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<blockquote data-quote="The Bell Tolls for Thee" data-source="post: 131991724" data-attributes="member: 1812660"><p>Oscar played plenty as a freshman and was being hyped as the next big thing for WVU basketball.&nbsp; WVU started 2020 having the idea of the team being a high-low, score in the paint kind of team with him and Culver. Oscar had every opportunity to play like he has this year in 2020.&nbsp; Instead he showed up out of shape resulting in him playing soft on the boards, going up for shots as weakly as my grandmother, and not hustling at all like he did as a freshman.&nbsp; Maybe the high-low offense was a poor use of his talent, but that did not cause Oscar to loaf with the minutes he did have or to spend the offseason falling out of competitive shape.&nbsp; So once the decision was made to not have them both on the floor at the same time due to ineffectiveness, who do you go with?&nbsp; Do you go with the guy who has already spent 2 years with team, showed up in shape, and was at least playing his guts out (although Culver would wane in that hustle well after Oscar started losing minutes)?&nbsp; Or do you go with the guy who has potential, but is playing like an ineffective prima donna?&nbsp; There is no doubt that in the first part of the 2020 - 2021 season Culver was the FAR better player.&nbsp; Despite Oscar having the clearly greater potential and him finally living up to that potential this year does not discount how badly he played and poorly he handled himself the year before.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="The Bell Tolls for Thee, post: 131991724, member: 1812660"] Oscar played plenty as a freshman and was being hyped as the next big thing for WVU basketball. WVU started 2020 having the idea of the team being a high-low, score in the paint kind of team with him and Culver. Oscar had every opportunity to play like he has this year in 2020. Instead he showed up out of shape resulting in him playing soft on the boards, going up for shots as weakly as my grandmother, and not hustling at all like he did as a freshman. Maybe the high-low offense was a poor use of his talent, but that did not cause Oscar to loaf with the minutes he did have or to spend the offseason falling out of competitive shape. So once the decision was made to not have them both on the floor at the same time due to ineffectiveness, who do you go with? Do you go with the guy who has already spent 2 years with team, showed up in shape, and was at least playing his guts out (although Culver would wane in that hustle well after Oscar started losing minutes)? Or do you go with the guy who has potential, but is playing like an ineffective prima donna? There is no doubt that in the first part of the 2020 - 2021 season Culver was the FAR better player. Despite Oscar having the clearly greater potential and him finally living up to that potential this year does not discount how badly he played and poorly he handled himself the year before. [/QUOTE]

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