Elliot played lights out when he got the chance. Only twice have I thought a player deserved more time and it was Elliot and jeter. When they got it they played well.. Plumlee came into this year ready to play and when Amile went down we (should of) tried to develop Jeter more. Sure you "develop" in practice but nothing is the same as real game time. I watch a lot of high school ball and it kills me when they move a freshman up or sophomore and they sit in the bench.. Even though they get to practice with the team doesn't mean they develop. Missing that JV game time often stunts a good players development. Same case here to me.. To each their own though we can have a difference in opinion doesn't bother me
Why would you think Jeter's lack of PT had anything to do w/ whether anyone attempted to develop him? You think there was some discussion where Scheyer said, "Hey, do you think maybe we oughta maybe kinda think about developing Jeter?" and K, Capel, and Nate all answered in unison, "No! We will
not try to develop Jeter!" Is that how you think it went down?
I think you have the "when they got [PT] they played well" thing backward... and not just backward, but mind-numbingly, infuriatingly backward. You act as if PT is just some random thing, and that one day K just flips a coin and says, "Hey, let's see what Chase can do," and he plays well and it means he
always could
have -- no,
would have -- played well, if only K had even attempted to see what he could do instead of never ever ever even considering him. That's just an insultingly ridiculous assumption I cannot and will not respect for even a second. Chase, like Elliot, got PT when he was ready for it, and
then played well. Why would you assume instead that the all-time winningest coach in the history of college basketball is that freakin' dumb?
If you want to say you wish K played a deeper rotation earlier in the season, fine. That's a stylistic choice where you prefer Roy Williams, and his approach has also proven to work out more often than not. Fine. But to claim that getting PT proves you were ready, and proves you were ready
retroactively, as opposed to getting the PT when you've proven you are
now ready, is essentially insinuating K is just that dumb.
Chase played a total of 27 minutes in January. He missed the only FGA he took, hit 2 of 4 FTs, had 3 rebounds, 1 block, 2 turnovers, 14 fouls, and a total of 2 points. Between that and practice, the latter of which you don't get to see, what leads anyone to believe he should
have been playing more then, other than this unfalsifiable but insulting theory that he "would
've, could
've, should
've"? In February he played 61 minutes, went 5-9 from the field and 4-7 from the line for a grand total of 14 points. He had 15 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 1 steal, 12 turnovers, and 3 fouls. That's a huge improvement. Again, why would you assume to know better than the GOAT that the magical fix was just being arbitrarily given more PT, as opposed to his
earning more PT through improved practices? Frankly, you insult K
and Chase when you say that, b/c Chase has shown great perseverance and improvement, but you would ignore that in favor of second guessing K in an area where you have a complete lack of data to do so.
