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Message: [QUOTE="8893, post: 4214521, member: 93"] I think the biggest problem when we are in this situation is deciding whether to sit AJax, Whaley or Martin when you need to insert Polley or Hawkins for offense. Although the three of them share many overlapping qualities, they each go about it in different ways and it's hard to remove one of them for fear that you will need, for example, Whaley's sheer grit, Martin's, leadership, drive and intensity or AJax's disruption, rebounding, passing and athletic freakishness. Most of time it's AJax who sits, and most of the time I would agree with that based on his exceedingly low offensive output, but looking back at the highlights he was so key in so many other facets last night that I can understand the reluctance to sit him. Martin has improved his scoring a lot, and his leadership is clearly needed for this team, so I would be very reluctant to sit him down the stretch at this point. As much as I love Whaley--and I know the players love him--I think I would lean towards sitting him when we need more offensive options. [/QUOTE]