Game 29: Purdue Fort Wayne

[raider62]

Feb 20, 2023 9:07:27 GMT -5 wsuwillie said:

We lost because we had a guy play 30 minutes - and less than normal at that - and scored ZERO points on 0-7 shooting with (3) turnovers. 30 minutes when it's been painfully obvious all year long that the guy cannot score. (2) of the 0-7 were on one possession...so that's (9) possessions with no points...none. The +/- has to be crazy negative....


At the end of the first half we clawed back in it with Calvin/Hube/Welage/Noel/Braun...we never saw that lineup again the rest of the game. It's almost like we are allergic to lineups that score more points than the opponent...or we are trying to make a very futile, stubborn point.

Give (5) of Finke's minutes to Welage...(5) to Sisley...and (5) to Braun. The odds are terrific that we get at least (2) points out of that (15) minutes....

I agree with everything you said here, willie. When that lineup went in, I turned to my son and said, "This is our chance to make a run, because this is the lineup that can do it." A couple of times when things were going poorly, we looked at the guys sitting on the bench and just shook our heads. So many weapons being under-utilized, when the status quo clearly isn't working.

The coaching staff has finally got the starting lineup figured out, but the number of minutes played for the core of the team seems to be way off. Calvin and Noel are probably about right, some need a lot less, some need a lot more. If we can see it, why can't the highly paid professionals see it? I don't normally like to criticize coaches because I'm just a fan, and I have no idea what goes on in practice or off the court, but this is getting ridiculous.