SubGod22 wrote:specialsauce wrote:Why wouldn't you want to run a regular rotation against an opponent of that caliber to see how well you stack up? It's a scrimmage? I don't think there would be any game tape made on you.
Because you use these to get better as a whole. Or at least it sounds like Jake and Marshall do. You play everyone and focus a lot on the new guys as they're the ones you really need to evaluate. You gotta find out how they play with others and what they need to do to get better. You get that in a regular practice, but I think it's a lot more clear when you're doing things against those who don't know exactly what you're doing.
This.
Jake knows what he's getting from J-Mo, Klint, Wyatt, Jordan Ashton, and Koch.
He doesn't know how rotations involving Isaiah Brown, Juwan McCloud, Hunter Rhodes, Justin Dahl, Ted Freidman, Spencer Haldeman and Luke McDonnell will shake out in game settings or against top competition. We saw what J-Mo, Klint and Wyatt can do in pressure situations. J-Mo had 36 points, 12 boards, 2 assits, 2 blocks and 3 steals against TAMU with him carrying 90 % of the load for the game. Wyatt stepped in in OT and nailed a stone cold assassin style three pointer. Bennett is going to get his points and boards. Klint? Klint might be the second most valuable player on the team. Jake doesn't need to see those guys to know they can play against the Wisconsin level players of the world. They've been to back to back NCAA tournaments, have a conference tournament title, beating multiple top 5 ranked teams, wins in back to back NCAA tournaments, have made the various all conference lists.
There's not much to gain from rolling them out there for 25 or 20 minutes other than injury risk.
Trial by fire. Want to know how good Isaiah Brown is on the wing or Juwans decision making? Match him up out there with a top 10 team and let it rip. Figure out what needs to be coached and coach it. It's why, if you'd watch the Bemidji State exhibition, you'd have seen some real odd line ups and rotation patterns. I think at one point we may have had 6'11 Koch and 6'11 Dahl on the court together for a short time. Why? See how they play together. I think there was also a time where the biggest player on the court was 6'7 Klint Carlson.
I trust Jake knows what he's doing...he is one of the 5 winningest coaches in MVC history