Ducreux
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He's got the team.
I'm interested in seeing as a young coach how much he can adapt to his players' strengths and how much he is willing to leave the old Purdue mindset behind and GROW.
Wish I could have seen it.
Was listening but lost feed second half.
How'd our boy AJ do?
Look alright, missed a couple shots you'd expect him to hit. All 3 freshman seemed to come out tight but about half way through second half really loosen up.
He played 22 minutes and had 4pts 3rbd
Moore had 6pts 5rbd 2blk in just 18 minutes
Reese & Pops hardly played, they won't be factors barring injury or FT, and Q didn't make an appearance.
Now hold on just yet on those 3. You could be right but not necessarily. Last year I expected more from D. Edwards and he kinda struggled and didn't play much. Yesterday I thought his performance in the 2nd half ignited Tennessee towards the blow-out. Obviously he is going to be a big factor for this team coming off the bench. Ditto for those 3 guys. Ndiaye may struggle this year getting adapted and also he didn't play enough for us to gauge whether he can help or not. But lets give it time before we just determine that those guys can't help. Q really helped us last year down the stretch so I think he can certainly help as he matures. JMO.
Edwards was the same yesterday as last year, offensively gifted but lacking on defense, it's why he won't play. There's a reason he didn't get in the game until we were up big late in the 2nd half.
We are gonna play 8-9 guys, that's it, Martin has said that. Some people just aren't gonna get big minutes and IMO it's pretty clear the guys left out will be Pops, Reese, Edwards and Q. That's not saying they won't get in a game at all this year, but they won't see consistent minutes and will likely have multiple games where they play 0 minutes.
Except for all the fouls, thompson looked like he had a decent game. 4 assists 0 TOs. Who was playing the point while he was on the bench?Edwards was the same yesterday as last year, offensively gifted but lacking on defense, it's why he won't play. There's a reason he didn't get in the game until we were up big late in the 2nd half.
We are gonna play 8-9 guys, that's it, Martin has said that. Some people just aren't gonna get big minutes and IMO it's pretty clear the guys left out will be Pops, Reese, Edwards and Q. That's not saying they won't get in a game at all this year, but they won't see consistent minutes and will likely have multiple games where they play 0 minutes.
Except for all the fouls, thompson looked like he had a decent game. 4 assists 0 TOs. Who was playing the point while he was on the bench?
OK?Look I never said any of those guys will play a whole lot this season. But none of us know for sure. None of us are the coaches and none of us are the ones delving out minutes thankfully. I think Edwards will play more than the other 3 and it looked to me like he is ready to contribute some off of the bench. Q helped us last season so I am not ruling him out at all. And Reese and Ndiaye need to mature and develop and probably won't play much but I am not ruling it out just yet based on 1 exhibition game.
What are your pre season thoughts regarding coach Martin...his is not intended to bash or to praise, hopefully objective and reasoned....I think we all want the same for the program and thats for it to flourish, win games, and everyone have a positive experience.
Look I understand that the aforementioned guys are practice squad players and that there will only be a 9 man rotation or 8 even. But in the course of a 35 game season alot can happen. Sure based on BTOs perfect world scenario he might be right. But thats not the way it works. Those 4 guys or 1or 2 of those 4 guys may be called upon to be in that rotation at some point. And they might play well like Q did down the stretch last season. Nobody on here knows ultimately how its going to all play out because no one on here is a coach or coaches on the UT basketball team and Thank God they dont'.
You've got your injury factor and as I expected, a sh!t load of fouls, that say Martin will have to go deeper into his bench this season. As will most coaches.Look I understand that the aforementioned guys are practice squad players and that there will only be a 9 man rotation or 8 even. But in the course of a 35 game season alot can happen. Sure based on BTOs perfect world scenario he might be right. But thats not the way it works. Those 4 guys or 1or 2 of those 4 guys may be called upon to be in that rotation at some point. And they might play well like Q did down the stretch last season. Nobody on here knows ultimately how its going to all play out because no one on here is a coach or coaches on the UT basketball team and Thank God they dont'.
I think u quoted the wrong guy before
Look I never said any of those guys will play a whole lot this season. But none of us know for sure. None of us are the coaches and none of us are the ones delving out minutes thankfully. I think Edwards will play more than the other 3 and it looked to me like he is ready to contribute some off of the bench. Q helped us last season so I am not ruling him out at all. And Reese and Ndiaye need to mature and develop and probably won't play much but I am not ruling it out just yet based on 1 exhibition game.
I'm not worried about quoting anyone. Last week on here I read from BTO I believe that Armani Moore's minutes were going to go down and be limited. Today I read where someone said based on an exhibition game that he would probably be in the NBA!!!! You know its probably somewhere in between truthfully. We have great depth and talent on this team and I suspect at some point during the season all 15 players on the team will make some plays that we will all enjoy.
McRae was, and josh a little. That's why Hubbs had so many minutes, jordy played a lot of point letting Hubbs play more 2
That's fine, your allowed to have an opinion....I'm just saying, Martin has plainly stated we will only play 8-9 guys. If you think Hubbs is gonna sit so Edwards can at that's your opinion, I just disagree.