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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 4460694, member: 9844"] I wasn't trying to imply that Geno wait for the last few minutes. It is the margin vs. minutes left that I look at and the ratio between the two. If it is twice as much, say a 30 point lead with 15 minutes to go (halfway thru the third quarter) I think you could safely make the change then, or 20 point lead with 10 minutes to go. Maybe when you get down to a 10 point lead, I might want to wait a little longer than the 5 minute mark because a couple of turnovers and three pointers. and it is a game again. I went back and looked at some games from the last championship season (2016). In that season the gap was probably about as wide as it could be between the rotation players who were great and two walk-ons in Lawlor and Pulido. That team averaged winning by 40 points a game, and as a result the starters only averaged around 30 instead of 35 or more. So how much did our two third stringers play in some of the biggest blowouts? We beat Tulsa once by 64 points, Lawlor played 4 minutes, Pulido DNP. They played Tulsa again winning by 60 and Lawlor and Pulido got 3 minutes. They both got 3 minutes each against Cincinnati in a 62 point win. Three each against Mississippi State which amazingly we beat by 60, and so on. In a 55 point blowout of UCF he went soft and gave Lawlor a whole 5 minutes, and Pulido 3 again. But he decided to rein in those minutes to only 1 apiece when the margin was only 31 against Syracuse. Clearly Geno has his reasons, and I have mentioned a few previously that might have merit, but he keeps his key players in the game way way way past the point where the game has been decided. Then there is the injury argument. Let's not forget that Paige was injured last season in I think the last minute of a game where we were up by about 20. Was the outcome of that game in doubt? Anyway, the reluctance to use the end of the bench, when the game has long been over bothers me a lot, but I know many are not concerned at all with Geno's approach. Just one opinion. [/QUOTE]

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