Originally Posted by CE80
I was agreeing with you until you got to the part about seeing as much development thru practice. I believe playing in games (even a few minutes) AND practicing will be better for his development.
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Playing in games is a huge benefit, I won't argue that, but only if we're talking a decent amount of playing time, when it matter (even 5 minutes a game, of regular spurts for 2-3 min a half would be beneficial). However, if we're talking about a kid that may only see time in blowouts when the outcome is all but decided and neither side is running their true sets; just trying to escape the building, then I don't think its going to benefit him all that much. He'll get the development in practice either way, mop up duty isn't really going to give him much to pick up on. A little, sure, but not a ton. All things being equal a 5th season is better than 4 seasons if 1 (or more) of those seasons is spent wasted away on the bench just a step above the walkons.
Imagine if Trey had spent his first year redshirting? Would you trade the 50ish minutes he got in total that season for 1 more full year of basketball? Imagine if Trey started the year with 3 years of eligibility rather than 2? Who knows if Frankie will develop like Trey did, perhaps Trey should have seen more time as a frosh, or perhaps he needed that season to grow, mature and develop his beast mentality. Perhaps the change in coaches allowed him to display his talent sets.
Anyhoo, 1 full season extra season sure as heck beats 50 min of mop up duty as a frosh.
