re: Jalen Cook is a good player, but

People were wondering why Gaines played over Cook. When you’ve got Cam Thomas and Javonte Smart, the last thing you need is a ball dominant guard trying to force shots to pad stats.

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ball dominant guard trying to force shots to pad stats

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Feels accurate.

Would have been better if Cook hit some shots!

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shotmaking

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What’s his stat line the last 4 games? Ward is a more consistent outside threat & Wright is a more consistent general threat.

Ward not starting and playing big minutes is pure stupidity. Also another poor coaching decision.

He was FOUR of fricking THIRTEEN so yes I guess he technically hit some. Coaches fault he had the second worst night from the field. Just edging out Ward who didn’t hit a field goal.

My guy, do you know how hard it is to go 1-4 every possession? To be playing driveway basketball when the other team is playing high level SEC basketball? The players can’t just go out there and do it all alone. For decades our fans understood this but now that MM is here every standard and all common sense has been tossed out the window.

Fair.

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What’s his stat line the last 4 games? Ward is a more consistent outside threat & Wright is a more consistent general threat.

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Ward should play more than he does but he’s mostly been a catch and shoot 3 guy so far this year. I do like how he and Mike Williams are developing. When we need offense I’d like to see McMahon say frick it and play Cook/Williams/Ward/Wright together and try to hit people with a barrage of 3’s

Wright is better than Cook. The issue is that Wright and Cook are far and way out two best offensive initiators and it puts a ton of pressure on them.

What’s funny is you thinking you know more ball than people that do it for a living. You speak in generalities. You never break shite down either. I’ve never claimed to be an expert, in fact I know very little about X’s and O’s of basketball and will never claim to know it.

But one thing I do know is that a coach of a D1 program knows more about ball and his personnel than some fricking dipshit that posts on the Internet and is ate up with culture war bullshite all the time like you.

But that’s what separates us, I’m at least man enough to acknowledge my shortcomings. You are just some random dickhead that thinks he knows everything