JC's handling of AO early this year

[mike40]

AO never clicked because the introduction of Drummond. JC was in a wierd position. Here you have this elite prospect, who he probably knew had A LOT OF WORK to do, but still had apparent talent, basically fall into your arms. you can hate on drummond all you want, but his numbers as a frosh were still freaking impressive. I look forward to next year, that is if we can play in the tourney, and AD comes back. We could start Tyler at the 4 and have a Gasol/bynum looking front court. Tyler is gonna be great with time.

I wish I was as optimistic as you with TO starting at the 4. He shares zero similarities with bynum or gasol. What is he 6'8", with no length or athleticism or strength for that matter. That was a ridiculous statement.

 

[mike40]

Maybe we can start wolf and Bradley and it would be like akeem olajuwon and Ralph sampson. C'Mon maaaaan

 

[UConn5]

I don't disagree about Roscoe at all...he should have been on the floor a lot more. I love the kid, he does everything he can for the team whenever he is out there. Not sure I feel the same way about AO.

I think what hurt was JC not being around for an entire month.

 

[husky711]

Doesn't anyone remember how HORRENDOUS it was when AO and AD were on the floor together in the beginning of the year.

They couldn't play together. That's why Olander got so many more minutes. He was the only 4 that could stretch the floor/play at the elbow/take that 15 ft jumper. He actually played well for a stretch but it didn't hold up in BE play.

It's not like there was some personal vendetta against AO but with Drummond seeing the minutes he was you needed another option other than Alex so you didn't have 2 bigs who couldn't pass/shoot clogging the paint, esp against mid majors who often have those stretch 4 players and smaller lineups.

I agree with this post 110%. I don't really think Drummond "hurt" the team more than he helped. I think that ALEX simply had a terrible attitude and couldn't push through the adjustments to make it work. He'd rather sulk, pout, and throw his hands in the air like a baby.

As far as Roscoe... I do agree, I wish he had seen more time earlier on in the season.