Why is Blue playing?

[Jacks DC]

He is getting confidence and you like what you see even though it's not turning into points?  That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard.

He was bad tonight, and Buzz needs to rein him in.  He should not be taking shots and ruining possessions when we have so many more capable scorers.

[Silkk the Shaka]

His shooting was atrocious, that's not even debatable.  However, his work on full-court press D in the second half started our comeback.  

[Blackhat]

Unfortunately, Blue might be a bust as far as hype to reality ratio.  We're talking Brian Butch level.

[T-Bone]

He was our leading rebounder through the 1st half+?

[ATL MU Warrior]

Unfortunately, Blue might be a bust as far as hype to reality ratio.  We're talking Brian Butch level.

Are you f*****g serious?  Get a grip. 

[21Jumpstreet]

He is getting confidence and you like what you see even though it's not turning into points?  That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard.

He was bad tonight, and Buzz needs to rein him in.  He should not be taking shots and ruining possessions when we have so many more capable scorers.

Your quote is not entirely accurate.  He is an offensive liability when he shoots at this time.  However, he hustled, rebounded, dished, and created.  His non-shooting led to points.  I completely agree that he should not look to score first, we have many capable scorers.  Oh but DB, DJO, JFB for a bit, even Crowder for a while were having a tough time offensively.  It is my opinion that without the minutes from Blue we don't come back and get blown out.  He has a lot of work to do, he is a freshman.  He was not bad tonight, he was good tonight and shot badly.

And if that is the dumbest thing you have ever heard, I envy you.

[New Era Warriors]

Anyone sticking up for Blue is ridiculously out of their mind. He is horrible. He does well against scrub teams. Does horrible against any sort of talent. He offers nothing to the table. He hurts the team while he's in the game. End of story. If you didn't see that tonight and the past Big East games then you're clueless.

Does he have potential? Yes. Will he help the team in any capacity this year? No.

[warriors1965]

Are you f*****g serious?  Get a grip. 

I've commented on Blue's horrendous shooting form and some said it was improving.

Well, on those FT's tonight, it was as bad as I've ever seen.  If Blue is ever going to be an adequate player, he needs to spend the whole summer fixing his mechanics.

[Blackhat]

Serious as a heart attack.    

Blue has no shot, is a huge liability...this for a kid that had one and done type hype.

Now he's got plenty of time to improve and I'm sure he will.  But he is not a good player at the BE level right now.

[ATL MU Warrior]

Serious as a heart attack.    

Blue has no shot, is a huge liability...this for a kid that had one and done type hype.

Now he's got plenty of time to improve and I'm sure he will.  But he is not a good player at the BE level right now.

Come on...this is pretty much the exact opposite of your post from about 10 minutes ago.

Which is it?  Is he a Brian Butch type bust or are you sure he's going to improve?

[Jacks DC]

Anyone on our roster could have contributed more then Blue did tonight. 

[Blackhat]

Come on...this is pretty much the exact opposite of your post from about 10 minutes ago.

Which is it?  Is he a Brian Butch type bust or are you sure he's going to improve?

Brian Butch didn't improve?

[Mr. Nielsen]

Blue was 1 for 9 shooting, had 6 boards.

[21Jumpstreet]

Anyone on our roster could have contributed more then Blue did tonight.  

But didn't like Blue did.

[ATL MU Warrior]

Brian Butch didn't improve?

I honestly don't have any idea.  I'm just busting your chops 

[Silkk the Shaka]

Anyone sticking up for Blue is ridiculously out of their mind. He is horrible. He does well against scrub teams. Does horrible against any sort of talent. He offers nothing to the table. He hurts the team while he's in the game. End of story. If you didn't see that tonight and the past Big East games then you're clueless.

Does he have potential? Yes. Will he help the team in any capacity this year? No.

Except for the time two hours ago he played great full-court D in a 16 point comeback....

I get it.  His J looks terrible and he makes some head-scratching turnovers that had me yelling at the tv.  But he definitely played well during our comeback.

[Jacks DC]

But didn't like Blue did.

Well Frozena did not go 1-9.  Whatever, I'm not going to pile on the guy, he just needs time.  I'll focus on the fact that Crowder is amazing.  

[Sharpie]

I agree his shooting for sucks right now. His confidence is down. His offensive game is in need of a lot of maturity and this offseason will help that. But to say he is horrible at defense is absurd. There's a reason why he was the lockdown defender on the USA team this past summer. Appaently a lot of you must not think those coaches know what they are talking about or what buzz even knows. Tonight he showed just as
Much if not more hustle than anyone even though he was very erratic at times. I'll take heart and hustle in a come from behind (16 points down) win. Mark my words that he will be much better next year all around and much much better by his senior year is over. I am starting to think the majority of the ppl on this board have never even played basketball before.

[jesmu84]

I'm hoping that anyone questioning Blue's ability/playing time aren't also asking for EWill or Jamail to be getting more PT.

[martyconlonontherun]

I just don't think its classy to start a thread questioning why a kid is playing when you could simply post this in one of the current threads about the game instead of starting a whole topic about it.

I never understood the need to create a new thread about every little in game discussion. It breaks discussion and creates 30 useless threads after each game. It's like every poster feels their topic is superior to other in game chatter. Keep in one place so we don't have to jump all over the board.

[Stronghold]

Anyone sticking up for Blue is ridiculously out of their mind. He is horrible. He does well against scrub teams. Does horrible against any sort of talent. He offers nothing to the table. He hurts the team while he's in the game. End of story. If you didn't see that tonight and the past Big East games then you're clueless.

Does he have potential? Yes. Will he help the team in any capacity this year? No.

Who do you stick up for then if not your own team?

[KC_Warrior]

1 of 9 from the field.  His FT attempts barely hit the rim.  And, you're right, his defensive prowess is a total myth.  He's not that good defensively...at least not good enough to balance out his defensive ineptitude.

[reinko]

Some of you classy MF'ers, must be why Vander is questioning the deletion of his Twitter account.

[DCWarriors04]

the kids a freshman, give him some time...you want to harp on a player, harp on Buycks.

[DCWarriors04]

Also...there were a number of times in the first half where Blue was the only MU player fighting for a loose ball or rebound. Yeah his offense isn't there yet, but the kid brings a ton of hustle on the defensive side and that showed last night.