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(02-02-2018 01:35 PM)Blazer88 Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 01:25 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 01:18 PM)UABfan1 Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 12:38 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 12:25 PM)TheGORILLA Wrote:  This team wins much more consistently when there are more players in the rotation, particularly, Gueye, Lavender, Sullivan, and Perry, and in no particular order. Also, I believe that all four of those players help this team in one way or another, DEFENSIVELY! All four are physically athletic, so to speak. I have noticed that the nine players that Ehsan plays for the most part are becoming more coherent with each other, team wise, on both ends of the court as Ehsan has them in the game in different combinations. They are playing with more confidence as a team and less apprehension, on both ends of the court. Has anyone else noticed that?

+1


Shouldve been developed this bench by now, even with Smallwood. We need these guys if we want to win the tournament. Losing three out of your last five should open things up more.

Yes, lets bench coke so smallwood can play more.

SMH.

I didn't say that, lol but it could be more beneficial since you have one for eight games and the other for 40 games.

I guess the best way for Thomas to improve is watching UAB basketball lol

SMH

Smallwood should never see the floor, he’s awful

(02-02-2018 01:37 PM)UABfan1 Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 01:25 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 01:18 PM)UABfan1 Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 12:38 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 12:25 PM)TheGORILLA Wrote:  This team wins much more consistently when there are more players in the rotation, particularly, Gueye, Lavender, Sullivan, and Perry, and in no particular order. Also, I believe that all four of those players help this team in one way or another, DEFENSIVELY! All four are physically athletic, so to speak. I have noticed that the nine players that Ehsan plays for the most part are becoming more coherent with each other, team wise, on both ends of the court as Ehsan has them in the game in different combinations. They are playing with more confidence as a team and less apprehension, on both ends of the court. Has anyone else noticed that?

+1


Shouldve been developed this bench by now, even with Smallwood. We need these guys if we want to win the tournament. Losing three out of your last five should open things up more.

Yes, lets bench coke so smallwood can play more.

SMH.

I didn't say that, lol but it could be more beneficial since you have one for eight games and the other for 40 games.

I guess the best way for Thomas to improve is watching UAB basketball lol

SMH

Have you seen him play ?
Prediction. He will never be good enough to see playing time in close games at UAB. (This is from watching him for 3 years)

(02-02-2018 01:39 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  Smallwood hasn't killed anyone or gone out drunk driving in the town while smoking funny cigarettes.

Not every player is going to play all the time & some get very little time.

They can still contribute to the team, work on being great student athletes, etc.

I'm sold, Thomas is terrible. Why did we even offer him.

smallwood seem better this year ,,,,not a starter but he can get a couple of minutes when we play zone

Seven deep won't get them a trophy. They don't have the defensive "capacity" to endure three or four games in the conference tournament. They darn well better be nine deep by the time conference tournament comes around.

(02-02-2018 02:10 PM)BlazerGold09 Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 01:17 PM)UABfan1 Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 12:37 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 12:25 PM)TheGORILLA Wrote:  This team wins much more consistently when there are more players in the rotation, particularly, Gueye, Lavender, Sullivan, and Perry, and in no particular order. Also, I believe that all four of those players help this team in one way or another, DEFENSIVELY! All four are physically athletic, so to speak. I have noticed that the nine players that Ehsan plays for the most part are becoming more coherent with each other, team wise, on both ends of the court as Ehsan has them in the game in different combinations. They are playing with more confidence as a team and less apprehension, on both ends of the court. Has anyone else noticed that?

The only way I would advocate playing the bench as much as you seem to do would be if Ehsan put Conley, Lee, Norton and Bryant on the bench.

Its easy to go 9 deep when you are playing a lousy team.

In close games, I fail to see any situation, other than severe foul trouble where Gueye helps more than the guy he is benching.

Developing a deep bench sounds great in theory. But we need to win games to get the 4 seed.
Sullivan is great. And he is getting plenty of minutes and will get a ton next year.

Gueye might be ready for 15 minutes a game next year if he puts on 20 pounds and learns to rebound & block shots.

Im sorry but he is a project. We need him to fill out & get better and he will over time. We can't risk games because you want him to get extra minutes even though he is not ready for them yet.

Lavender played great last night. But, its likely he wont return next year. So he should not be awarded playing time over returning players who have more complete games. (Unless someone is in foul trouble or the game is over)

Spot on. Seven deep is sufficient.

We can go 8 if Lavender is the 8th man. We will need him again before the year is over. I've wondered if he is a better defender than Perry or Nate.

I really expected him to play more than he has. But, I didn't believe Scootie would be as good as he clearly is. Or was. He hasn't played as well of late.

I cant understand why Gorilla insists on going so deep.

Gene almost never went 9 deep. Seems like he only went 7 deep at times.

And I think we probably have more timeouts now.

