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Message: [QUOTE="BGesus4, post: 4131083, member: 7139"] Thought the exact same. Huggins screwed up calling that timeout before the tv timeout could be hit on its own, and I thought, wow, what a stupid mistake for a coach like Huggins. Now, we can get Cole back into the game on this possession. Easy to Monday morning quarterback it given how it played out, but definitely tough to understand why you would just sit him at the scorer’s table like they did until the next dead ball instead of putting him right back in. I actually thought Gaffney played a solid game when put in a position to succeed - as a secondary ball handler, opportunistic scorer and perimeter defender. Having him run the offense as the primary ball handler is not putting him in a position to succeed any more than asking Cole to be a wing defender is putting RJ in a position to succeed. It’s a tough spot given our lack of people other than RJ who can run a halfcourt offense. I’m not in the camp that we should just throw diggins in there until he has a few turnovers in a row as someone suggested (facepalm). Would definitely like to see him be developed more but it’s not exactly clear where the opportunity is to do that. OOC at WV is not the time to do that. You’re risking his confidence and the outcome of a game on him doing something extraordinary. I.e., coming in essentially cold in terms of experience as freshman to run a team in a hostile road game. I actually think Andre is our second best option for getting our offense going right now. When Cole is out, I would run the offense more through him with Gaffney playing off the ball. [/QUOTE]

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