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BigErnMcCracken said:
I gotta ask, why? What has he shown that makes you think that he should enter the rotation in the Big East tournament?
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I’ve told this story before but I went to an early season Husky game years ago and Chad Wise (RIP) scored like 4 points and had a couple of assists in a blowout. The older gentleman sitting in front of me swore that he was going to be a huge contributor that season and we’d see big things from him. I said, “I don’t think so, we’re playing (I don’t remember who), this isn’t Cuse or Pitt”. He scoffed and said “You just watch”. Pretty sure Ben, Taliek, Caron, TRob, etc were on that roster so while Chad had a nice dunk in that game, minutes would be sparse. I think he played in 11 games that season in mop up minutes. Not a criticism, the guys in front of him were just some of the best in the country…

I think about this interaction a lot when wondering what on earth would possess people to have the opinions they have here at times and realize, maybe those guys who were sitting in front of me 20+ years ago learned how to use the interweb and now have screen handles.

If Koroma or Furphy are on the floor at any point before the final minute of the second half, we’re more than likely in deep poo.
 
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I will say one of the negatives of the Hurley era has been injuries. Not only them happening so often but the fact is seems Hurley has little idea of who is hurt, why they are hurt, or for how long they will be out.

3 examples from this year alone. Tarris Reed ankle injury. Karaben phantom injury ("moving like a cargo ship?") and now the Stewart injury.
IIRC, Hurley thought Reed was good to go for a game and found out minutes before he was a no go. Now he thought Stewart would be ready for Marquette but he is expected to be out until the 2nd weekend of the tourney? That is a huge time frame disconnect.

Hurley and the training staff don't seem to be on the same page, and it needs to get sorted.
 
Mets1432 said:
I will say one of the negatives of the Hurley era has been injuries. Not only them happening so often but the fact is seems Hurley has little idea of who is hurt, why they are hurt, or for how long they will be out.

3 examples from this year alone. Tarris Reed ankle injury. Karaben phantom injury ("moving like a cargo ship?") and now the Stewart injury.
IIRC, Hurley thought Reed was good to go for a game and found out minutes before he was a no go. Now he thought Stewart would be ready for Marquette but he is expected to be out until the 2nd weekend of the tourney? That is a huge time frame disconnect.

Hurley and the training staff don't seem to be on the same page, and it needs to get sorted.
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They obviously know what is going on. They just don't tell us.
 
Mets1432 said:
I will say one of the negatives of the Hurley era has been injuries. Not only them happening so often but the fact is seems Hurley has little idea of who is hurt, why they are hurt, or for how long they will be out.

3 examples from this year alone. Tarris Reed ankle injury. Karaben phantom injury ("moving like a cargo ship?") and now the Stewart injury.
IIRC, Hurley thought Reed was good to go for a game and found out minutes before he was a no go. Now he thought Stewart would be ready for Marquette but he is expected to be out until the 2nd weekend of the tourney? That is a huge time frame disconnect.

Hurley and the training staff don't seem to be on the same page, and it needs to get sorted.
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This? Stewart is 6th man often started for Mullins or Liam. But right now that’s it. Duke is down 2 starters. Other teams have stsrters injured so it’s March and better our starters or key bench was injured earlier in the season.
 
oshkosh said:
The AJ Price injury in the NCAAT vs San Diego was also bad because the impact was the most immediate.
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I think the biggest one was actually the brain clot that almost killed him. Leaving aside the ensuing laptop scandal and suspension (no way to know if that same scandal happens in a parallel world where he stayed healthy), he would have been an experienced sophomore on that 2006 team that badly needed backcourt quickness on defense and a secondary ballhandler on offense. The 2005 team had Price and Rashad (staph infection) with serious hospital stays.

But, if Price stays healthy, he graduates in 2008, and the whole Kemba arc maybe changes. Wouldn't want to mess with any timelines that would alter that.
 
Stewart is out people. We have a three day tournament this week. We’re a mild injury away from playing one of the “ good practice teammates “.
 
