I'm guessing he transfers at the end of the year. I'm glad we're up right now, but I still think he needs more minutes. I say play him at the 3 with Augustus at the 4.
We'll be lucky if Romero Osby is on the team next year.
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That would be dumb. He has not played lately because he has been away for family matters and probably why he didn't play much tonight . Next year he will be a key part to our team. I don't see Ro going anywhere
Recruited highly and had major offers, and he doesn't get the minutes with us. I could understand if he would have signed with Kansas, but us. I mean we have alot of 3 stars on this team, and RO was a legit 4 star! Don't know who is responsible for subs, but they are screwing him to death.
On another note, notice how we always complain about substitution patterns early in the year when Stans is trying things out but you don't hear much about it later in the year???
Seems like we're starting to play the Bost/Turner/Johnson/Augustus/Varnado combination more while Stewart is on the bench, which is a combo that a lot of us would like to see. I'm liking the substitution patterns lately
Seems like we're starting to play the Bost/Turner/Johnson/Augustus/Varnado combination more while Stewart is on the bench, which is a combo that a lot of us would like to see. I'm liking the substitution patterns lately
He doesn't split with Benock, he splits with Ravern. Ravern only plays the 3 which is where Romero plays all his minutes barring foul trouble by Kodi. I'm not sure why Ravern played so many minutes tonight (37), but its not like Romero is splitting with a scrub. It will be tough for Romero to ever get big minutes with Ravern ahead of him.Thick said:
These minutes are pathetic. It is just idiotic that he does not get at least 15 minutes a night. The games he has gotten more than that have been blowouts (BC, UTPA, St Bonny, DePaul and Centenary). The Houston game he got pulled after one turnover. Who can perform at their peak with limited minutes AND the pressure of knowing that if you screw up once you are going back to the bench?
If I was him I would leave now and sit my year, then be ready to roll in late December of next year for someone.
If I was him I would leave now and sit my year, then be ready to roll in late December of next year for someone.
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<font><font size="-1">Opponent Date GS Min FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RIDER 11-13-09 11 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 3.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 4.0 SE LOUISIANA 11-19-09 13 2-5 .400 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 2 2 4 3.5 1 0 1 2 0 0 5 4.5 BETHUNE-COOKMAN 11-21-09 24 2-6 .333 0-2 .000 3-4 .750 1 5 6 4.3 1 0 3 1 2 0 7 5.3 TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN 11-24-09 15 3-6 .500 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000 1 1 2 3.8 1 0 2 1 0 0 8 6.0 vs Richmond 11-27-09 8 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 1 0 1 3.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 5.6 vs Old Dominion 11-28-09 14 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 1 1 2.8 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 4.8 ST. BONAVENTURE 12-05-09 17 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 1-3 .333 1 4 5 3.1 1 0 0 3 1 2 5 4.9 vs DePaul 12-10-09 17 4-9 .444 1-3 .333 4-4 1.000 2 5 7 3.6 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 5.9 vs UCLA 12-12-09 8 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 3.4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5.4 WRIGHT STATE 12-16-09 9 4-4 1.000 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 3.3 0 0 0 4 1 0 10 5.9 at Houston 12-16-09 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 3.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.4 vs Centenary 12-22-09 17 3-5 .600 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 1 1 2 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 5.6 Totals......................... 0 155 24-44 .545 7-14 .500 12-18 .667 10 26 36 3.0 11 0 7 17 5 2 67 5.6 </font></font>
Yeah, cuz there wasnt any discussion of substitution patterns last year during the second half of the season concerning Augustus.whatever said:
Good point.
He seems like he is best when slashing/driving into the paint from the perimeter and also initiating and finishing on fast breaks.
Our offense isnt exactly built strongly around those two things and to do both you kinda have to have the offense run thru you a bit. He clearly doesnt have that.
Our offense isnt exactly built strongly around those two things and to do both you kinda have to have the offense run thru you a bit. He clearly doesnt have that.
Performance has nothing to do with it. Stansbury still uses the hockey substitutions, and if it's a tight game throughout the 2nd half then your starters, especially Stewart, are going to get 35+ minutes. The starters are usually on the floor in the first half till the under 12 timeout. He brings in 4 off the bench and leaves Dee in. Then at the next stoppage Stewart is subbed in to run the point. Depending on the closeness of the game, the starters are subbed right back in anywhere from 4-6 minutes left and play the rest of the half. Rinse repeat in half #2. And as we've seen in the past, if it's a back and forth game the starters may end up playing 16 minutes or more in the 2nd half.
I agree, he just doesn't show much out there. Just like it wasn't a "substitution" problem when Kodi wasn't playing last year. He had an attitude problem, and he pretty much wasn't playing at all. And frankly, I didn't see the problem with it. I thought we were just as good without him, I'd rather see Turner get all of his minutes if he was going to be a cancer like he was last year. OR if he's going to stay out on the perimeter like a guard. Now if he goes inside, rebounds, defends, and uses his size, then he'll get more minutes. And the same goes for Osby
What is it he needs to improve on? He is second on the team in FG% to Jarvis. Second on the team in 3 PT% to Kodi. Fourth in FT%, at 70%. Gets a rebound every four minutes, roughly the same as Kodi and twice as frequently as Ravern. Granted, he turns it over too much. It's not like ball security has been a hallmark of Mississippi State under Stansbury and Williams though. He should be playing more. End of story. The hockey line sub pattern post earlier was a great anaolgy and sadly accurate. It's as predictable as the timeout we call on our last offensive possession of the half. I would love to see how often we score off of whatever it is we set up at that timeout.
He plays hard, shoots the ball well and gets boards. He has to have pissed of Stans, Meo, or the Bury Kids... I hate it when Stans just let talent sit on the bench. (See Kodi from last year) I mean he needs to play so he can support that baby one day...
I think he has missed a couple of practices due to the birth of his child and Stans has taken away some of his minutes, which wasnt alot to begin with . I think the real problem with Osby though is he is a tweener (Reggie Bush-esque), too small to be a front court player, and not quick enough to be a guard. Therefore I think he has a tough time finding out where he belongs on the court.