De'Ante Green scored 5 points and had 2 rebounds. 3 of his points and both of his rebounds were with Efton in the game.
It would be nice to get more rim running.
More fouls. Spot minutes to keep Reid fresh. Perhaps going Marsh/Keller instead of Keller/MMM. Worth discussing how to use those 4-5 minutes.
Possibly but when keller is seen getting abused physically multiple times leading to dunks/lay-ups you should at least give Marsh a try as he could surprise. I would point out in our one big W before Efton came along that Marsh played solid with 4 points and 5 rebounds vs. Gators a not so slow team. Keller meanwhile with similar minutes contributed 0 points and 4 rebounds vs. UF. Now maybe if you go back to the film Marsh gave up a lot of blow bys, but I doubt it as would remember them as we played solid D in that game compared to the Utes and LSU where we gave up regular lay-up and dunks a game where Keller played 29 mins and Marsh zero and again Keller played vs. LSU but not Marsh. Actual performances do not support NOT giving Marsh a few mins when Keller is playing super weak and not helpful on O.
I'm not trying to stifle anyone's discussion of Matt Marsh's lack of playing time. Blue pointed to two guys that he would have liked Marsh to guard and I responded by pointing out that 1) Those guys didn't hurt us all that much and 2) When they did do something, most of it was against Reid and not Keller.
Obviously neither Marsh or Keller are ideal to have as a backup 5. Marsh has some of the worst hands and rebounding ability (especially for a player 7'+) that I've seen so not sure how much he would've ended up helping especially against a team that seemed to do a good job deflecting and ripping the ball. I certainly get the argument, just saying, in my opinion, I'm not sure Marsh does anything to remedy the issue
It's not about just this game. Damari coming back and being close to or at his usual level could change that. Just don't think there's enough depth or reliable shooting with the current makeup of the team. Could be enough to make the tournament (which to me at least is about where a mediocre level High Major level team ends up), but not sure if there's enough to go on a substantial run if/once there. Obviously would love if that's incorrect and/or we get Damari back close to 100%. Between Boopie, Hunter, and Cam, there's obviously been a lot of fluctuation in terms of shooting efficiency as the season has progressed, but if we can get 2 of those 3 consistently making 3 pointers, rather than the streakiness we have had, it would help our spacing out a lot. I understand calling this nitpicking or an overreaction for sure, and it's still very early on, so talk like this is meaningless at the end of the day, this has just been my takeaway from the last 3 games and most of the season as a whole.
Who even knows when/if Damari is coming back at this point
Agreed. Played so much better last week! I didn't cluck much during the Miami game cuz we didn't play well, but still won. This game another step in the wrong direction. But we're so good, still might have scratched this out if refs were completely impartial.
With our spastic turnovers going the other way for layups and dunks, we made Baba Miller, Cam Cohren and company look like NBA studs dunking on us and such.
Keller boxes out well, but does not have the length to go get it. He plays good position defense, then gets bullied (weight room).
Ya at this point I would have to guess unless it is some major "behind the scenes" issue that has been an insanely well kept secret, it has just been a serious setback in his recovery, in which case I'd have to think even Damari doesn't know if he'll be back.
It's just frustrating (I am sure it his for him too) to keep saying "when Monsanto comes back" for months now.
no idea
Oh for sure. I tried to frame it as more of a hypothetical and attempted to keep my analysis within the team we currently (and presumably into the future) have on the court. He would obviously be a game changer, but similar to before the Reid waiver, you have to assume you'll be without him.
Feels unlikely that we end up with Sallis if Bobi came back but I honestly have no idea.
i like my fantasy world better than yours
I don't see the overlap between Sallis or Reid and Bobi. I think Bobi would have started with Carr without Reid and maybe after Reid's waiver as well.
