Young has at times been the difference maker in our games on both ends of the court. No one disputes his value to this team. He may be the quickest player in the Big 10. Young has always been guilty of overplaying his hand. Tonight we was pretty bad at decision making in his time and alot of turnovers in parts of the game that set the tone. For petes sake he couldnt even make a layup at the beginning when the defender had given up. Without 100% focus, we are not winning with Young. I have seen enough of his good and bad games. We need him to be on
So in the game thread alot of posters noted that Young was not in the game in that stretch of 7-8 minutes where RU got back in. It was largely Mulcahy, Geo, Myles, Ron and Tez. That combo played most of the rest of the game except for that illfated sub for Cliff that likely doomed RU. Hear me out on my argument. Pike built this team up what that core of players last year minus Paul although I think he did start a few times. RU had that hunger. Jacob struggled early in the season and then little by little became a force. So much a force this year that he was starting and taking over games but did we rely on Young too much. Did we rely on JY to always be on and focused and thus when he wasnt on, it was hurting us.
Listen I do not have the answers but it seems like we relied a little too much of fools gold with JY and Harper hitting at good clip early. JY is a great defender and can cause turnovers leading to easy transition but is our offense hurt by relying on him. I saw in our mini comeback the ball movement was better. RU was actually able to get inside with ease and make Penn State pay. Does JY cause a problem in our offense which hurts getting the ball to Myles and not letting Harper get spacing. This is just one game but again its telling Pike went with that rotation threst of the game.
Would like to get feedback on this. Maybe Pike needs to get back to basics with his rotation. Maybe we need to shorten with less Caleb who has really not been good overall since he came back. Young certainly needs to be a part of that but perhaps coming off the bench as it seems like RU is getting into sloppy start after sloppy start. Remember the MSU game where they played at a stupid ass ridiculous pace with turnovers by JY
I do not want to use this thread as a JY bash, there are certainly multiple issues with this team right now but I think getting the right combo and rotation of JY with others is one of the major sticking points we have.
So in the game thread alot of posters noted that Young was not in the game in that stretch of 7-8 minutes where RU got back in. It was largely Mulcahy, Geo, Myles, Ron and Tez. That combo played most of the rest of the game except for that illfated sub for Cliff that likely doomed RU. Hear me out on my argument. Pike built this team up what that core of players last year minus Paul although I think he did start a few times. RU had that hunger. Jacob struggled early in the season and then little by little became a force. So much a force this year that he was starting and taking over games but did we rely on Young too much. Did we rely on JY to always be on and focused and thus when he wasnt on, it was hurting us.
Listen I do not have the answers but it seems like we relied a little too much of fools gold with JY and Harper hitting at good clip early. JY is a great defender and can cause turnovers leading to easy transition but is our offense hurt by relying on him. I saw in our mini comeback the ball movement was better. RU was actually able to get inside with ease and make Penn State pay. Does JY cause a problem in our offense which hurts getting the ball to Myles and not letting Harper get spacing. This is just one game but again its telling Pike went with that rotation threst of the game.
Would like to get feedback on this. Maybe Pike needs to get back to basics with his rotation. Maybe we need to shorten with less Caleb who has really not been good overall since he came back. Young certainly needs to be a part of that but perhaps coming off the bench as it seems like RU is getting into sloppy start after sloppy start. Remember the MSU game where they played at a stupid ass ridiculous pace with turnovers by JY
I do not want to use this thread as a JY bash, there are certainly multiple issues with this team right now but I think getting the right combo and rotation of JY with others is one of the major sticking points we have.