Ross Not Start?

[Heisenberg]

He has been playing God awful the last four games.  He is 4-24 the last two games. And he looks worse than this terrible stat line.

A team's leading score simply cannot do this.

Ben Gold is no longer a starter.

[MU82]

Sell Apple stock 2000% ago.

[Johnny B]

Yes he's been awful but he's still the best overall player on the team. Seems pointless to take him out the SL. And start who? Owens  ? Norman? Get real. Ben on the other hand absolutely. Glad he doesn't play much now. Failure of a senior year

[willie warrior]

Yes he's been awful but he's still the best overall player on the team. Seems pointless to take him out the SL. And start who? Owens  ? Norman? Get real. Ben on the other hand absolutely. Glad he doesn't play much now. Failure of a senior year

More like a failure of the G in RGV

[Warrior of Law]

Winning with Ross and Gold is not happening. Getting minutes for anyone that has a future should be the priority. What's the difference between losing by 25 or 35? Play freshman and consider pulling redshirts.

[Stretchdeltsig]

Winning with Ross and Gold is not happening. Getting minutes for anyone that has a future should be the priority. What's the difference between losing by 25 or 35? Play freshman and consider pulling redshirts.

Agree.  What has happened to Ross? He plays with zero confidence. Same with Lowery. This team has imp!oded. There's no senior leadership. Hell, I'd play James, stevens, Owens, Parham and Clark.

[Mu8891]

Who really cares if he starts or not ?


My personal fave moment yesterday
( and I was only switching back / forth w / the Packers ) was in 2d half where he gets an uncontested drive to the basket
and he was going to dunk it, then for some unknown reason he decides in mid
air to lay it in .., only to way over lay  it for another embarrassing blown layup!

[CountryRoads]

He has been playing God awful the last four games.  He is 4-24 the last two games. And he looks worse than this terrible stat line.

A team's leading score simply cannot do this.

Ben Gold is no longer a starter.

I think the best argument for Ross not starting is that we are completely out of it and he won't be here next year.

[MU82]

If Ross is still busting it at practice, if he has a good attitude, and if in the coach's mind he still "wants it," it would send a bad message and set a bad precedent to bench a player just because.

There are plenty of ways to get younger guys playing time without benching your hardest working and most talented player.

Now, if Ross isn't still busting it at practice, that's another story. None of us is there to know.

I can't believe I'm participating in this troll thread. I am, however, glad that I not only didn't sell AAPL when Heisy was calling it dead money but that I actually bought more. Thanks for the tip, buddy!

[WhiteTrash]

I can't believe I'm participating in this troll thread. I am, however, glad that I not only didn't sell AAPL when Heisy was calling it dead money but that I actually bought more. Thanks for the tip, buddy!

I get that thought, but I think we've gotten to the point where everything is on the table?

[Heisenberg]

I get that thought, but I think we've gotten to the point where everything is on the table?

Exactly, this looks to be a 10-23 team this year. Is there any urgency to win games? To accomplish what? Get to .500 so we can pay to play in the CBE?

Or is this a rebuilding year and play everyone to see who gets asked to stay and who needs to go to make room for portal transfers?

[muwarrior69]

Agree.  What has happened to Ross? He plays with zero confidence. Same with Lowery. This team has imp!oded. There's no senior leadership. Hell, I'd play James, stevens, Owens, Parham and Clark.

Why not the walk-ons?

[Heisenberg]

If Ross is still busting it at practice, if he has a good attitude, and if in the coach's mind he still "wants it," it would send a bad message and set a bad precedent to bench a player just because.

There are plenty of ways to get younger guys playing time without benching your hardest working and most talented player.

Now, if Ross isn't still busting it at practice, that's another story. None of us is there to know.

I can't believe I'm participating in this troll thread. I am, however, glad that I not only didn't sell AAPL when Heisy was calling it dead money but that I actually bought more. Thanks for the tip, buddy!

Ross not starting may have already started. He only played 26 minutes and not at the end of the game.

He was taken out soon after the blown lay-up, followed by the blown dunk on the next possession.

These two consecutive possessions, in the hands of your "best" player, could have cut the second-half deficit from 31 points to 16.

Win the game? Probably not. But at least it would have shown this team still cares and has fight ... it is obvious they don't (right now), and their best player is incapable of converting 12 inches from the basket, tells you all you need to know.

[MuggsyB]

We know that Chase is a very good player.  He basically put us in the S16 with his performance and win over Colorado.  The problem is he's not effective as a high volume put the ball in his hands guy.  He is much better off the ball and then attacking in space. His inability to make plays off the dribble, especially dimeing, is what's destroying his game imo.  But all that said, the consistency with his shot hasn't improved, and not really having other guys to alleviate scoring pressure is super difficult for him.  The bottom line is I don't see much if any improvement from our returning players.  In fact it appears they have gotten worse. 

[MuggsyB]

Exactly, this looks to be a 10-23 team this year. Is there any urgency to win games? To accomplish what? Get to .500 so we can pay to play in the CBE?

Or is this a rebuilding year and play everyone to see who gets asked to stay and who needs to go to make room for portal transfers?

Nm.

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

Sure he blew those 2 layups but I was very encouraged by his aggression attacking the basket. I hadn't seen that the previous couple of games. I wonder if watching Nigel go balls out to the rim time after time motivated Chase.