Billiken Basketball Night

[cheeseman]

19 hours ago, ACE said:

I'm just looking forward to the Avila v. Avila match-up - it will be historic. Like he's looking in the mirror or entered a bizarro world.

No need to play him in the D2 school games and the exhibition games.

[almaman]

11 minutes ago, cheeseman said:

No need to play him in the D2 school games and the exhibition games.

he probably wants a piece of team using his name!

[Aquinas]

31 minutes ago, cheeseman said:

No need to play him in the D2 school games and the exhibition games.

If he is fully recovered, he should play. I don't think playing  it safe is a winning  strategy.  With the Schertz offense, it is super important  that each player makes the right read and takes the right action. It's especially  important  that the guy with the ball knows what each player is going to do next.  This being year one with so many new players to the system, every minute of playing time is important  to the success if the team moving forward.

[HoosierPal]

19 minutes ago, Aquinas said:

If he is fully recovered, he should play. I don't think playing  it safe is a winning  strategy.  With the Schertz offense, it is super important  that each player makes the right read and takes the right action. It's especially  important  that the guy with the ball knows what each player is going to do next.  This being year one with so many new players to the system, every minute of playing time is important  to the success if the team moving forward.

Coach Schertz agrees with you, or should I say, you agree with Coach Schertz.  Last Sunday on KMOX here is what he said;

You can't bubble wrap these guys and keep them on the shelf.  If you are worried about injuries, you are more apt to get hurt.  You have to build body armor in preseason practices and exhibitions.

[cheeseman]

1 hour ago, Aquinas said:

If he is fully recovered, he should play. I don't think playing  it safe is a winning  strategy.  With the Schertz offense, it is super important  that each player makes the right read and takes the right action. It's especially  important  that the guy with the ball knows what each player is going to do next.  This being year one with so many new players to the system, every minute of playing time is important  to the success if the team moving forward.

Not suggesting you need to bubble wrap anybody.  This is his second foot/ankle injury since coming here.  I see no point in risking him against games that mean nothing.  He is very important to the success of the season.  According to Schertz he never said he would not keep a player out of a meaningless game to not aggravate an injury.  What he said he would not keep them out of practice - a completely different situation.  Prudence is not a fault.

[slufanskip]

If he’s fully healthy you play him. Period. There is no other correct answer. If he’s not fully healthy and limited in practice then you don’t play him. 
 

The posters that complained when Perkins got hurt, saying he shouldn’t have been in the game. Idiotic.
 

A player can get hurt in a game, a practice, playing a pick-up game. Injuries happen. If you’re healthy you play

[Taj79]

Didn't Thames get hurt riding a scooter? 

[3star_recruit]

3 hours ago, slufanskip said:

If he’s fully healthy you play him. Period. There is no other correct answer. If he’s not fully healthy and limited in practice then you don’t play him. 
 

The posters that complained when Perkins got hurt, saying he shouldn’t have been in the game. Idiotic.
 

A player can get hurt in a game, a practice, playing a pick-up game. Injuries happen. If you’re healthy you play

Agreed.  There are players who have managed to play for decades at the high school level, college and pros without suffering a serious injury.  They've played for numerous coaches. They've literally played thousands of games, including pick up games and charity games against random guys looking to make a name for themselves.

There is no magic formula for avoiding injury.  A lot of this stuff is just luck. 

[thetorch]

3 hours ago, Taj79 said:

Didn't Thames get hurt riding a scooter? 

He got hit by a car.

[Taj79]

Hit by a car .... Riding a scooter .....

[cgeldmacher]

On 10/5/2024 at 11:51 AM, Aquinas said:

If he is fully recovered, he should play. I don't think playing  it safe is a winning  strategy.  With the Schertz offense, it is super important  that each player makes the right read and takes the right action. It's especially  important  that the guy with the ball knows what each player is going to do next.  This being year one with so many new players to the system, every minute of playing time is important  to the success if the team moving forward.

Your point is especially true when considering our poor schedule.  We cannot afford a stumble early to one of these no name teams, or we will never recover in the eyes of the Committee.  We need to be firing on all cylinders and playing with some chemistry by day one of the season.

[cheeseman]

30 minutes ago, cgeldmacher said:

Your point is especially true when considering our poor schedule.  We cannot afford a stumble early to one of these no name teams, or we will never recover in the eyes of the Committee.  We need to be firing on all cylinders and playing with some chemistry by day one of the season.

If we stumble against the 2 D2 schools and the exhibition games then we deserve to not recover in the eyes of the committee with or without Robbie.

[Old guy]

2 hours ago, cgeldmacher said:

Your point is especially true when considering our poor schedule.  We cannot afford a stumble early to one of these no name teams, or we will never recover in the eyes of the Committee.  We need to be firing on all cylinders and playing with some chemistry by day one of the season.

Our head coach is Schertz, not Ford, we will not stumble to a no name team with or without Avila playing.

[cgeldmacher]

22 hours ago, cheeseman said:

If we stumble against the 2 D2 schools and the exhibition games then we deserve to not recover in the eyes of the committee with or without Robbie.

I agree with you, but I'm also referring to most of our non-conference games.  We cannot afford to lose any more than one or two.