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[Uncle Rico]

until the powers that be told him to...

A coach acting in self-preservation is a startling development

[Jay Bee]

A coach acting in self-preservation is a startling development

They apparently didn't tell him to jettison a certain person(s). Thus, we will see court time. I can FEEL it.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

until the powers that be told him to...

Lol no

[wadesworld]

I'll just quote this here rather than retyping everything.  Once again, the problem wasn't "Shaka loves Caedin so much he gives him minutes no matter who's on the roster!"  The problem was "Shaka only had Caedin, Royce, Ben, and Clark who could conceivably physically play the 5."  Ben should've been relied on to play about 10 mpg at the 5, and none of the rest of those guys should've been playing BE minutes at the 5.  But there were 40 minutes that needed to be filled.  That won't be an issue next year.

Already addressed this, and it's pretty much #fakenews #lies.

The last 19 games of the season, Caedin averaged 8.9 mpg.  In those 19 games, he played 10+ minutes in 8 of them.  One was against Zuby in a game Ben didn't play, one was in a game Royce played 25 minutes because of foul trouble (4 fouls), one was against Zuby and Royce played 29 minutes because of fouls (4 fouls), one was a game where Royce didn't play, one was a 22 point win when we were curbstomping Providence from start to finish, and one was with Ben playing 15 minutes because of foul trouble (4 fouls).

So in 3 of the final 19 games he played 10+ minutes without any foul trouble or entire games being missed by Royce/Ben.  One of those was a 22 point blowout, a second was exactly 10 minutes.

[Jay Bee]

I'll just quote this here rather than retyping everything.  Once again, the problem wasn't "Shaka loves Caedin so much he gives him minutes no matter who's on the roster!"  The problem was "Shaka only had Caedin, Royce, Ben, and Clark who could conceivably physically play the 5."  But there were 40 minutes that needed to be filled.  That won't be an issue next year.

I again disagree. There was certainly no reason for him to start - that was insane. But, it continued all year where he was part of the regular early rotation
in games.

There's something odd going on, and I fear it won't stop.

[MU82]

Sorry, wades, I don't believe those facts. Shaka loves Caedin and will play him at least 30 mpg. I just feel like that's the actual truth, and therefore it is.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

They apparently didn't tell him to jettison a certain person(s). Thus, we will see court time. I can FEEL it.

We will?

[Tha Hound]

Pretty sure we're going to be 2 and through.

Big fan of our portal business thus far but think this would be a mistake. We're one more contributor away from being set. Preferably a guard cc: tower

[Uncle Rico]

Big fan of our portal business thus far but think this would be a mistake. We're one more contributor away from being set. Preferably a guard cc: tower

TAMU also alluded to possibly holding for an international or G League player.  Options galore for that spot outside the portal.

[Galway Eagle]

TAMU also alluded to possibly holding for an international or G League player.  Options galore for that spot outside the portal.

Justin Lewis you ready?!

[The Lens]

TAMU also alluded to possibly holding for an international or G League player.  Options galore for that spot outside the portal.

Dodds posted last week...a developemental HS player.

With 9 underclassmen, getting a 10th would be underwelming. I'd love one more senior. 

[Vander Blue Man Group]

There's been some discussion of whether MU should try to take a third player out of the portal or keep a scholarship open for a reclassification. That's an either or situation at this point. MU cannot do both unless another player leaves. There is a cost to keeping both Hamilton and Clark.

That's a hypothetical not really based on anything substantive.

[Small Orange Soda]

I'll just quote this here rather than retyping everything.  Once again, the problem wasn't "Shaka loves Caedin so much he gives him minutes no matter who's on the roster!"  The problem was "Shaka only had Caedin, Royce, Ben, and Clark who could conceivably physically play the 5."  Ben should've been relied on to play about 10 mpg at the 5, and none of the rest of those guys should've been playing BE minutes at the 5.  But there were 40 minutes that needed to be filled.  That won't be an issue next year.

