Oso planning to go pro
With only 9 scholarship players and the with the horrendous play over the last 3 games, I still can't believe Dawson was locked to the bench. I mean, the last two games are two of the worst performance by MU teams over the past 20 years, and every player struggled, some more than others, and he can't get off the pine? Makes no sense unless he is injured or he has already told Wojo he is transferring.
LOL - Nice try Sultan - I know you're more intelligent than your conference minute per game stats served up suggest:Try this:Dawson - 15 conference games played, averaged 10.8 minutes.JJJ - 8 games playes, a total of 69 minutes for 8.625 games.So, JJJ played less minutes per game in the games he played, yet played in 7 less conference games. Somehow Buzz thought Dawson was a better option for playing time than JJJ apparently - now Wojo sees it differently. Two coaches. Two different opinions. Hmm.As for depth chart challenges - we primarily rolled with a 3 guard lineup as it was. 3 guards, Jamil, and Gardner/Otule.As for Wojo seemingly choosing to encourage Dawson's transfer as opposed to others (JJJ, Duane), suggests he sees those guys being better and a case could be made for that...and I've said as much - Duane has more quickness, JJJ more length. Yet, Coaches don't always make the right calls on players Sultan - they make talent evaluation mistakes as well - such as Buzz the GM. Go back to Newbill - he turned out to be a much better player than Vander Blue. Much better than Jamail Jones. Yet Buzz cut Newbill loose.
Saved by the Mods who shut that thread down before voting officially closed. Sorry Ball Boy - I'll still be around, and I'm sure I'll still disagree with you a ton. Happy Thanksgiving.
And what if he's not injured. And he doesn't transfer? Ners, and now you, have totally cornered yourselves with your narrow views. there could lliterally be many more possibilities for why he isn't playing. But because you're convinced John is so good, it must be everyone else that's screwed up. None of us hate Dawson or think he's a terrible player. We just understand there's more possibilitiesThe problem with trying to have a discussion with you guys is the same with peoplle who believe the moon landing was faked. The complete closed minded views you choose make it impossible for you to even comprehend Any other possibilities. You'll always come up with some theory or rationale for why whatever evidenced is presented reflects your view. You'll never believe you're just wrong unless wojo or Dawson told you personally (and maybe not even then)
Well, I don't know if I've cornered myself with my narrow views, as I think I've posted maybe twice about Dawson in the last year. I'm just trying to figure out why he'd be chained to the bench in games where we have looked horrible, even if just for a change of pace or to try something different. I've never really argued that Dawson is "so good", but I do think Dawson showed some good things last year for a freshman, especially in the Georgetown game, so was just wondering what was going on. And to lump me in with Ners is kinda funny, as he has about 2,000 posts on Dawson and I have maybe 3-4 total on the same topic.By the way, I won the bet we made last December over where MU would finish in the Big East last season. You took the top half and I took the bottom half. I believe the wager was 2 12 packs of a local brew.
Dawson is not injured.....
How many conference championships does Newbill have?How many sweet 16s and elite 8s?How many NCAA tournament games has Newbill won? Played?How many NBA games has he played in?The answer is none to all of them. Newbill is a shooter on a bad team. He shot 14-33 in one game. Points scored isn't the only measure of success and if Newbill would have stayed he probably wouldn't have gotten as much PT. Would he have helped last year probably but I don't think you can reasonably say that he was better then the best player on an elite 8 team.
My point wasn't percentage it was volume. Sometimes when you are the best player on a bad team you benefit because you get to shot 33 times a game. When you are on a good team you only get 10 shots a game. The only reason you can claim he is a better player is because of his gaudy numbers. If DJ is better, what do the NBA draft experts say? Right now, he goes undrafted even after all of those points against bad teams. In the Big Ten they get 7-8 teams in every year. That meant he only needed to carry his team to the top 3/4 of the conference to get in. In Vander's last year he played in the Best Conference and he was the leader of the team that won it.
NBA scouts would seem to have a different opinion.
I thought Ners agreed to ban himself?
At present, yes. I suspect Newbill will finish averaging close to 20ppg in the Big Ten on efficient scoring and be a first team Big 10 player.Historically, there aren't a whole lot of 20ppg guards out of the Big 10 that have NBA size that don't get drafted.Lots of basketball left to be played.
With the volume of shots that he puts up, 20 ppg isn't gonna impress the NBA scouts.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
I don't post much, but read a ton. Why would the team have him travel to Florida and stay in the team hotel if he were transferring? I'm guessing it's more of an academic issue or team policy violation.
Our warmups last night looked like pajamas. Dawson was warming up before the game and actually shooting pretty well. I don't think he'd be doing that in dress shoes but I wasn't paying attention to his feet. I mean, seriously, how often do you look at a man's shoes?