By no means am I giving up on the season, however I've see some systemic issues stemming from the team's lack of depth the past two season where we've had trouble finishing close games, becoming too reliant on a couple of scorers and with foul trouble on key guys.
Collins is an extremely competitive guy and wants to win every game, I get that. However, I wonder if playing such a short rotation in every close game is neglecting the big picture for our program. The starters seem to get run into the ground with fatigue and the young guys stuck on the bench seem to stunt their development, only furthering the need for Collins to play his top guys.
Collins' first recruiting class was good, no doubt about it, but a lot of those guys played by necessity and had the chance to work through their mistakes. I wonder if we have other young guys on the bench that could develop into much better players by getting some more time to work through things in real live games thereby giving the team some much needed depth. Maybe taking one step back could lead to two steps forward... just a thought.
Collins is an extremely competitive guy and wants to win every game, I get that. However, I wonder if playing such a short rotation in every close game is neglecting the big picture for our program. The starters seem to get run into the ground with fatigue and the young guys stuck on the bench seem to stunt their development, only furthering the need for Collins to play his top guys.
Collins' first recruiting class was good, no doubt about it, but a lot of those guys played by necessity and had the chance to work through their mistakes. I wonder if we have other young guys on the bench that could develop into much better players by getting some more time to work through things in real live games thereby giving the team some much needed depth. Maybe taking one step back could lead to two steps forward... just a thought.