Game Thread - JMU Scrimmage @ RC - Sat 10/25 6pm

vt4700 said:
Not sure I can agree with that. Heck, I was saying start him as a true freshman because I thought he could be a Tyler type who was ready to play right away. But, if he is not one of our better options and others are ahead of him AND we are winnning, no reason to say he better play. But, if we struggle to win like we did last year, and guys in front of him are not getting it done, I guess we should consider giving him some good minutes and see what we have. But, if he is another GW3 who is not an A-10 level player ( I'm not giving up on him and saying he is), don't play him just to play him.
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I generally agree but no one stood out to me at the 3 Saturday night. So I might take a 6’8” guy there simply for rebounding/defense if the others aren’t gonna generate a ton of offense.

But it was just one game. My guess is Lopez has more to offer.
 
MrTbone said:
The quick hook as an instructional/behavioral modification technique seems dreadful because the hookee rarely gets back in the game. Hard to learn anything useful if you don’t get a chance to show you learned something.
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My thought is that the result is contrary to whatever Moon is trying to achieve. It seems it would be a confidence deflator for the players.
 
*23* said:
You learn with GAME reps, just ask Steph:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1983236619667660813
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It is a good pitch for Davidson, but I don’t see how this is a big win for mid-majors currently. Develop underclassman so that they can get poached by a P5 program. The only way this works is if the P5 has to compensate the team that is losing the player. Of course, the NCAA is not configured to handle this situation.
 
No, I get that Native. I was trying to make the point in regards to Bryson red shirting. And the getting pulled quickly in the exhibition. Not the way to develop IMO.

But on the other note, unfortunately you can't really try to hide guys so they don't get poached. its just like scheduling down to me. You have to go all in every season. That is how high performing mid majors operate. Can't be scare and always trying to plan 2 or 3 years out in this environment because your plan will get blown up anyway.
 
*23* said:
No, I get that Native. I was trying to make the point in regards to Bryson red shirting. And the getting pulled quickly in the exhibition. Not the way to develop IMO.

But on the other note, unfortunately you can't really try to hide guys so they don't get poached. it’s just like scheduling down to me. You have to go all in every season. That is how high performing mid majors operate. Can't be scare and always trying to plan 2 or 3 years out in this environment because your plan will get blown up anyway.
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Playing devil’s advocate, I think a case could be made that the longer you keep the player on campus the better the chance you have keeping the player. This is because life happens. Perhaps a significant other enters the equation, other friends, liking the professors, etc. To me this is especially true for “great college players” that aren’t good enough to make it in the NBA (ie the types of players the mid-majors have a real shot at).

Plus, if one redshirts and you still get some amount of pay then you aren’t losing any eligibility and can work to develop at least physically which some of these players definitely need to do. I just don’t think there is a one size fits all solution.

All of that aside, the hook for a nerves play in an exhibition is unexplainable.
 
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