Take a. Chill...evey team hits a stretch and needs regrouping..coach will find it..be happy we are where we r..in a few years may not have the talent to be here or cbb may be a thing of the past..the new g league!!
Solo has been really bad but so has Jaylin. Stewart ain't the answer.
Just give it a chance and see what happens mau. Haha
Then just play Demary and Mullins more. They should both be playing 32 minutes a game come tournament time.
I don’t look at it as benching anyone
Here's the thing, and I don't say this as a reason to not make lineup or rotation changes, we just did most of what you suggested in the first paragraph and lost. Ball has been averaging 30 minutes per game and played 19 against Creighton. Ross averages 16 minutes a game and played 27 minutes.
this is my question, too! why????
Its a fair point but I would push back since its only one half. Such a small sample size. It was also a s cond half adjustment that probably wasn't anticipated. Let them make these adjustments in practice and a few games starting like that and see what happens.
I keep asking this question and not getting any answers except he has 'no lateral quickness'.
I agree. Take this for what it is worth, but one of the best HS coaches in the country told me he was surprised when UConn took Ball and Ross (they were HS teammates)--no slight to either player because they are very good players and by all accounts great teammates, but he did question whether they were national championship type players for a program like UConn. I'm sure John Gwynn had his flaws, but he was damn good coming off the bench.
I just prefer him to pass when he drives and concentrate on hitting 3s. He has missed a few open layups but most of time when he tries to shoot inside he gets blocked. His defense has been good recently and he is hitting his outside shot so he is giving us a little something right now.
There’s much more to bring a solid defender than athleticism, etc. Bird was an all-nba defender and actually has a higher career defensive rating in some metrics than Jordan, Pippen, Kobe. Bird wasnt doing it with athleticism. And yes I just compared Solo to Larry Bird.
Ball was second team all big east last year. The guy put up 20+ two games in a row a few back that essentially saved the offense’s ass against bad teams. Talking about ball and Ross being national championship level players when they’ve both won one - albeit playing little- is sort of funny.
I never been a big Ross fan but you can tell in how he is shooting he has confidence in his game. He has been consistently decent for a good stretch of games even if his numbers don't blow you away. This is coming from someone who was a big Stewart fan but realize that guy has no drive in him. I say start Ross and have Ball come off the bench for Mullins. Like others say we don't really play well when both Mullins and Ball are on the court at the same time.
There is no doubt when Solo is on he can shoot it. The question is, based on what we've seen the last two years, do you think Solo in his current role, is the right guy? I think it is a fair question to ask. For someone to be so athletic with an incredible wingspan to struggle so mightily on defense means something--and it is one of the reasons why this team can't pull away from very average Big East teams. Either the last two years this team has under achieved or maybe isn't as good as we thought at the start of each season--and that includes our so called best players.
Yep, that's where I am on the rotation.
Ross and Stewart for extended minutes together is a tough lineup. That leaves Silas and to some extent Mullins as the only guys that can really create their shot semi-consistently.
