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I get it, I just think having a short ass two guard is rough. Bad enough at the point.
It will be two points who can score sharing the backcourt with a third guard who does it all. We won several championships with this and Hurley loves three guards and sometimes even 4 guard looks.
No, this is dead wrong. I didn't see Cole play at Howard, and I know the MEAC isn't the AAC, but this guy has two years of Division 1 history with him including a conference POY award. You can not compare this situation to overrating a QB who has never taken a college snap because of the rating a computer service gave him.
Cole (30 mpg), Gaffney (25 mpg), Bouknight (35 mpg) starting at the 1-3, with Adams off the bench (20 mpg) and Jackson getting some run in a bigger lineup (10 mpg, in addition to his time at the 4) is a terrific backcourt at the college level.
This isn't the NBA where you need to be 6'3-6'6-6'8 across the back line. (And even the NBA doesn't play that way anymore.)
Again, we have a guy who hasn't played a minute for us playing more than this year's starting pg? Not sure about that.
Would you be less bothered by them both getting 28 mpg?
I don't know how it shakes out exactly, but Cole and Gaffney will both start and get major minutes. Neither of them is getting relegated to the bench.
You brought up their height. Don't see how height is a problem. It's especially weird as a UConn fan when you saw UConn win national titles with backcourts of El-Amin & Ricky Moore, Taliek & Ben, Bazz & Boat.Yeah two of our best guards in history? lol Hope you aren't expecting that next year
If you read the Boneyard you would know that Gaffney is the best point guard in the country right now.
I dunno about that. AG didn't do much world beating during the cupcake portion of our schedule.
Some on this board have been hyping up Cole a bunch, even talking about him immediately coming in and running the point/team. I think he's got a bunch of skill but I think if AG played against the competition Cole did he would look like a world beater as well. This board constantly comes down with the "backup qb" sickness - overrating the abilities of someone we don't get the chance to see and denigrating those of the ones we do. I think Gaffney is 100% the starting pg and hope Cole is a great piece next to him/first man off the bench. I think having a AG back next year, if he understands his reduced role, would be big.
Took a quick peak at the numbers again and here’s what I found. He played 11 games against P5/G5 competition (I included A-10 teams and Ivy League). His output is as followed in those games
20.3 PPG
6.3 assists/game
3 TOs/game
32% on 3s
35% on 2s
Nearly 8 free throws/game at 81%
Shooting percentages aren’t great but his usage rates in these games are really high. Probably due to lack of talent on his team and teams keying in on him all game. It’s hard to draw exact conclusions from these but I found the numbers interesting. They won’t ask him to score 20 a game here either. Just need solid, poised play and there’s no reason to think he won’t provide solid production. these stats don’t exactly scream back up QB to me.
You brought up their height. Don't see how height is a problem. It's especially weird as a UConn fan when you saw UConn win national titles with backcourts of El-Amin & Ricky Moore, Taliek & Ben, Bazz & Boat.
And Jalen Gaffney is 6'2 so if Ben/Ricky/Taliek don't count then Jalen shouldn't eitherBen Gordon is 6'3 Taliek is 6'1 and Ricky is 6'2. That's not the short were talking about. They aren't even short in MCBB.
If Cole was that height, I'd be psyched. But he's reportedly more like Gilbert. And Gilbert's height is hurts us.
But vis a vis height itself, it doesn't matter, if you've got all time players. ie Bazz/Boat. Cole ain't remotely in that realm
And Jalen Gaffney is 6'2 so if Ben/Ricky/Taliek don't count then Jalen shouldn't either
There is absolutely 0% chance Cole is a better player than Bouk.There is absolutely 0% chance Cole comes off the bench. Several people connected to the program have heard he’s looked like the best player in practice. He’s being given the keys from day 1.
There is absolutely 0% chance Cole is a better player than Bouk.