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[QUOTE="OldAlum, post: 2532261, member: 4533"]
I am thinking that Geno threw the bench players in the deep end in the second quarter as a wakeup call.  He has played many of them individually with the starters for short stretches. Offhand I can recall Walker, Coombs, Bent, and Irwin getting some "quality minutes" .  The problem with only doing that is that they don't have to really respond and play their best.  The other starters carry the team and often they play so as not to screw up.  They can delude themselves that they are doing all right.  But put them in together and they have to perform!  Although they likely play together often in practice, they seemed to forget what to do and played too fast and messed up on some basic stuff you know they know how to do.

So now Geno [I]really[/I] has their attention.  Even without any coaches' input, they cannot be happy with how they played.  Lets see if they can translate that into better focus and execution.

My prediction for the Temple game is that Geno slots bench players in one or two at a time to now give them a better chance to succeed and progress.   He has broken the eggs.  Now to make the omelets!  ;)
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