(02-02-2018 05:08 PM)TheGORILLA Wrote:  Seven deep won't get them a trophy. They don't have the defensive "capacity" to endure three or four games in the conference tournament. They darn well better be nine deep by the time conference tournament comes around.

Gueye is a liability compared to any of the 8 guys above him. So unless we have severe foul trouble, I would not be playing him when the game is on the line. And I think the coaching staff agrees with me.

I'm not saying he is never going to get better. He will. But not over the next few weeks.

(02-02-2018 05:23 PM)UABfan1 Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 02:10 PM)BlazerGold09 Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 01:17 PM)UABfan1 Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 12:37 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 12:25 PM)TheGORILLA Wrote:  This team wins much more consistently when there are more players in the rotation, particularly, Gueye, Lavender, Sullivan, and Perry, and in no particular order. Also, I believe that all four of those players help this team in one way or another, DEFENSIVELY! All four are physically athletic, so to speak. I have noticed that the nine players that Ehsan plays for the most part are becoming more coherent with each other, team wise, on both ends of the court as Ehsan has them in the game in different combinations. They are playing with more confidence as a team and less apprehension, on both ends of the court. Has anyone else noticed that?

The only way I would advocate playing the bench as much as you seem to do would be if Ehsan put Conley, Lee, Norton and Bryant on the bench.

Its easy to go 9 deep when you are playing a lousy team.

In close games, I fail to see any situation, other than severe foul trouble where Gueye helps more than the guy he is benching.

Developing a deep bench sounds great in theory. But we need to win games to get the 4 seed.
Sullivan is great. And he is getting plenty of minutes and will get a ton next year.

Gueye might be ready for 15 minutes a game next year if he puts on 20 pounds and learns to rebound & block shots.

Im sorry but he is a project. We need him to fill out & get better and he will over time. We can't risk games because you want him to get extra minutes even though he is not ready for them yet.

Lavender played great last night. But, its likely he wont return next year. So he should not be awarded playing time over returning players who have more complete games. (Unless someone is in foul trouble or the game is over)

Spot on. Seven deep is sufficient.

We can go 8 if Lavender is the 8th man. We will need him again before the year is over. I've wondered if he is a better defender than Perry or Nate.

I really expected him to play more than he has. But, I didn't believe Scootie would be as good as he clearly is. Or was. He hasn't played as well of late.

I cant understand why Gorilla insists on going so deep.

Gene almost never went 9 deep. Seems like he only went 7 deep at times.

And I think we probably have more timeouts now.

Yeah right.

We should be 9-10 deep, 11 even.


Keep running this 7 deep and see where we end up.


I've said you are as good as your top seven guys. There's no way you just play seven that's stupid.

(02-02-2018 05:30 PM)UABfan1 Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 05:08 PM)TheGORILLA Wrote:  Seven deep won't get them a trophy. They don't have the defensive "capacity" to endure three or four games in the conference tournament. They darn well better be nine deep by the time conference tournament comes around.

Gueye is a liability compared to any of the 8 guys above him. So unless we have severe foul trouble, I would not be playing him when the game is on the line. And I think the coaching staff agrees with me.

I'm not saying he is never going to get better. He will. But not over the next few weeks.

What has this staff accomplished again besides keeping the team together.

(02-02-2018 06:02 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 05:23 PM)UABfan1 Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 02:10 PM)BlazerGold09 Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 01:17 PM)UABfan1 Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 12:37 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  The only way I would advocate playing the bench as much as you seem to do would be if Ehsan put Conley, Lee, Norton and Bryant on the bench.

Its easy to go 9 deep when you are playing a lousy team.

In close games, I fail to see any situation, other than severe foul trouble where Gueye helps more than the guy he is benching.

Developing a deep bench sounds great in theory. But we need to win games to get the 4 seed.
Sullivan is great. And he is getting plenty of minutes and will get a ton next year.

Gueye might be ready for 15 minutes a game next year if he puts on 20 pounds and learns to rebound & block shots.

Im sorry but he is a project. We need him to fill out & get better and he will over time. We can't risk games because you want him to get extra minutes even though he is not ready for them yet.

Lavender played great last night. But, its likely he wont return next year. So he should not be awarded playing time over returning players who have more complete games. (Unless someone is in foul trouble or the game is over)

Spot on. Seven deep is sufficient.

We can go 8 if Lavender is the 8th man. We will need him again before the year is over. I've wondered if he is a better defender than Perry or Nate.

I really expected him to play more than he has. But, I didn't believe Scootie would be as good as he clearly is. Or was. He hasn't played as well of late.

I cant understand why Gorilla insists on going so deep.

Gene almost never went 9 deep. Seems like he only went 7 deep at times.

And I think we probably have more timeouts now.

Yeah right.

We should be 9-10 deep, 11 even.


Keep running this 7 deep and see where we end up.


I've said you are as good as your top seven guys. There's no way you just play seven that's stupid.

