That's basically it at this point. Folks get on Pope for the substitutions but I see his line of thought. If he can give the starters some rest and play even with the opponent, then he's golden. The problem has been that Perry and Noah have gone ice cold from 3 so when they come in and miss shots, it doesn't balance out their putrid defense. I remember when LSU went on that 6-0 run the other night. Perry and Noah both missed their 3-point shot attempts. If those shots both fall, you've played even with them. But they didn't so your opponent is on a 6-0 run that you have to call timeout and get your starters back in sooner than you wanted.
His biggest issue the first half of the year was his ball handling and decision making. Both are really a product of being out of basketball for 2 years and the speed of the game. He lost a lot of confidence early. It appears his decision making and rust handling are getting to where we all thought he would be. He seems like a great kid(all of them do). Happy he has turned the corner.
Person I respect said Chandler “had a little talking to “ a while back about needing to step up and show something.
Hes also trying to jump onto a high speed passenger train as opposed to the old steam engines in the old western movies .
Interesting and makes a lot of sense. I think there was a point in the season where he became way too comfortable taking a back seat.
I think it took some time to knock the rust off, and get up to game speed, the guy was out for two years, and going from high school to college without sitting out takes some time to adjust.
