Originally Posted by 224
Did we watch the same game? Crutcher had a stat line of 15pts, 6rebs, 2assts and 1 TO in 34minutes of playing. If Crosby put this line up it would be his best game of his career, and this was Crutchers 6th game. Should we have played Crosby more so his feelings wouldn't get hurt?
This was the second game in a row we got off to an atrocious start with Crosby at point. Down 11-2 with Crosby in. Switch to Jalen and we are up 15-11. Crosby subs back in at 10:42 when its 15-11 and goes out at 8:46 when we are down 17-20. You said you want good defense and someone who can hold onto the ball? Let's do that math real quick...Crosby finished the game at a plus/minus of -16 and Crutcher finished at -4. Crosby played 8min and Jalen 34. Each 1TO.
I am not a Crosby hater, and I don't think Crutcher is the second coming of Christ either. I do however think Crutcher is very good and will continue to get better, and he gives us the best chance to win. He's a freshman who will make mistakes. But from what I've seen, he makes less mistakes than the junior who has been around for a couple years. I would've liked to see Crosby come back in the 2nd half even if it was just 3minutes, because at times Jalen looked exhausted. But 1TO and -4 when your team has 19TO and loses by 13 isn't bad in my book, so maybe he's better conditioned than we think.
I am a fan and proud alumni who wants to win games. I don't think AG is on a self fulfilling prophecy -- I think he too is a proud fan and alumni that wants to win games. Difference is, he is getting paid to do it. Crutcher is our best bet and I think he starts Sunday.
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That's exactly why I listed the play by play of the first few minutes of the game. The shortcomings of the plus / minus are shown there. Cunningham had 2 really bad TO's, Kostas had 2 fouls and a TO (and therefore only played 30 seconds with JC), Svoboda launching bricks, etc. None of that was Crosby's fault. If Cunningham had his head on straight, Kostas didn't spend 30 seconds flailing out of control, and Svoboda could hit a shot, we're winning at the first TO. And JC would not have had to do anything different. But as it is, he deserves to go from starter to water boy?! Makes no sense.
Did they look bad with JC in there? Sure. Is Crutcher better than JC right now? I won't argue the point.
But you sound exactly like the reactionary fans who wanted to sit SS during his freshman season. Or Cooke during a bad stretch. Like it or not, JC is on the team. You can either destroy his confidence and cast him into the waste bin, or you can continue to help him grow. Embarrassing him like this does not help him grow. No good manager I've ever seen publicly embarrasses people. That's what this was.