You donāt even like Harris. Or Lutz. Why bother?
[QUOTE=bball49er;275420]Gerrity isnāt going to have to earn crap. Itās obvious that he is the next favorite son of Lutz. And no, it wonāt hurt Ianās playing time as much as Harris.[/QUOTE]
Iām kind of scared that will be the case.
Gerrity isn't going to have to earn crap. It's obvious that he is the next favorite son of Lutz. And no, it won't hurt Ian's playing time as much as Harris.
I hate to agree with such a bold statement, but the truth isā¦ thats probably true. If that happens, you can expect Harrisās enthusiam to dwindle.
I personally think that Harris might be better suited to come off the bench. His energy and effort would be a great spark coming in for us.
Saying that, I donāt think Gerrity should/needs to start right away. We have 4 games til Maryland and 6 before conference play begins for Bobby and Co. to figure out a rotation.
I think Lutz brought Harris in as a stop gap until Gerrity became eligible but Harris has turned out to be much better than that. He deserves to keep getting significant minutes.
One other aspect of this is, even though theyāve practiced together, this team has never played in a game with Gerrity. Theyāve gelled together with Harris at the point and that wonāt happen instantly with Gerrity.
If Gerrity is as good as advertised then thatās great. But he shouldnāt get minutes to the detriment of the team chemistry thatās developed between Harris and the rest of the team. Also weāve IDād ourself as a defensive team so far. I donāt want us to turn back into the team whoās guards shoot 65% of the shots and never look down low.
I didn't say anything about yanking Harris out of the starting lineup. Gerrity will get minutes and have to prove it on the floor. Harris is great defensively and has been clutch. We'll get some more offense from Gerrity and he'll open up the floor. Looking forward to seeing how we use them. Also, those two with Lee with any combination of Coley, Mack, Wilderness, Dewhurst will be unreal if they keep it up.
Me saying āyouāreā was not referring to you, just the situation in general. I just donāt think that anything done in practice should justify changing a lineup that is working very well. Our offense is really starting to flow with Harris running the point. I fear that if we just toss Gerrity in there to start running the show, we could see our chemistry take a step backwards. Iām going with the āif it aint broke, donāt fix itā approach on this one. Harris should start every game until we are clearly a better team with Gerrity on the court. And as someone else mentioned, I fear Harris developing a bit of a grudge if he loses too many minutes while Bobby plays favorites with Gerrity.
You don't even like Harris. Or Lutz. Why bother?If you don't have anything positive to contribute please refrain from posting. Thanks in advance.
[QUOTE=bball49er;275466]If you donāt have anything positive to contribute please refrain from posting. Thanks in advance.[/QUOTE]
Thatās pretty much my point. Take your own advice.
Our offense hasnāt been great with Harris. Letās not overhype what heās done. Heās been a manageable PG, but he certainly isnāt leading the offense to 100 point games, and he isnāt much of a shooter (whether by choice or not).
Thereās pretty much no way we lose anything offensively with Gerrity; defensively, maybe. Our defense is best inside, not from guard play, though, imo. Plenty of times against SIU specifically, Harrisā man would get easy shots in the half court set.
[QUOTE=jcl49er;275458] And as someone else mentioned, I fear Harris developing a bit of a grudge if he loses too many minutes while Bobby plays favorites with Gerrity.[/QUOTE]
This would not be the first time Bobby has had a questionable rotation, if it were to happen.
HOWEVER, in light of the team we have, and the way Bobby has used his rotation this year, I am giving him the benefit of the doubt.
I donāt think weāll have any CNE this year.
[QUOTE=eason49;275470]Our offense hasnāt been great with Harris. Letās not overhype what heās done. Heās been a manageable PG, but he certainly isnāt leading the offense to 100 point games, and he isnāt much of a shooter (whether by choice or not).
