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(03-22-2018 10:09 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

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(03-22-2018 07:42 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  Marshall had Elmore, Burks, Watson, and West in the backcourt. While they shoot a lot of threes (west shot 41%, watson 36%) they also like guys that can drive to the hoop. That isnsomething beither Hueitt or Godwin do at this point. Im not sure either would have played that much as 5th guard.

What Godwin and Hueitt can do is not likely something that any of us can factually say at this point based upon the very limited amount of time they have been shown to us. One thing we do know is that both were recruited primarily due to their 3 point shooting prowess, and Dantoni loves those kind of players.

COntrary to popular belief, but I would guess those 2 werent tearing it up in practice, earning playing time.

Couldn't you realistically have just said that you guess they weren't doing as well at practice in the man-to-man defense as Jeff requires? Seems that Jeff's track record of playing non-offensive players Taylor and Baker for the past 3-4 years would tend to be significant evidence of where his priorities lie. He has to find some balance or ODU might end up finding itself in an important game where they fail to even score 50 points. Oh wait ... that just happened.

I remember reading in the Pilot how Godwin was draining 3 pointers from the corner in practice while playing on the scout team against the starters. Again, it would appear that end of the court carries far less weight in practice with Jeff. He probably just got upset with one of his starters at that practice (probably Randy) for letting Godwin score.

You seem to think its scheme related, I do not. I also do not believe they were killing it on the offensive end and just couldnt get in the game. Those 2 freshman will be fine, but that doesn mean they are hotshots from the start.

If anyone believed the freshman would have come in and lot it up offensively, they would have played.

That's your opinion. Jeff's history at ODU tells a different story -

Name a strong defensive player at ODU that Jeff has ever played sparingly, or even as a reserve, while he instead played a much better offensive player at that position?

Also, there is a big gap between "lighting it up" and simply providing offense when it is much needed - as in 49 points. Why is it so often a choice between one extreme or another with you? The right answer is usually somewhere in the middle.

No one has said that they (Godwin or Hueitt) are hotshots (whatever that is supposed to mean).