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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
Dave Rose has been really bad about developing rotations.
Let's watch this year for
1) the guy in the first half mysteriously getting tons of minutes despite poor play
2) the guy with great potential/ability, especially defense, who doesn't get any minutes until the end of the season, and then transfers out after the season is over.
Player #1 is usually a white stiff. Player #2 is usually African-American.
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This game showed who Rose wants to play when it counts. The 7 man rotation he used is pretty solid, and the best talent we've had together for at least 4-5 years. I think that number goes up to 8 if Dastrup comes along this year and gets into playing shape. He's going to have to get other guys on the team some time to help them develop, but it's going to be against teams like we play over the next few games. What you describe is what happens when there are obvious glaring holes in the lineup and he's just plugging players into them hoping someone will step up. That won't be necessary on this team. If some of those bench guys come in during the first half in the game against an opponent like we have tonight, I don't think that's the same thing.