I can't remember which game it was, but does anyone remember the post game press conference where Trent called the other team "a really bad program" or something like that, and then cracked up but continued to speak? I think DMW and Ayo were at the table with him, wide-eyed and trying to keep straight faces too. Pretty amusing moment.
I wish Monte would move on. Solid player but I want the kids to play. They are here to play not sit the bench. Unless Monte wants a reduced role of 10 minutes a game, I want Podz, Melendez, Hawk and Goode to get minutes as they are the future. Its not personal, its just business as Michael Corleone once said
generally the last 2 pages have been about Monte coming back.
Katz is great. Really perfectly done.
I agree with this, monte would be the steadier option at the beginning of the season and great kid, but they are the future and with bigger potential, and sitting on the bench the entire season behind grandison, de monte, and there is also hutcherson which seems like he could be very good, plus the three little guys and some Hawkins at the 4, I don't see how the 3 freshman get on the court or barely get in and I don't know if that is best in the long run
I wish the Seniors had moved on personally! I feel like they had 4 years to show what they could do. I feel that it's cutting into the time the next recruits up deserve and are getting. Will they get an extra year because upperclassmen got a free year that stepped on their time? I doubt it! That's valuable experience and chance to show what you can do in the floor. That's valuable playing time they'd get that they won't be getting now! I want to see these new sharp shooters playing and learning! Could you imagine Curbelo creating and dropping dimes to wide open shooters like Hutcherson, Grandison, Podz, Goode, Plummer, Melendez, and Hawkins? Now you got Trent back and Damonte. Great players but they had their time!
I would propose that Trent is owed a year because he deferred to Ayo for 3 years, also they will pass on the culture and deserve their Senior Night also.
This. Well put.
Maybe later in the year, but playing the kids a ton early will probably get us lots of losses. Heck look at KY this past year. Probably won't happen, almost never works, but I'd sure like to see a 10+ man rotation towards the end of the season.
And if you get the ball to him when he's open he hits 3's at an incredible percentage.
We need Monte and Trent to mentor the guys you list....that's is the most impact they will have for our team, IMO....not the minutes.
I agree with the overall sentiment that BU should play the players that give the team the best chance of success this season. But I think you are missing a nuanced point. The freshmen (and even Hawkins and Hutch) may be able to offer the team things that no one else on the roster can. But if early in the season BU over-relies on the guys he knows and trusts, we may pick up a couple more wins early but lose some big games late in the season because the young guys never got the experience they needed to be ready to contribute in big games.
I agree with most of this.
I think you hit the nail on the head with your comments about Trent and DaMonte being most critical now as mentors for the younger players. The elders that carry the culture and attitude that Underwood has forged with the players and assistant coaches. They will be the captains on the floor, lead by example and get on the guys that don't put in the effort - though clearly Brad has no problems in that area. The personnel will change, but the hopefully the attitude carries over. That seems to be key to sustained success in CBB. Look no farther than MSU. It will be really interesting to see how the staff and players adjust style of play to fit the new roster. If Kofi does leave, I expect it will be a Flyin' Illini circus with lots of alley oops, 3 and D. A lot of 6'5' to 6'10' guys with long wing-spans and verticals. And Curbelo as the ringmaster.
A winning team needs good "locker room guys". That applies equally in ALL sports.