Thereās pretty much no way we lose anything offensively with Gerrity; defensively, maybe. Our defense is best inside, not from guard play, though, imo. Plenty of times against SIU specifically, Harrisā man would get easy shots in the half court set.[/QUOTE]
As was noted by other people, the best defender on Curry was Harris. Harrisā largest weakness on defense is height, a tall guard gets shots off over him anyway. But, Harris handles defensive pressure really well. It used to be that you could full could press us and we would turn the ball over. That is not true of this yearās team. Harris attacks the press and never even looks to pass.
We donāt score well when Harris goes to the bench. He is not a great scorer, but no one cares. He is the total package at the PG position minus 10 ppg. No, heās not a world beater or a NBA player, I donāt think anyone thinks that. And he is not an all-american. But there have been lots of great college guards that have no shot at any other level. If gerrity can come in and score a lot, great. If he can get the offense going, great. But if he does that while getting trapped on the defensive end, turning the ball over and allowing his man to score at will (we have had guards like that), then I would rather have a low scoring guard that forces the other team to grind out points.
I'm kind of scared that will be the case.If Gerrity can shoot a lick you know Lutz is going to favor him over Harris. That's the way Bobby rolls.
Iām not as impressed with Harris as most everyone else. He played a solid game against Wake and has played okay at Halton. He was benched at the tourney. Iām willing to give Gerrity a chance.
It seems to me the same people that hated on Baldwin so much are the same people that love Harris. Harris appears to be a shorter, left-handed Mitch to me.
Mitch couldnāt dribble, after he got hurt he never attacked the basket. The only thing Mitch had on Harris is size and leaping ability
I remember when Baldwin fumbled a wide open in-bound chest pass to lose the game.
[QUOTE=bball49er;275478]If Gerrity can shoot a lick you know Lutz is going to favor him over Harris. Thatās the way Bobby rolls.
Iām not as impressed with Harris as most everyone else. He played a solid game against Wake and has played okay at Halton. He was benched at the tourney. Iām willing to give Gerrity a chance.
It seems to me the same people that hated on Baldwin so much are the same people that love Harris. Harris appears to be a shorter, left-handed Mitch to me.[/QUOTE]
I agree. I posted something similar to this in the past. But I will say that as of right now, Harris is a little bit better on the ball defender than Baldwin was. It seemed to me that Baldwin lost some energy his last couple of years in the program.
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[QUOTE=bball49er;275478]Iām not as impressed with Harris as most everyone else. He played a solid game against Wake and has played okay at Halton. He was benched at the tourney. Iām willing to give Gerrity a chance. [/QUOTE]
They have similarities. Hopefully Harris gets better from the free throw the way Mitch did later on. Mitchell seemed to panic in situations at times. We havenāt seen that from Harris yet.
I always liked Mitchell a lot but he was very streaky at times.
It seems to me the same people that hated on Baldwin so much are the same people that love Harris. Harris appears to be a shorter, left-handed Mitch to me.
Harris actually enters the lane. Something Mitch didnāt do his last 2 years here.
Harris is a better PG than Mitch was.
I think Harris(whoās played a whole 8 games for us) is so much better than Mitchell was his last 2 years.Think of where we would have been while S.ILL. was pressing us without Harris.He was by far our most steady ballhandler.He makes Lee so much better as the 2ā¦when Lee has to play the 1 heās not nearly as effective.Harris is not a great off. player now,might never be,although I think heāll get better as he gets the minutes and gets some experience.Our inside guys,Phil,Mack,Coley are not good ballhandlers at this pointā¦we need someone who provides a steady hand and can get them the ballā¦which I think Harris does a pretty good job of when heās in.Mitchell was an offensive liability and for his last 2 years had very little energy,as well as missing some crucial free throws.I hope Gerrity is great,if heās got game,particularly offensive,he gives us a great guard rotationā¦my view,which given the last game is probably going to be unpopular,is that Ian should lose some minutesā¦we use him for an offensive spark(hopefully),but heās a defensive liability,and iām not convinced heās more than an ok 1-dimensional player.I love his energy but see much more OVERALL potential in Dewhurst.
Mitch was really solid his junior year.
His senior year, wellā¦