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(12-04-2019 06:41 PM)Monarchblue Wrote:  

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(12-04-2019 12:07 PM)odu09 Wrote:  If you could have Robinson on this team right now, would you take him?

The answer should be yes. Kalu isn't improving and Dickens can't hang. AC is just a smaller Robinson.

I would certainly take Robinson over a couple scholarships that we have on the roster this year but would it make an impact on the team....no.

LOL. Sure it would make an impact on the team this year. It would take Dickens out of the starting lineup and send him to the bench same as it did last season.

Since you love stats, here's some head to head stats for comparison -

Robinson - 9 minutes, 2.3 points, 2.1 rebounds, 53.3% shooting.
Dickens - 15.6 minutes, 3.3 points, 2.3 rebounds, 44.4% shooting.
Ezikpe - 14.4 minutes, 5.2 points, 3.2 rebounds, 43.2 % shooting.

Not a lot of difference in the "stats". Only thing is that Robinson did most all of his against the starters of the other team whereas the other two guys came off the bench. Robinson shot a much higher percentage, and managed comparable scoring and rebounding averages in far less time on the court.

I'd also point out that if he played on this season's team he would probably have a higher scoring average since he would not be playing as only the 3rd or 4th scoring option behind BJ and Caver who collectively averaged 33.4 points on a low scoring team. The shots and points are there to be had this season for Dickens and Ezikpe. They just aren't taking advantage of it well enough. I'm sure Jeff wishes they COULD score more than they are.

So what does being the 7th scoring option on a low scoring team get you?

Don't get all the focus on bigs. They have never played a meaningful role on any of JJ's teams. Stats or not, the reason we are bad this year has nothing to do with the loss of Robinson, or the lack of offensive production in the post.

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Just after last season ended Jeff was on the radio with Ted and Dave talking about ODU going forward towards this current season. Jeff stated that "we need to improve our post presence next season". But what does he know about it, right?

As it stands today, it appears that it went in the opposite direction, unless you consider replacing his senior starter with a smaller, freshman, foreigner that is too injured to play at all as being an improvement.