Too Much Purvis, Not Enough Adams . . .

[TasteofUConn]

Purvis should be used as an addition, not the base. Winning teams don't build their edifices on guys like Purvis - they use them for shock troops and to fill gaps and to ride them when they're hot. Purvis absolutely makes everybody around him worse.

Adams, quite the contrary, is the kind of player that you can base a winning team on. The guy makes everybody around him better.

Does anybody have a reasonable answer to this question:

Why the hell did Adams get buried on the bench in the 2nd half? What the hell is going on in the coaching staff's minds?

 

[Dove]

You lost me at "not the base" and "build their edifices" and "shock troops".

 

[upstater]

Rodney misses a lot of bunnies.

But go back the last several games and look at the slow starts (not Jalen's fault) and see that when Rodney comes in, the offense gets going. It is just true.

Not only that, but it was Sterling who came out of the game 3 minutes in tonight, and it was Jalen and Rodney who were on the court together when UConn broke out its 4 points in 5 minutes funk.

 

[huskyinfl]

A double dribble at the end of a game is unacceptable for this university. We shoot to win. We might miss but we get an opportunity.

I never believed in purvis and never will.

 

[80shusky]

I totally agree with you. Rodney was ok though. His scoring kept us in early. We just needed someone other than Gibbs running the team in the second half.
Edited to add: Purvis shouldn't have committed the double dribble either because he should not be bringing the ball up in the first place. Jalen should have been bringing that ball up....for most of the second half.

 

[Glastonhusky]

I totally agree with you. Rodney was ok though. His scoring kept us in early. We just needed someone other than Gibbs running the team in the second half.
Edited to add: Purvis shouldn't have committed the double dribble either because he should not be bringing the ball up in the first place. Jalen should have been bringing that ball up....for most of the second half.

Agree, as soon as I saw him get the ball, I was thinking it should be Adams or Gibbs.

 

[HuskiesAllDay]

Rodney misses a lot of bunnies.

But go back the last several games and look at the slow starts (not Jalen's fault) and see that when Rodney comes in, the offense gets going. It is just true.

Not only that, but it was Sterling who came out of the game 3 minutes in tonight, and it was Jalen and Rodney who were on the court together when UConn broke out its 4 points in 5 minutes funk.

Agree. But the instant offense/ energy off the bench is his ideal role. He gave us a huge bump in the beginning of the first half.

But put him in for a few minute stretches as a change of pace. He's not a 30 min a game type of player. He's too up and down for that. Put him in for a stretch, hope you get the up (most times you do) then sit him before the down stretch inevitably happens. Sit him for a few. Then Repeat

 

[BoatShow]

Liiike the double dribble was weird. If the ref didn't blow the whistle no one would have noticed. Also the ref was shielded by the rest of Rodney's body. Dumb move to be put in that position but strange time to make that call. Also another phantom and 1 in the final minute dooms us.

 

[HuskiesAllDay]

Liiike the double dribble was weird. If the ref didn't blow the whistle no one would have noticed. Also the ref was shielded by the rest of Rodney's body. Dumb move to be put in that position but strange time to make that call. Also another phantom and 1 in the final minute dooms us.

Scoring two points in the final six minutes doomed us....again

 

[BoatShow]

Scoring two points in the final six minutes doomed us....again

Well yeah but damn we looked like world beaters for 14 minutes.

 

[superjohn]

Rodney misses a lot of bunnies.

But go back the last several games and look at the slow starts (not Jalen's fault) and see that when Rodney comes in, the offense gets going. It is just true.

Not only that, but it was Sterling who came out of the game 3 minutes in tonight, and it was Jalen and Rodney who were on the court together when UConn broke out its 4 points in 5 minutes funk.

He's a great change of pace guy coming off the bench. Good player who is explosive and plays good defense but there is a reason he and the team play better when he comes off the bench as an energy/spurtabilty type player, when he plays the whole time you see his warts.