Usage is based on when players are on the floor.
Yeah, just a little bit. IF anything happened AT ALL, it would be the gyres sickness in MAAR coming out. Just like everyone who watches Michigan games, our 2 best players are Irvin and Walton. Iâm guessing he realizes that too
Hate each other or signs thereâs some tension like I originally state?
The exaggerations that have been going on lately are are boarder line outrageous. âJB needs to pick up recruitingâ is interpreted âJB should be fired immediatelyâ by some around here. Itâs comical.
Man, I wish I could come here and expect âJB needs to pick up recruitingâ posts. Instead I get:
âWe arenât built for anythingâ
âWe donât have any self motivated players on the roster.â
âBugs evolve faster than JBâs 4 spotâ
âJB is recruiting the center position as if Michigan is coming off sanctionsâ
âJBâs so far past his prime itâs not even funnyâ
âKam needs to transfer to a mid major.â
(And thatâs just a sampling of the super reasonable posts I have to trudge threw from two minutes of perusing the quotes from one posterâs posts over the last ten days or so. With fans like theseâŚ)
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And yes, âcanât you feel the tension between these guysâ is straight up goofy desperation.
I like what you said. He is a leader on the court and that is huge for a pg. JB has said that Walton and Irvin have picked up the leadership roles once Caris and Spike went down.
Iâm open to the idea that this could be a thing, but have never noticed a hint of it. Apart from the Peyton Place kind of inferences, though, a little competition is a good thing and happens on all teams, right? Happily, whether threatened or not, Zak has been able to knock down some very big shots for us in the closing moments of several recent games.
Iâd give my eye teeth to know where Waltonâs confidence in his shot went, though.
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You could be right and it could be nothing. Just wanted to see if anyone else noticed it.
I donât see any of what you guys are talking about. I think you are reading too much into this and starting unfounded rumors.
You might be right. I regret expressing my opinion (a little bit) of what I thought I saw. I might be guilty of projecting my own irritation onto the situation, I donât know. If the team does have chemistry issues regarding player roles and mutual support in those roles then that is something the coaches will address in the offseason. After thinking about it more I think I should cut more slack, in general, because it would not be unreasonable if players actually still are struggling to identify roles on the court in the wake of losing Spike and Caris. I have no doubt Spike and Caris were groomed to execute specific and important types of plays and in their absence there is a void and filling the void needs to be figured out over timeâbut it takes time. I do wonder, moving forward, which of the guards will be groomed by the coaching staff to execute the high PNR next year. I wonder which guard, moving forward, will be the go-to-guy in late clock situations because that was no doubt falling on Caris prior to his injury. If anything I wish I would have simply expressed my opinion that I would have preferred having the ball in MAARâs hands, rather than Waltonâs hands, in that specific situation against Tulsa.
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Itâs the same crybaby âcomplain either wayâ stuff I dealt with pre-LeVert injury here. If LeVert didnât defer more than he should, he was playing too much hero ball. If LeVert didnât take control of the game and put the team on his back, he didnât have enough âdogâ or âalphaâ in him.
If Walton and Irvin started deferring more, the same trolls would be making a thread about something else to cry about.
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Youâre dealing with a people who said they would prefer Matt Painter as a coach over Beilein. Let that sink in for a second.
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Whats that saying about MAARâs passing ability that a forward that isnât a creator had more assists in conference play that he did (59 to 42)?
Obviously MAAR isnât a creator in the same mold as Stauskas to where he consistently gets teammates easy buckets. He tends to create buckets for himself off the bounce. That being said, If I had to choose one, Iâd rather have the guy that can create for himself because that mandates help defenseâŚand that is where options become available. Heâs currently the only guy on the roster with that ability.
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Something that most people will probably disagree with me about - I actually think Walton is the best passer on the team.
Regardless of whether or not it is out of bounds for a fan to comment on some perceived âtensionâ between players, I do find it very very odd so many people would be surprised at all that there is tension between different combinations of playersâeven on a daily basis. You donât make it onto a D1 team by being a non-competitive personality type. on the court, whether it is practice or a game, they are competing for everything at all timesâŚjust the way it isâŚEven more likely on this team given the injuries to Caris and Levert and the responsibilities and roles that are somewhat up for grabs at this point.
Yeah, on the court youâll get that. Off the court these guys likely spend the majority of their time with eachother. My friend on the football team was good friends with guys he was competing for starting spots with.
Iâll be honest, I think a lot of teammates dislike each other on a personal levelâŚbut you have to make it work on the court. Much more common at the professional level, but Iâm sure it exists at the collegiate level as well.
MAAR is great at creating his own shot and that is very nice to see.
Iâm just saying that a forward who âcanât createâ should have more assists than the 1 or 2 guard in this offense.
Iâll be honest, I think youâre wrong here (at the collegiate level). At the professional level, for sure. Itâs a job and a business. At the collegiate level, these players hang out with eachother on and off the court and are usually pretty good friends.