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ArtVandelay · 12-05-2012, 08:33 PM

NOW!

You are up 30. Get them some good road experience.

Keep our starters healthy...

fljim · 12-05-2012, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtVandelay

NOW!

You are up 30. Get them some good road experience.

Keep our starters healthy...

Sorry, we should continue to run, run and run. Wear them out. Billy is using 9-10 players....keep up the pressure.

Jonas · 12-05-2012, 08:48 PM

I feel like Billy keeps starters in to make sure our guys accustomed to play hard for a full 40 mins.

**DuPontGator** · 12-05-2012, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtVandelay

NOW!

You are up 30. Get them some good road experience.

Keep our starters healthy...

No way! Destroy f$u haha.

gatormoe1 · 12-05-2012, 08:58 PM

I thought Braxton has played well when he has been in. Could he be in the dog house? He's barely sniffed the floor in the last few blowouts.

Go2gtr · 12-05-2012, 08:59 PM

He did. He let it shrink to a 25 pt win and it could have been 40.

gatormoe1 · 12-05-2012, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Go2gtr

He did.

Yeah today he got 2+ minutes but if I remember correctly in the last two blowouts he got less than 2 minutes. I remember early in the season Billy played him here and there throughout the game, but he only gets in-in extreme garbage time lately. I thought he played well the times Billy played him. Wonder if its a work ethic thing in practice?

lean_gator · 12-05-2012, 09:04 PM

This shyt again?.....smh

Bradass · 12-05-2012, 09:05 PM

If this is all we have to complain about...I'm cool with it.

Go2gtr · 12-05-2012, 09:11 PM

I think you gotta trust Billy at this.

Go2gtr · 12-05-2012, 09:13 PM

Braxton will get him floor time. He's got to earn it. I haven't been particularly impressed when he get time.

gatormoe1 · 12-05-2012, 09:13 PM

My only question is around 7-8 minutes to go, in a 30 point blow out, why not rotate a FR in for 2 minutes? Braxton 2 minutes, then Walker, then Graham... etc They get time with the starters and get experience against a real team. I just don't get it.

**jeffphillips21** · 12-05-2012, 09:16 PM

he did. they were all in the last 2+ minutes

Go2gtr · 12-05-2012, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by gatormoe1

My only question is around 7-8 minutes to go, in a 30 point blow out, why not rotate a FR in for 2 minutes? Braxton 2 minutes, then Walker, then Graham... etc They get time with the starters and get experience against a real team. I just don't get it.

You are entitled to your opinion, maybe you're right. I have a level of trust in Billy, however, that exceeds my trust in your opinion.

gatormoe1 · 12-05-2012, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Go2gtr

You are entitled to your opinion, maybe you're right. I have a level of trust in Billy, however, that exceeds my trust in your opinion.

I trust Billy 100%. He obviously develops players as well as any other coach and his record speaks for itself. I'm not necessarily saying he's wrong for not playing them because I guess he must have some reason, I'm just saying how bad could it be to add 1 FR in with the starters towards the end of a blowout?

Jonas · 12-05-2012, 09:23 PM

I think Billy says the PG position is the hardest to learn so he has been giving Braxton a lot of time at the 2. Right know Fraizer is obviously ahead of him there. As far as practice, I think Boynton, Rosario, and even Scottie all need time working on their point skills more than Braxton right now since they are more likely to contribute there this season.

gatordavisl · 12-05-2012, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonas

I feel like Billy keeps starters in to make sure our guys accustomed to play hard for a full 40 mins.

I think this is the main reason he sticks with the core. Tonight he did get the bench in earlier than usual.

gatormoe1 · 12-05-2012, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonas

I think Billy says the PG position is the hardest to learn so he has been giving Braxton a lot of time at the 2. Right know Fraizer is obviously ahead of him there. As far as practice, I think Boynton, Rosario, and even Scottie all need time working on their point skills more than Braxton right now since they are more likely to contribute there this season.

No argument here. I knew Frazier would be good but holy crap, he was extreeeeeeemely underrated.

tommyuf21 · 12-05-2012, 09:35 PM

If Frazier wasn't so far ahead of his classmates, some of them might get some of his minutes. However, Michael has become pretty important so that has cut everyone back, in my opinion.

gatorev12 · 12-05-2012, 09:36 PM

This is a complaint I've had over the last few games...but don't think it applies today. Donovan put in the freshman to close out the last 2+ minutes of the game and used a lot of rotation (Young sat for like the last 4 minutes).

It's what most (including myself) have wanted to see during the last few blowout wins and it's what happened tonight. Sure, we allowed more points in those couple of minutes than at any other point in the game--but the freshman played competently and scored themselves.

moe's suggestion to rotate 1 freshman in with the starters earlier in the game around the 10 or 12 minute mark (when we were still comfortably ahead) to give them experience is about the only thing you can say could have been done differently (and, in fairness, he has a point)--but not going to complain too much.