Originally posted by blue_kentucky_boy:
Originally posted by UKWildcats#8:
Originally posted by Hoskins91:
How would the platoon help? The problem is we have no offense. The defense continues to be fine. Teams are game planning to take away our advantages and we aren't adjusting well.
Because DJ and Lee are offensive juggernauts and will make our team start scoring at will platoon style baby!
Less minutes for Towns and WCS is the way to go for this bunch clearly.
I agree with you, sarcasm above lol
While taking minutes away from better players seems like a problem, many would argue that the benefit you're getting from a fresh WCS/Towns/Johnson/Lee for 40 mins is greater than WCS and Towns playing 30+ minutes and suffering fatigue.
The evidence to base this on is that the team was steamrolling opponents both in the Bahamas and the early part of the schedule using the 5-in, 5-out strategy. We've been getting away from it more and more each game since Poy went out and our margin of victory has been steadily decreasing - the last two games obviously being the worst. I just don't get why you would want to go away from something that helped get the team off to a historically good start unless you think they will get even better. Personally, I don't think the top 8 on this team are better than the top 8 on the 2010 and 2012 squads. We were getting better results than those teams using the platoon strategy.. Without it, our ceiling is a little less than theirs in my honest opinion.
I look for us to win by 12-15 tonight if Cal continues to use the 8.5 man rotation. Still a double-digit win, but nowhere near the 28-point spread Vegas originally determined using our results from the early part of the season.
The problem is that if we had played the inferior player more in the last few games we would be playing from behind when the main guys come back in.
Our defense against a&m was great, I don't get why people are complaining about it. I'd also credit the Ole Miss game more to them just playing out of their minds rather than us not doing well on D. We've always come out slowly against teams that we should roll easily, the problem is that these teams are good enough to force you to have to give consistent effort, instead of just turning it on in the last 10 minutes.
We've not been very impressive on offense all year, and teams are starting to take away the few things we are good at, mainly our size advantage. They are swarming anyone who gets the ball in the paint, and our bigs are not doing a good job of reacting. Other teams are also gang rebounding, which nullifies our advantage on the boards. They are forcing our guards to score, and unless we are hitting threes, they struggle to do so. This is exactly how UConn beat us in the title game last year. Our field goal percentage inside the 3-point line has been garbage the last few games. We've luckily been hitting threes and free throws. With our defense, that has been enough to get by.
The improvements need to come on offense, and I don't see how playing everybody 20 minutes a game is going to change our poor performance on that end. Several of our guys just are not good offensive players, and that is not going to change by the end of the season. It is wrong to assume just because something happens after an action, that it must have been a direct result of that action.
