SpiderRico
Well-Known Member
Enjoyed listening to the new podcast concerning the issue Fran is facing with trying to distribute minutes to the plethora of B1G talented players.
However, the one issue I have with Jon's analysis, and I think we'll see this play out in the coming year, is he's assuming that the post players that got a bulk of the minutes last year are still going to see them this year.
The reason I think that's not going to be the case is that our interior defense was terrible last year and no team feared going into the lane at all. But now that Kriener appears to have improved leaps and bounds and Nunge and Garza are 7' additions....those guys are going to get a ton of the 5 minutes that went to Cook and Pemsl. I don't see Cook's minutes going down a whole lot because of what he brings to the offensive side of the floor....so that means that Pemsl's minutes I think are going to see a dip.
We can't afford to have a lot of minutes where both Pemsl and Cook are on the floor at the same time....otherwise the same defensive issues we saw inside last year are going to rear their head again. I think those two have to sub each other at the 4....so if Cook plays 25 minutes a game, I only see Pemsl getting 17-18 mins a game (there'll be a few minutes a game where they both play together I'm sure).
I see the avg minutes as follows:
JBo - 25 mins
Cook - 25 mins
Baer - 21 mins
Moss - 21 mins
Kriener - 18 mins
Pemsl - 18 mins
Garza - 15 mins
Nunge - 15 mins
Ellingson - 15 mins
Williams - 10 mins
Wagner - 10 mins
Uhl - 4 mins
Dailey - 4 mins
However, the one issue I have with Jon's analysis, and I think we'll see this play out in the coming year, is he's assuming that the post players that got a bulk of the minutes last year are still going to see them this year.
The reason I think that's not going to be the case is that our interior defense was terrible last year and no team feared going into the lane at all. But now that Kriener appears to have improved leaps and bounds and Nunge and Garza are 7' additions....those guys are going to get a ton of the 5 minutes that went to Cook and Pemsl. I don't see Cook's minutes going down a whole lot because of what he brings to the offensive side of the floor....so that means that Pemsl's minutes I think are going to see a dip.
We can't afford to have a lot of minutes where both Pemsl and Cook are on the floor at the same time....otherwise the same defensive issues we saw inside last year are going to rear their head again. I think those two have to sub each other at the 4....so if Cook plays 25 minutes a game, I only see Pemsl getting 17-18 mins a game (there'll be a few minutes a game where they both play together I'm sure).
I see the avg minutes as follows:
JBo - 25 mins
Cook - 25 mins
Baer - 21 mins
Moss - 21 mins
Kriener - 18 mins
Pemsl - 18 mins
Garza - 15 mins
Nunge - 15 mins
Ellingson - 15 mins
Williams - 10 mins
Wagner - 10 mins
Uhl - 4 mins
Dailey - 4 mins