Quickie story on Pardon
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At least the plan this year already was not to redshirt Benson; last year the original plan for Pardon was different.
Last year NU had two very experienced Centers in Olah and Joey. Not so this season......
That's true. Though it seems like Benson may be further away from contributing this year than Pardon was last year. We'll see. Maybe Fitz can teach Collins how to "accelerate" his players' development.
My positive side - Get by Dayton, get Pardon back and they can survive this. They might even be able to get to January 15 with only one more loss if they beat Dayton.
My realistic side - Fu%*ing Northwestern. Unbelievable.
My realistic side - Fu%*ing Northwestern. Unbelievable.
It is still a month before Pardon first game last year. Benson has about 6 games to get experience in. DePaul and Dayton will be challenges but who else? Benson gets to adjust to the speed of the game. Something that Pardon did not get to do before BIG games
That's true. But Pardon managed to come in and play well -- his first game was unbelievable -- without any playing time prior to his first game.
I think the biggest challenge with Benson will be staying out of foul trouble. With Skelly and him logging big minutes, those 10 fouls could get used up quickly.
The rest of the non-con schedule isn't imposing, other than Dayton (I'm hoping that DePaul isn't much of a challenge). I just hope that he is able to come back when they re-evaluate him at the end of the December. That's the best case, remember, and NU basketball history is founded on worst-case scenarios. The other thing is that he isn't going to just bounce back and be 100 percent after a month off. It's gonna take some time. Luckily, other than MSU, NU's early Big Ten schedule is soft.
Just saying when Pardon played that first game, no one knew how to defend him. The next several games they had seen him and had a better idea and then he started having foul problems as most Frosh do from lack of strength or not ready for the speed of the game. He became sort of pedestrian. But by the end of the season, Olah and Joey were both back and they were less dependent on him and he was better at letting the game come to him. Right now Benson has half a dozen games or so where he can get up to speed and game conditioning and get some of the Frosh mistakes behind him so he can be a more viable backup when the BIG season starts (hopefully by then, Pardon will be getting ready to come back.
Well put. Listening to Collins' interview today, he sees it the same way: a great opportunity for Barret to get experience. Chris said he has been telling him not to try to do too much, just do the stuff he can do because they have a lot of other weapons.
Collins took pains yesterday to point out DePaul beat NU two seasons ago in WRA, and the 2015 game went to OT. Could be a difficult game just because NU is depleted up front.
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He's just being an a--. Talk about people who need to be disciplined, you don't need to look any further.
I don't think leaping ability is all that critical at Center. I think blocking a 320 lb. nose tackle is more important.
Just saying when Pardon played that first game, no one knew how to defend him. The next several games they had seen him and had a better idea and then he started having foul problems as most Frosh do from lack of strength or not ready for the speed of the game. These next several games give him that chance to get up to speed prior to the BIG season, an advantage that Pardon did not have. He still will not be a strong as he needs to be but he will be at game speed and game conditioning and likely able to handle meaningful minutes as Pardon rounds back into form.
I bet he bounces back pretty quickly. He'll be able to do cardio right away I'd think, so he should stay in decent shape. Its not like he's a big shooter for us, so he won't need to get his shot back. He's a high energy guy who battles for rebounds and gets dunks. I bet that doesn't fall off too much.
That is a good point , he should be able to work alone on his shooting early on with some assistance catching the ball. There should be lots of things he can do even with his injured hand that won't be weight bearing.
Does Ash's mom know you are stalking her son on internet message boards?
But DePaul barely has anybody taller than Sanjay up front. I believe we'll be fine unless we play our worst game of the season.
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