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(12-10-2022 11:00 PM)eroc Wrote:  

(12-10-2022 07:37 PM)BearcatMan Wrote:  My wife, a former Division 1 basketball player, is apoplectic that she has to watch him for potentially a whole other year. She may hate him more than any human being alive simply because he makes more fundamental errors than our 8 year old nephew.

My BIL is a UNC guy and says that JD's playing time might be a legacy of his Dean Smith/Roy Williams days. They played vets over younger talent if the vets offered better decision-making or were better on defense. i don't know if Coach Miller doesn't trust the froshes but he clearly trusts JD, for better or for worse.

FWIW, i don't recall JD taking a shot in the second half. Yes, he committed a very costly turnover but he also grabbed a few boards, so whatever messaging sending was conducted at half probably reached him. All that being said, he's a colossal liability on defense and will likely remain so. He's, at best, a 6th man off the bench.

i mentioned Coach Miller should probably get more Jarrett more minutes for defense and rebounding. He'll be no worse on offense. That doesn't necessarily mean that JD has to be demoted from the starting lineup. it would be largely ceremonial but it's still something that Coach can offer him as a consolation to a cut in minutes.

I think Wes feels a strong loyalty to JD. When Wes came in the big news was that JD was staying while all the transfers were happening. He was the guy we were going to build around. Now you can see we are better without him. Have to sit him. Feels like a stab in the back with him showing so much loyalty...This is what I gather is going on in Wes head.