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Message: [QUOTE="jonson, post: 2525662, member: 6034"] This--and Charlieball's earlier posts in this thread--seem to me exactly right. To me, the key issue isn't whether or not anyone beyond Azura could have helped off the bench [I]in this game[/I], and I can certainly understand why Geno chose to go with six players only in a game on the road and as tight as this one. To me, it's [I]why[/I] that was the case, and I agree that Geno's reluctance to provide regular minutes (other than at the end of games) to his freshman (at least some of them) and Irwin throughout the games preceding this one is surely one of the most important reasons--if not the most important one--for this shortfall. Yes, they will screw up, be inconsistent, and may never get to the point where they belong in a close and important game. But they might, and they would at least provide some rest for the starters, and maybe save some fouls as well. I realize that's not Geno's way, and I get that anyone could simply respond by saying that it's silly to question the methods of a coach who has had such unprecedented success. But it's Geno, himself, who has identified a short bench as a serious problem, and in my view the only answer is playing with regularity--and from the very beginning of the season--the players who have the potential to solve it. [/QUOTE]