And why our freshmen are plastered to the bench? This season the rotations by Collins have often been impossible to fathom.
Can someone tell me why Blake Smith is in the game?
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I thought the moment they started double teaming KJ should have been in. Not so much a Smith or not thing, but just better ball handling.
Smith is 6 ft 7 and the guy he's guarding is like 6'3 so I think that was the logic but it didn't work out
I mean, yeah, but when he’s so egregiously bad on offense, and makes two of those most inexcusable defensive mistakes, I can’t fathom what played into that decision.
Uh…don’t think Collins expected him to make those fouls.
I really like Blake Smith’s attitude and I’m sure he is a great person but he was an utter disaster on both offense and defense down the stretch. It was borderline criminal negligence by Collins to not take him out for Windham or Ciaravino. We would have won that game by 6 or more if not for that. I mean I get it trust the experienced guy, but at some point when Blake is so clearly shell shocked - terrified to do anything on offense and we are playing literally 4 on 5, and then repeatedly fouling 3 point shooters on defense… I wanted to scream at the screen when he was back in the game for that last possession as I was severely concerned he was going to cost us the game with yet another reckless close out at the buzzer.
Ciaravino and Windham were horrible on D the entire time they played.
I’m hoping that Ciaravino and Windham can be major contributors next year. I don’t blame Collins if they’re not ready. But I struggle to see how they’ll get there by not playing, benched behind Smith.
Collins has put Smith for bits on defense all year. He was good at cutting off the drives all night, and that was the extent of the USC offense, aside from Sljakert.
Ummm. Did you watch Blake Smith compared to those two? His infractions down the stretch? Agree to disagree as to which of them you’d rather have out there, especially when on the other side of the floor it’s literally 4 on 5.
I know Chris is a smart guy and willing to make adjustments after the fact, so we won’t see that insanity next game. But it was pretty incredible that he didn’t make an adjustment down the stretch when Blake was so clearly shell shocked and terrible on the floor the last 4 minutes. At least we got the win. Phew.
And then after 3 bad fouls he still put him back out there for the last possession with 2.9 seconds left. Thankfully Ty was the guy on ball for the inbounds and he swept it away safely.
Last year, a lot of people were clamoring for Blake to be put on scholarship. Now we still get folks acting like it’s some bizarre decision not to play the Freshman. Mullins got abused for weeks here questioning his value. That doesn’t look too smart either. Gelo literally ****ed up badly 3 of the first possessions in the game. He tries hard, but he has been passed in the rotation by Mullins and maybe even Smith. I can’t remember the last time he scored, maybe he hit a bucket in the last couple games, yet Smith gets accused of being scared. Who scored more points today? Which one went to the hoop at least once? Pretty sure if he put up a shot in the last few sequences, he would have been crucified by everyone.
It’s the same thing every year. Freshman flash and then people want to see them more. Barney, Nick, and Big Matt famously went through the learning curve. They weren’t ready either and that turned out pretty good. Maybe just maybe CCC and the staff know what’s best in bringing along the Freshmsn. History says they do.
It’s the same thing every year. Freshman flash and then people want to see them more. Barney, Nick, and Big Matt famously went through the learning curve. They weren’t ready either and that turned out pretty good. Maybe just maybe CCC and the staff know what’s best in bringing along the Freshmsn. History says they do.
In fairness, I’m not sure the first 2 were fouls. But he shouldn’t have been that close to the shooter. 3rd one was crazy dumb.
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