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View Poll Results: What will be the outcome of the Wichita State game? | |||
UC wins by 10+ | 5 | 17.24% | |
UC wins by 7-9 | 9 | 31.03% | |
UC wins by 4-6 | 5 | 17.24% | |
UC wins by 1-3 | 3 | 10.34% | |
Wichita State wins | 7 | 24.14% | |
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02-22-2018, 04:16 PM | #511 | |
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I get that Cronin has reasons for what he does but if there are matchups where Kyle is only good for 17 minutes and Cane for 6...and other players are better in his mind...then we aren't going far in the dance. |
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02-22-2018, 04:25 PM | #512 | |
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the games where he was a turnover machine he got the minutes. the other 2 games he only had 1. its, i dont know, strange i guess you could say. you never know exactly what is going to make mick bench a guy. |
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02-22-2018, 04:28 PM | #513 | |
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And that's just offense. I think the main reason Kyle and Cane don't both play more than 20 minutes most games is because they're both prone to defensive lapses. Cronin only plays them together 13.7% of the time. A defensive coach is not going to have much patience for multiple players giving up easy looks. And I'm not sure having them both out there together would help our offense enough to overcome that. They both create with the ball in their hands, and aren't looking for the next pass first. It's good to have at least one player like that, but in my opinion you get decreasing returns from additional similar players on the floor at the same time. Anyway, there's lots of arguments to be made about our rotations. I think it's a little ridiculous to call Cronin stubborn because he doesn't have the same opinion as the consensus here. Truly being stubborn would mean continuing with his strategy despite a known alternative being clearly superior. We don't know that the alternative is superior. It might be worse. It's up to a coach to determine that through analysis and practice time. He might be wrong, but I don't blame him too much for his decisions with a team ranked #6 in efficiency. If Cronin is stubborn, I think all coaches are. |
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02-22-2018, 04:28 PM | #514 | |
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and to go further on this. Gary has 7 turnovers in those games Cumberland has 8 turnovers in those games Evans has 13 turnovers in those games Those guys HAVE to play better. And most of those turnovers from memory are just sloppy plays, not necessarily forced turnovers. there are many problems from our loses. It's not simply a minute distribution thing. hopefully we were just getting the bad ones out of the way! |
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02-22-2018, 04:50 PM | #515 | |
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With Kyle we usually have a pretty good idea why he sits. With Cane we have to wonder especially after he reduced his turnovers. Many people thought that was the big issue. Obviously there is more to it. |
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02-22-2018, 05:53 PM | #516 | |
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02-22-2018, 06:00 PM | #517 |
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6 minutes is an extreme case. I think something else was going on aside from just performance and strategy.
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02-24-2018, 01:45 PM | #518 |
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I truly just think with the way the game was being played with Houston being overly physical and grabbing and pushing, Cronin wanted his strongest players and wanted length. When Cane got in he made bad mistakes quick and that rubs Cronin the wrong way. Couple that with him saying Broome hadn't been practicing hard and it's not too hard to see why Cronin didn't go with him. And Cane hadn't been exactly lighting it up offensively since his injury. He gave the minutes to Moore, not Jenifer so it's not like he's playing favorites as some want to suggest.
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