Swap out Fru for Ben and add a freshman who hasn't played a minute of D-1 basketball. And what we saw last year was the same thing we saw the year before minus Clark since he redshirted, and Shaka saw fit to run it back. And Caedin is still on the roster.

A lot of people have a blind spot for Shaka's blind spot for Hamilton.

[wadesworld]

Swap out Fru for Ben and add a freshman who hasn't played a minute of D-1 basketball. And what we saw last year was the same thing we saw the year before minus Clark since he redshirted, and Shaka saw fit to run it back. And Caedin is still on the roster.

A lot of people have a blind spot for Shaka's blind spot for Hamilton.

I'll just requote the post I just quoted, since it provides the details to counter this.  Caedin did not play as much as you're imagining he did down the stretch of the season.

Already addressed this, and it's pretty much #fakenews #lies.

The last 19 games of the season, Caedin averaged 8.9 mpg.  In those 19 games, he played 10+ minutes in 8 of them.  One was against Zuby in a game Ben didn't play, one was in a game Royce played 25 minutes because of foul trouble (4 fouls), one was against Zuby and Royce played 29 minutes because of fouls (4 fouls), one was a game where Royce didn't play, one was a 22 point win when we were curbstomping Providence from start to finish, and one was with Ben playing 15 minutes because of foul trouble (4 fouls).

So in 3 of the final 19 games he played 10+ minutes without any foul trouble or entire games being missed by Royce/Ben.  One of those was a 22 point blowout, a second was exactly 10 minutes.

[Small Orange Soda]

I'll just requote the post I just quoted, since it provides the details to counter this.  Caedin did not play as much as you're imagining he did down the stretch of the season.

9 minutes is certainly not nothing.

[Uncle Rico]

Dodds posted last week...a developemental HS player.

With 9 underclassmen, getting a 10th would be underwelming. I'd love one more senior. 

I doubt the staff will turn down another junior or senior.  Though, if it's Donovan Davis, I'm fine with it.

[wadesworld]

9 minutes is certainly not nothing.

Feel free to read further.  There's a lot more context to it, and we now have two bigs that are a lot better and more suited to play the 5 in the Big East than any player we had on the roster last season.

I'll happily wager some amount of money to a charity of the winner's choice on over/under Caedin minutes played per game next year.  Let's call it 8.5.  I'll take the under, you can have the over.

[The Sultan]

A lot of people have a blind spot for Shaka's blind spot for Hamilton.

???

You realize he stopped starting and had his minutes cut during the season right?

[Small Orange Soda]

???

You realize he stopped starting and had his minutes cut during the season right?

And yet he's still here!

[The Sultan]

And yet he's still here!

Yes he is. Do you know what his role is going to be? Or are you just complaining because he is taking up space.

[Small Orange Soda]

Yes he is. Do you know what his role is going to be? Or are you just complaining because he is taking up space.

I'm complaining because Shaka has continually failed to recognize his lack of abilities. And the counter is "He'll be the 14th or 15th guy" for someone in his fourth year in the program. People defending him on this board don't even think he's good.

[Uncle Rico]

Expanding rosters to 15 was a massive mistake and causes a lot of agita for message board users

[The Sultan]

I'm complaining because Shaka has continually failed to recognize his lack of abilities.

HE CUT HIS MINUTES LAST SEASON!!! 

HE JUST RECRUITED A TRANSFER POST PLAYER!!!

My Lord...too many of y'all are focused on the first part of last season instead of everything that happened since then.

[tower912]

Caedin and Josh are at MU because they want to be.  Their decision.  Zaide, Tre, and Sean made the decision to leave.  Their decision.

[Zog from Margo]

That's a hypothetical not really based on anything substantive.

MU has one open scholarship. They have to decide whether to try to pursue someone in the portal or bank it. The decision to keep both Hamilton and Clark limits that decision to an either/or. That isn't a hypothetical. If Shaka keeps both it means he believes it's worth the cost and not that there is no cost.