Great game last night, but some obvious growing pains with Willard figuring out the rotation. He acknowledged this in his post game comments. My thoughts, probably obvious to anyone who watched the game.
1. Rice needs to be in the starting lineup over DHS. No surprise there. More on this later.
2. So far as I've seen in the 1st 4 games, Jay Young brings absolutely nothing to the floor. I'd rather have DHS spelling Gillespie at the point than Young.
3. Please stop with Germonimo as your 1st sub in for Queen or Reece. Against a really good defensive team, he is next to useless.
4. Given the 1st 3 points here, for god's sake, don't ever, ever, ever again use a rotation that has DHS, Young, AND Geronimo on the floor together. EVER! Did that a couple of times last night and it was atrocious.
5. Run some damn plays to get Rice open looks. Please. Having him parked in the corner, open, with no one getting him the ball is just wasting his talent
6. And while we're at it, maybe run some plays to give DHS room to drive the lane
7. If you have enough confidence to put Stephenson on the floor for the last play when you absolutely need a 3, give him more run now. He hasn't played any meaningful time for close to 2 years. Let's see what he's got.
I think this is going to be a good team. We'll see how far they go.
1. Rice needs to be in the starting lineup over DHS. No surprise there. More on this later.
2. So far as I've seen in the 1st 4 games, Jay Young brings absolutely nothing to the floor. I'd rather have DHS spelling Gillespie at the point than Young.
3. Please stop with Germonimo as your 1st sub in for Queen or Reece. Against a really good defensive team, he is next to useless.
4. Given the 1st 3 points here, for god's sake, don't ever, ever, ever again use a rotation that has DHS, Young, AND Geronimo on the floor together. EVER! Did that a couple of times last night and it was atrocious.
5. Run some damn plays to get Rice open looks. Please. Having him parked in the corner, open, with no one getting him the ball is just wasting his talent
6. And while we're at it, maybe run some plays to give DHS room to drive the lane
7. If you have enough confidence to put Stephenson on the floor for the last play when you absolutely need a 3, give him more run now. He hasn't played any meaningful time for close to 2 years. Let's see what he's got.
I think this is going to be a good team. We'll see how far they go.