So you believe we should go 11 deep no matter the quality of the player. Like I said. Quantum physics.

(02-02-2018 06:15 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 06:02 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 05:23 PM)UABfan1 Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 02:10 PM)BlazerGold09 Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 01:17 PM)UABfan1 Wrote:  Its easy to go 9 deep when you are playing a lousy team.

In close games, I fail to see any situation, other than severe foul trouble where Gueye helps more than the guy he is benching.

Developing a deep bench sounds great in theory. But we need to win games to get the 4 seed.
Sullivan is great. And he is getting plenty of minutes and will get a ton next year.

Gueye might be ready for 15 minutes a game next year if he puts on 20 pounds and learns to rebound & block shots.

Im sorry but he is a project. We need him to fill out & get better and he will over time. We can't risk games because you want him to get extra minutes even though he is not ready for them yet.

Lavender played great last night. But, its likely he wont return next year. So he should not be awarded playing time over returning players who have more complete games. (Unless someone is in foul trouble or the game is over)

Spot on. Seven deep is sufficient.

We can go 8 if Lavender is the 8th man. We will need him again before the year is over. I've wondered if he is a better defender than Perry or Nate.

I really expected him to play more than he has. But, I didn't believe Scootie would be as good as he clearly is. Or was. He hasn't played as well of late.

I cant understand why Gorilla insists on going so deep.

Gene almost never went 9 deep. Seems like he only went 7 deep at times.

And I think we probably have more timeouts now.

Yeah right.

We should be 9-10 deep, 11 even.


Keep running this 7 deep and see where we end up.


I've said you are as good as your top seven guys. There's no way you just play seven that's stupid.

So you believe we should go 11 deep no matter the quality of the player. Like I said. Quantum physics.

He just keeps making himself look worse with every stupid post.

Yes, lets play Hunter Reynolds every game. lol

Well, It should be noted that as far as I can tell, Hunter Reynolds is the only player in UAB history that is 100% from the field. 2 of 2. We should keep getting him the ball since it is obvious that he can't miss since he never has.

(02-02-2018 06:15 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 06:02 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 05:23 PM)UABfan1 Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 02:10 PM)BlazerGold09 Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 01:17 PM)UABfan1 Wrote:  Its easy to go 9 deep when you are playing a lousy team.

In close games, I fail to see any situation, other than severe foul trouble where Gueye helps more than the guy he is benching.

Developing a deep bench sounds great in theory. But we need to win games to get the 4 seed.
Sullivan is great. And he is getting plenty of minutes and will get a ton next year.

Gueye might be ready for 15 minutes a game next year if he puts on 20 pounds and learns to rebound & block shots.

Im sorry but he is a project. We need him to fill out & get better and he will over time. We can't risk games because you want him to get extra minutes even though he is not ready for them yet.

Lavender played great last night. But, its likely he wont return next year. So he should not be awarded playing time over returning players who have more complete games. (Unless someone is in foul trouble or the game is over)

Spot on. Seven deep is sufficient.

We can go 8 if Lavender is the 8th man. We will need him again before the year is over. I've wondered if he is a better defender than Perry or Nate.

I really expected him to play more than he has. But, I didn't believe Scootie would be as good as he clearly is. Or was. He hasn't played as well of late.

I cant understand why Gorilla insists on going so deep.

Gene almost never went 9 deep. Seems like he only went 7 deep at times.

And I think we probably have more timeouts now.

Yeah right.

We should be 9-10 deep, 11 even.


Keep running this 7 deep and see where we end up.


I've said you are as good as your top seven guys. There's no way you just play seven that's stupid.

So you believe we should go 11 deep no matter the quality of the player. Like I said. Quantum physics.

(02-02-2018 06:51 PM)UABfan1 Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 06:15 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 06:02 PM)Big Dee Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 05:23 PM)UABfan1 Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 02:10 PM)BlazerGold09 Wrote:  Spot on. Seven deep is sufficient.

We can go 8 if Lavender is the 8th man. We will need him again before the year is over. I've wondered if he is a better defender than Perry or Nate.

I really expected him to play more than he has. But, I didn't believe Scootie would be as good as he clearly is. Or was. He hasn't played as well of late.

I cant understand why Gorilla insists on going so deep.

Gene almost never went 9 deep. Seems like he only went 7 deep at times.

And I think we probably have more timeouts now.

Yeah right.

We should be 9-10 deep, 11 even.


Keep running this 7 deep and see where we end up.


I've said you are as good as your top seven guys. There's no way you just play seven that's stupid.

So you believe we should go 11 deep no matter the quality of the player. Like I said. Quantum physics.

He just keeps making himself look worse with every stupid post.

Yes, lets play Hunter Reynolds every game. lol

Yes because a good number of teams go 8-9 deep in different leagues. Some have talent to go deeper. Some teams play multiple true point guards we dont. I think all 11 scholarship guys are quality players. Quantum physics lol