RE: Is it time to make a change at Shooting Guard?

[Adam Berner]

I think the problem with Moore is inexperience.  I saw this coming early
in the season when Huggins refused to play Moore until his level of play
in practice improved.  Due to the lack of playing time early in the
season, I don't think Moore is ready to handle the point guard duties in
the most important games of the season.  

Is Chadd more talented than Barker?  Absolutely.  But at this point in
the season, I think you go with the senior leadership at the point guard
position.  

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Sorge [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 8:04 PM
To: address@hidden
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Is it time to make a change at Shooting
Guard?

I am a big Chadd Moore fan, and truely believe he is leaps and bound
more
talented then Barker.  I would love for him to get more minutes, but
lets be
honest...If he gets more minutes he has to be productive.  If he isn't,
then
there is not much point in having him out there.  Unfortunately for
freshman, they tend to disappear for extended periods at a time.  We can
ill
afford this, especially with this team.

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "scott lyons" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Is it time to make a change at Shooting
Guard?


> Unfortunately, that isn't the only change they need to make.  In order
to
go anywhere in the conf. tourny they need Chadd to play more and Barker
to
play less.  I like what Barker has done with his limitied ability but in
order to win against good teams, they are going to need Chadd on the
floor.
Along with that, I think Hicks needs more playing time based soley on
his
defensive presence.  I know two games doesn't mean much, but Kirkland
should
see increased time, with Stokes (although most might not agree) seeing
decreased minutes.  It seems likes Stokes gets the ball blocked, or
knocked
away from him just as many times as Kirkland or Moore make a bad pass or
decision, which gets them yanked for it.
>  Adam Berner <address@hidden> wrote:With Field in the midst of
a
slump over the last 8 games (17-78 FG- 22%;
> 15-59 3PT- 25%), is it time to send Field back to the bench in hopes
of
> getting a better start out of the shooting guard position to start the
> game? I think there are three options: leave Field in as starter,
> start Bobbitt at shooting guard, or start Kirkland at the shooting
guard
> position.
>
> I'm not a huge fan of Tony Bobbitt, but I do think that it's tough to
> win when your starting guard is shooting 22% overall from the floor
over
> the last 8 games, including a stellar 2-19 (11%) from inside the arc.
I
> think we're going to need at least 20 points from either Field or
> Bobbitt (or Kirkland) if we are to make a run in the tournament this
> week and also in the NCAA tourney.
>
> On the other hand, if Field has been the starter all season, is it the
> smartest decision to shake things up at this point in the season? Then
> again, I guess this season hasn't been an overwhelming success. Maybe
> it would help get Field going by bringing him off the bench, allowing
> him to regain the form he had last season when he shot 43% from 3
point
> range.
>
>
>
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