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Being a Bronx NYC born and raised, Malachi may get it going in front of his people, his hometown crowd. Everybody got a story.

We're gonna miss Stewart all the way through this weekend. All you folks who don't think Jaylin makes substantial contributions to this team are crazy.
 
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BigErnMcCracken said:
I gotta ask, why? What has he shown that makes you think that he should enter the rotation in the Big East tournament?
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The short bits I’ve seen makes me think he’s got a good bbiq. The film from last year against the USA team showed that too. Also looked like a shooter, and we need another one of those. And he’s a warm body that’s available, and we need some minutes from someone.
 
Gurleyman said:
I think the biggest one was actually the brain clot that almost killed him. Leaving aside the ensuing laptop scandal and suspension (no way to know if that same scandal happens in a parallel world where he stayed healthy), he would have been an experienced sophomore on that 2006 team that badly needed backcourt quickness on defense and a secondary ballhandler on offense. The 2005 team had Price and Rashad (staph infection) with serious hospital stays.

But, if Price stays healthy, he graduates in 2008, and the whole Kemba arc maybe changes. Wouldn't want to mess with any timelines that would alter that.
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Would’ve been nice to have him as a freshman for 06.
 
Son of Robert said:
Noted, not sure the purpose of this post.
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Horatio said:
Stewart is out people. We have a three day tournament this week. We’re a mild injury away from playing one of the “ good practice teammates “.
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Hurley yesterday, or Tuesday, said that with Stewart out they’re practicing using double bigs…which can only mean Reed and Reibe on the court together.
 
uconnfan68 said:
The short bits I’ve seen makes me think he’s got a good bbiq. The film from last year against the USA team showed that too. Also looked like a shooter, and we need another one of those. And he’s a warm body that’s available, and we need some minutes from someone.
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I don't think he's put anything out there this year that would lead one to believe that he's a better option than Millender at this point (and to be clear, I don't think Millender should be in the rotation either). Not a knock on either of those guys, and I hope Furphy sticks around, but I don't think we've seen anything this season to make you believe he'd contribute in a post-season game.
 
Son of Robert said:
Being a Bronx NYC born and raised, Malachi may get it going in front of his people, his hometown crowd. Everybody got a story.

We're gonna miss Stewart all the way through this weekend. All you folks who don't think Jaylin makes substantial contributions to this team are crazy.
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Stewart had one of his better recent games against Villanova and is a plus defender for the 3 and 4 postion. He will be missed.
 
3rdbass said:
Stewart had one of his better recent games against Villanova and is a plus defender for the 3 and 4 postion. He will be missed.
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I’ll be interested to see if he’s on the bench tonight. And if he’s on crutches.
 
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BigErnMcCracken said:
I don't think he's put anything out there this year that would lead one to believe that he's a better option than Millender at this point (and to be clear, I don't think Millender should be in the rotation either). Not a knock on either of those guys, and I hope Furphy sticks around, but I don't think we've seen anything this season to make you believe he'd contribute in a post-season game.
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He was Australia's leading scorer vs USA team including Koa Peat and AJ Dysbanta. It's not like he's got nothing.
 
Letsgohuskies11 said:
Ross gets more I guess? From the lack of playing time I'm guessing Karoma and Millender are unplayable?
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I feel like the extra minutes have made ross a more confident, and thus better, player. I don't mind seeing him come off the bench. He still makes some bad decisions though.
 
uconnfan68 said:
He was Australia's leading scorer vs USA team including Koa Peat and AJ Dysbanta. It's not like he's got nothing.
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Right. All these dudes were studs in high school too. Did you watch any of his 30 minutes this season?
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
Right. All these dudes were studs in high school too. Did you watch any of his 30 minutes this season?
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No, but I saw some of Peat and AJ. They could play for us. All I'm saying is we need someone to give us a few minutes for starters in a 40 minute game, and maybe 3 in 3 days. And I think we need more than Reibe, Ross and Smith.
 
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