summer. So much so that I started to believe that Mulder might contribute. I drank the kool-aid (just a sip, though- in the back of my mind I remained skeptical).
It seems pretty obvious at this moment that my initial thoughts on Mulder (and JUCO's in general) were correct.
So, I will go back to my original stance: never trust a JUCO, especially in their first year of D-1 play.
It's a tough adjustment. For whatever reason, it usually takes them more time than Freshmen to acclimate.
Many on here, though, kept hyping him up all summer. So much so that I started to believe that Mulder might contribute. I drank the kool-aid (just a sip, though- in the back of my mind I remained skeptical).
It seems pretty obvious at this moment that my initial thoughts on Mulder (and JUCO's in general) were correct.
So, I will go back to my original stance: never trust a JUCO, especially in their first year of D-1 play.
Terrible statement. You don't think Hawkins and Willis has made our team better the last 2 years by pushing them in practice? You don't think Marcus Lee pushed WCS and Randle a couple of years ago?
Hell, Ryan Harrow sucked in games but Cal has talked at length about how much better Marques Teague got in 2012 by going against Harrow every day, we might not win the title without Teague's late season improvement that year.
Just because a guy doesn't play, does not mean he "isn't going to do anything against so-and-so NBA Player"
I have a feeling he'll get some minutes today. Wait and see. I could be wrong but usually I can predict the future.
I think you took his point wrong. Ulis was saying Cal should use walkons for practice players insinuating Mulder should have never come. catsareback stated we need quality players on the bench and in practice to make our rotations players better.
At least that is how I took it.
I think Mulder gets more minutes later in the season. Right now the core players are learning to gel and find their rhythm playing @ this level (so is Mulder). But as the season progresses he will see more minutes as Cal looks for offense schemes to put him in.
You didn't understand what he said. He was implying to leave the Willis' and Hawkins' of the world off the team because they won't play significant mins and fill the rest of the spots with walkons. I'm in agreement with you.
Didn't I tell y'all he'd get some minutes today? Now I want to see him jack up a bunch of 3's in the 2nd half. That's what we need from Mulder. Around 15mins per game and shoot over 40% from 3.
Mulder played well, didn't really give up anything on offense, got an offensive board, was responsible for another, caused a steal and had a nice dish to Lee on the break! If only he would have drained that 3! Oh well, can't hit them all
Ah! My mistake then. I figured by "practice players", that meant just anyone who doesn't really get time during the game.
That's what I get for making assumptions I suppose
Yeah, he should have benched the twins for two freshmen who could not guard a shadow against Wisky, the best offensive team of all time according to Kenpom. He also should have benched the two guys most responsible for bringing UK back from a 9 point deficit and then leading them to a 4 point lead....again, yeah right. Everytime I see this I am just going to roll my eyes when people act like Tyler Ulis and Devin Booker would have magically stopped sucking on D (and neither did much on offense either) and beat mighty Wisconsin. Just another Rafter's myth that will grow as the years pass. I'll give the best case for those two in the game, we score 70+ but Wisconsin gets to 80. We still lose.
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