Also, KO observed him and obviously came to the conclusion he had something given he played 14 mpg as a freshman. I’m not sure Hurley has come to the conclusion that Whaley is not good. I suspect missing much of November due to his ankle injury didn’t help his standing this year. I hope Hurley at some point gives him 15-20 mpg for 3 or 4 games in a row to see what he has.
Ollie didn't play him, then he played him, we were bad, and then he benched him again. Ollie gave him the shot last year that you want Hurley to give him this year, because his alternatives were Onourah and also freshman Carlton. They benched him when Cobb returned from suspension. The coaches have better eyes than you, and they have both flunked him.
Defensive box plus minus is never really significant, that's the point. Even with 100 games. It should be noted the 2nd best Husky by DBPM was Onourah. Enough said.
During his heavier minutes, our best wins were against BJ Taylor-less UCF at home and Foster and Ray-less SMU (who played 7 guys and lost 9 of 11 from that point on with 2 wins against East Carolina) at home. During that stretch we allowed 1.05 points per possession on defense, identical to our season average.
73% is about what's needed to be a top 100 team defensive rebounding rate. In the 16 games he got heaviest minutes last year, we did better than that number 3 times (and 1 was a freebie vs. Coppin State). 13 games we were under, and most were well under. That's not all on him, but he clearly didn't move the needle for rebounding at all.
He had a 7.5% dreb% in the most important q1 and q2 games, which is Polley-esque. And in those games his shotblocking was down to mediocre levels, about the same as Carlton's.
The one thing he does is not foul as often as Carlton or Cobb. But he still fouls more than Polley, so what are we even getting from him? Mediocre shotblocking, bad rebounding, and? Much worse offense?
