Charts of Doom

I had to repost this to get the chart html to work/

I think we all need to step back and stop jumping on Bone for who he plays. Just because Motum played well last game doesn’t mean he’s guaranteed PT this game. Just because Charlie played well earlier doesn’t mean he’s guaranteed PT now. In the same regards, just because Moore played poorly doesn’t mean he should be benched.

What we forget is that these guys are getting PT for various reasons. One reason is how they perform in practice. It’s pretty clear that if guys aren’t bringing it in practice and aren’t grasping the offense/defense, they aren’t going to see the floor much. Another reason is matchups. Why put a slower big man on the floor when we need athleticism and why put a smaller big out there when we need size. Bone can’t and shouldn’t have a certain group he plays from the bench all the time no matter what. The usual guys are going to get their minutes but nitpicking over bench guys is futile. He’s choosing for a combination of reasons and he, as a coach, is more educated to make these decisions than us at home.

So lay off the coach, he knows what he’s doing. Romar called him one of the more brilliant basketball minds while he was coaching at UW and stated he doesn’t make decisions based on emotion, but instead on calculations and observations. He knows the matchups, knows his teams strengths/weaknesses, and knows the same for the opponent. He has more of a basis being with these guys every day to know who to play in what situation against what matchups. Criticizing him for it without that knowledge is unfair on our part. These moves aren’t snap judgments by any means, knowing what I know about his coaching philosophy.

This site is telling me to go buy KY and link to my twitter. I feel dirty….