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(Poll) Starting PG

Who should start at PG?

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Think you have to start both in the short term until Akok is back.
Cole, Gaff, Bouk, Rese, Whaley
 
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SprtsThrpyCT said:
Think you have to start both in the short term until Akok is back.
Cole, Gaff, Bouk, Rese, Whaley
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Cole, Bouk, Martin, Polley, Whaley.

Then bring in the energy line with Adams, Jackson, and Sanogo (leave in Bouk). Gaffney stabilizing force for Adams/Jackson and those more aggressive playmakers complement him compared to Martin/Polley.

In matchups where you need a 2nd big, keep Adams on the shelf and use Carlton.
 
guard play. form what i’ve seen, cole is looking for his shot & not to get others involved. you need gaffney out there. yeah 6 assists but, he’s a scorer., he’s talking over vitals role. if you’re gonna beat the top 20, you need both
 
RC hasnt played in 2 years and has a lot of rust. You can see hes doing a lot of thinking out there instead of reacting. I start Gaffney till RC gets back to form then i move Gaffney to back up. Im not in favor of both of them on the court together.
 
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No way both. Right now 2 games its a coin flip. Cole a better shooter, Gaff less turnovers but not dynamic. Neither can play defense well enough partially because of being slow afoot. Can Diggins graduate in December?

Kidding. Want them both to be good but for now the jury is out, not sure if either are good enough to make our team really really good especially since both are very weak on the defensive end. But it’s early!
 
navery12 said:
I answered both but if I had to choose 1 it's an easy choice. RJ is our second best player
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Second best player? Gaff is better than RJ. Polley is better than RJ. Whaley is better than RJ. Akok is better than RJ. He's in a battle for 6th with Martin, AJacks, and Sanogo right now.

Cole can be a solid rotation player, but the hype you and many are giving him doesn't match reality as of yet.

Put some respect on Gaff's name.

#BigEastGaff
#FeedPolley
 
navery12 said:
RJ is our second best player
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If you mean "best" as "most valuable to the team," then I'd put him, subject to further review, after Bouk, Gaff, Whaley, and Polley, for sure, and maybe Martin.
If you mean "best" as in "most talented, will have the best college career" then I'd put him after Bouk, Gaff, Whaley, Sanogo, AJacks, Akok, and Martin, for sure, and maybe Polley.

Gentlemen, some of us are going to be very wrong about this young man.

I very much want that to be the group I'm in!
 
Cole is a nice change of pace microwave guy at this level. Not your our starting PG. Our lines at full strength

Gaffney-Cole-Adams
Bouknight-Adams
Martin-Polley-Adams
Akok-Polley-Brown-Springs
Whaley-Sanogo-Carlton-Brown-Springs
 
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XLCenterFan said:
I've been screaming Gaffney for as long as I can remember. Cole should have to earn it, and from what I've seen, he hasn't.
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Practice is where you earn it, and you haven't seen practice. So...nope. He had a whole year with the team last year.

I'd start Cole for now, but I think Dan needs a much quicker hook overall. He needs to preach defense and mean it. That means if a guy isn't giving everything on that end, yank him. Whether that is 2 minutes in, 5 minutes in, 10 minutes in, I don't care. We have depth enough to make sure that nobody is saving energy on the defensive end. I have not seen that kind of effort so far. I want guys to need a break after playing 5+ minutes.
 
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I like both Gaffney and Cole, but Bouk is the 2 and we have to get bigger lineups on the court. I would be playing Gaff and Adams less than 30 mpg combined if I was Hurley. This is how I would manage the backcourt:

Bouk: 30-35 mpg (on the lower end of the range when a game gets out of hand)
Cole: 30 mpg
Gaff: 10-15 mpg
Adams: 10-15 mpg

90 minutes a game between these 4 players, which would mean only 10 minutes of 3 guard.

Cole's minutes target would be soft, and Gaff and Adams have the opportunity to get minutes there if there is a bad matchup for Cole or one of them is having a good night.
 
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In the first couple of games it seems like Cole is much more of a scorer than facilitator, whereas Gaff is the opposite. I'm not sure where the narrative came from that Cole was going to be a master facilitator as he was mostly a scorer at Howard. He deff can get buckets, though I like Gaff running the team. It reminds me almost a bit of Bazz/Boat.
 
Spaceman213J said:
I like both on the floor. RJ's role is more of a SG.

Remember some of those 3's for RJ came off Gaffney penetrating and kicking it out.

Cole needs to clean up the sloppy/lazy passes and make sure the movement of the ball doesn't stop when it hits his hands.
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Cole is a better creator than you are giving him credit for being.
 
rayrayfor3 said:
In the first couple of games it seems like Cole is much more of a scorer than facilitator, whereas Gaff is the opposite. I'm not sure where the narrative came from that Cole was going to be a master facilitator as he was mostly a scorer at Howard. He deff can get buckets, though I like Gaff running the team. It reminds me almost a bit of Bazz/Boat.
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Cole's assist rate is significantly better than Gaffney's. Gaffney played a ton of minutes against Hartford and had the ball in his hands throughout, and had two assists, largely because he was mostly looking for his shot. He's sixth on the team in assist percentage, behind Jackson, Cole, Martin, Whaley, and Adams. What are you basing this on, other than your own feelings?
 
I like Gaffney starting next to Bouk at the 2. That hedges against early foul trouble from the PG position and gives Hurley the option to bring in someone that can create on their own as the first man off the bench, which is especially important if the offense is looking a little stagnant on any given day.
 
CallMeBruce said:
Cole's assist rate is significantly better than Gaffney's. Gaffney played a ton of minutes against Hartford and had the ball in his hands throughout, and had two assists, largely because he was mostly looking for his shot. He's sixth on the team in assist percentage, behind Jackson, Cole, Martin, Whaley, and Adams. What are you basing this on, other than your own feelings?
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RJ's 6 turnovers to Gaff's 1
 
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