You spread the minutes out.

[Mslacat]

OK there has been about 4 threads supporting this or that big man for getting more minutes. Well the Griz enviable position of having a dearth of quality (and young) big men, and only 80 minutes of playing time. To start with you have the consensus best big men in the league in Andrew Strait, and when you have the best big guy you have to play him, I don't see how someone can justify him not getting 33-36 minutes a game (OK less in blow outs but on average), then you have NCAA sweetheart Hasquet . The way he played the last half of the season he is going to have to command major minutes also. Then you need to add a JC all American in Chase, and returnees Chavez, Sharp, and freshman Vanderjact (who buy his own choice will not redshirt). So all of you who do not think their favorite player is getting enough PT, tell us how you feel the minutes should be divvied up? Remember there are only 80 minutes available in any game. Before anyone starts bringing up the talk that a few players could play small forward I will give you 10 more minutes, and I will not bring up anything about Douhly playing some at Power forward last year.

So hear is your 80 minutes (if you use 90 tell us who would play some at small forward)

Example:

Strait = 33 Minutes
Hasquet = 28 Minuets
Chavez = 13 minutes (10 @ small forward)
Sharp = 4 minutes
Chase = 11 minutes
Vanderjact = 1 minutes

BTW I don’t think I have given Strait and Hasquet enough time.

My point is it is easy to say Gus Chase deserves 20-30 minutes a game, but where does the time come from? It is a wonderful problem to have, but this is the down side of having so many players at a given position(s) with talent to contribute. This will become an advantage when the season progresses and the little injuries pop up or guys have cold spells, but multiple players may not get the minutes they could have on a team with less depth.

BTW Think about next year, you lose Chavez, but all of the bench plus Selvig and Qvale will be looking fro his minutes. I can see Qvale redshirting in an instant, but Selvig........

Such a problem to have!

 

[IamYou]

I'd like to encourage the rest of posters to strictly stick to the 4-5 spots as mslacat suggested but the way this team is, I can't do it as there are so many interchangable positions the players can play.

1- Ellis 30, Martin 10
2- Dloughy 15, Swift 15, Martin 10
3- Chavez 20, Dloughy 15, Swift 5
4- Hasquet 30, Chavez 10
5- Strait 35, Hasquet 5

That's right I want Chavez to play 30 and Hasaquet and Strait to play 35 each. I wouldn't mind see rundles scrap for a few minutes either at the 1 and 2 spots.

I'm calling for a 7-8 man rotation right now. this is extreme i know, but this is one of the most incohesive group i have ever seen. one way to fix that is to stop that is to stop playing 12 guys. that is something a shitty team trying to find itself does. we have talent, we can and should be a good team.

focus the minutes, focus the shot distribution and get this team to play with some energy on both ends, especially on defense.