From the guy who brought you “Hassan Diarra reminds me of Taliek Brown” I have another scorching hot PG take.

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Can Joey C start at PG for us? Everyone is saying Diarra should start over Newton but I’m not convinced Joey C isn’t a better option. Obviously he is a better shooter and has shown an ability to get to the rim and either finish or find the open guy. Y’all will say defense but NO ONE is playing any sort of defense. Joey has good length and a knack for deflections. Just think it may work?

 

[KingAG]

Can Joey C start at PG for us? Everyone is saying Diarra should start over Newton but I’m not convinced Joey C isn’t a better option. Obviously he is a better shooter and has shown an ability to get to the rim and either finish or find the open guy. Y’all will say defense but NO ONE is playing any sort of defense. Joey has good length and a knack for deflections. Just think it may work?

Might as well give it a try

 

[gtcam]

Can the NCAA open up the portal for mid season trades? PLEASE

 

[husky429]

None of Joey C, Diarra, and Neweton deserves to start... but someone has to start. I'd be fine with it.

 

[aburks41]

Joey at least isn't afraid to shoot the ball

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Joey at least isn't afraid to shoot the ball

Maybe he should be!

 

[jake14mw]

I have had the same thought. The other options are just not working. I would start JC and see what happens. I think the key though is to get Newton right. He's our only long term chance, but the short term is painful.

 

[tykurez]

Did he also make the only play last night driving to the basket and dishing it off to Clingan for the dunk and-1? Not going to watch the tape to figure out the answer but yes.

 

[UofCT]

Joey also has decent chemistry with Clingan and usually finds him when he drives.

 

[InKembaITrust]

Can we just break all the rules and bring in Stephon early?

 

[oshkosh]

He has shown good court vision through some of his passing. You never see him bringing the ball up though. Any event I think he needs more minutes as the first guard off bench. I think with 20 minutes a game you’ll get those 2-3 difference-making threes and someone who can make a free throw.

 

[Edward Sargent]

Did he also make the only play last night driving to the basket and dishing it off to Clingan for the dunk and-1? Not going to watch the tape to figure out the answer but yes.

yes

 

[ucp990411]

Funny, I said this to my brother this morning.

 

[navery12]

It can't hurt at this point, none of the other 3 new guards have done anything to separate themselves

 

[Punkbo]

Can Joey C start at PG for us? Everyone is saying Diarra should start over Newton but I’m not convinced Joey C isn’t a better option. Obviously he is a better shooter and has shown an ability to get to the rim and either finish or find the open guy. Y’all will say defense but NO ONE is playing any sort of defense. Joey has good length and a knack for deflections. Just think it may work?

I’ll go on record as saying that I’m not part of the “everyone” mentioned above. I believe that despite his flaws, Newton gives us the best chance to win of the options available. He needs to step up and play to his potential. We’ve actually been pretty good starting games, it’s how we finish which has been the problem.

 

[uconntoatl]

Need to plant inception on Newton every night and show him highlights of guards driving the ball…he can do it, but only chooses to do it 2-3 times a game. It’s a mystery as to why he doesn’t do it more

 

[HuskyFich]

Joey C is not big enough to get past Guards 1 on 1. He needs screens to catch and drive.
Unfortunately, we already have a few players like that. He just won't solve the issue. I do not think he's capable of bringing the ball up the court under pressure.

 

[Greedo]

He's the only guard that doesn't want to play hot potato. Give it a try, can't be a worse result than what's already happening.

 

[storrsroars]

Newton was arguably the best player we had on the floor in 2nd half. He got screwed on a bad charging call. He got screwed on a no-call while his wrist was being grabbed. He got to the line three times, made all six shots. Overall accounted for eight of the anemic 26 points in 2nd half.

If he can continue to do that for an entire game instead of retreating into a shell, he's still the best PG option IMHO.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Need to plant inception on Newton every night and show him highlights of guards driving the ball…he can do it, but only chooses to do it 2-3 times a game. It’s a mystery as to why he doesn’t do it more

He got boned with a brutal slide under charge call that was the final deflation for the team. I’d love to see him play more like Richmond and drive with the intent to get fouled.

 

[Bstop55]

Calcaterra is shooting 12/45 in BE play 27%. If you take out that 1 good game he had against Georgetown 6/11 he’s shooting an incomprehensible 17%…. Not sure he’s the answer if your premise is that he’s a “better shooter.”

 

[AdamaNation]

Can Joey C start at PG for us? Everyone is saying Diarra should start over Newton but I’m not convinced Joey C isn’t a better option. Obviously he is a better shooter and has shown an ability to get to the rim and either finish or find the open guy. Y’all will say defense but NO ONE is playing any sort of defense. Joey has good length and a knack for deflections. Just think it may work?

Boards well too. But gets sliced up on the shoulder.

 

[AdamaNation]

I’ll go on record as saying that I’m not part of the “everyone” mentioned above. I believe that despite his flaws, Newton gives us the best chance to win of the options available. He needs to step up and play to his potential. We’ve actually been pretty good starting games, it’s how we finish which has been the problem.

At the end. This is the truth. I love that he “looks@ like he’s having fun. But we need some game face on Newt. He’s not too fast nor strong but still should be doing way more including with playing a mark Jackson game. Why us a guard his size lacking a post up/back down offense?

 

[CL82]

Can we just break all the rules and bring in Stephon early?

Makes sense that the staff pressed him a bit to see if he would be interested in coming in early.

 

[tykurez]

Newton was arguably the best player we had on the floor in 2nd half. He got screwed on a bad charging call. He got screwed on a no-call while his wrist was being grabbed. He got to the line three times, made all six shots. Overall accounted for eight of the anemic 26 points in 2nd half.

If he can continue to do that for an entire game instead of retreating into a shell, he's still the best PG option IMHO.

Agreed with this - he was on an island in the 2nd half. Nobody helping bring the ball up and he was getting blanketed the entire time.

 

[2PointGuards]

If Newton is not going to take the ball to the hoop more often, I am on board with giving Joey a shot at the PT

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Are we just going to ignore Andrew Hurley? Lol

Newton’s play has been lackluster at best but as much as it pains me to say, there aren’t really any other options who give me any more confidence. He got scr3wed on that drive to the hoop late in the game where he kicked it out for a Karaban brick. Should have been a foul unless you’re allowed to grab onto a guy’s hand and hold it like you’re about to propose while he’s dribbling past you. Ref at the Naugy YMCA didn’t call it when the same thing happened to me about 25 years ago, but this is the Big East. That’s a blatant foul and would have been one and one…

 

[REB1094]

Agreed with this - he was on an island in the 2nd half. Nobody helping bring the ball up and he was getting blanketed the entire time.

I did notice this and it was frustrating. Newton does bring the ball up way too slowly and casually, but everyone was just standing in their positions and waiting. Someone has to run up and help him. Get the ball up the court by any means necessary, then get it back to your PG and run the set

 

[bendm]

Can Clingan start too? They have a good connection around the basket. Gimme :
AJ / Joey / Hawk / Karaban / Clingan

This lineup has: the closest thing we have to a PG, our two best shooters, our most consistent player, and our best player.

 

[XLCenterFan]

Joey/Hawk/jax/Sanogo/cling

Run it