I could not agree more, I cringe everytime he touches the ball. Too many careless turnovers. The defense knows that he's not a scoring threat. Buckley needs to get some more minutes...
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There's no need to embarrass the guy by pulling his starting spot. He has had some good games already this year -- it seems it is all in his head right now. Just put another guard in as the first off the bench and try to ease up some of their minutes. It can't hurt.
Why do we need to coddle these guys? BF was very critical of his players after some poor games, shook things up and things got better.
IMO, Greg should do something very similar.
Hell, he was publicly critical of Craig. He apologized, but what he said was done. Boom, Craig has really come alive - even before Saturday.
DG needs some tough love, because whatever is currently going on certainly is not working.
I've started threads about how I wish McDermott would be harder on players for making mistakes, and that I think he is afraid of losing more players. I understand that.
I also think each player needs to be handled differently. I think it's pretty evident that DG's slump is in his head because he has not even come close to playing this poorly earlier in the year. What happens if we start Boozer or Buckley on Saturday, they fail, and DG's confidence is absolutely shot? Well, I guess we'd lose anyway.
Right, we have nothing to lose. Doing the same things and expecting magical results is insanity.
IMO, without a doubt, Boozer has earned more time - especially on the defensive end. He should get more minutes.
Buckley looked good near the end of the game at Iowa and then we have not seen much of him since - give the kid a shot.
Petey is playing well - still rebounding and not turning it over at will.
Buckley looked good near the end of the game at Iowa and then we have not seen much of him since - give the kid a shot.
Petey is playing well - still rebounding and not turning it over at will.
Not once did I say do the same thing. I've made multiple posts now proposing to give some of his minutes to other players, and I've said so in a much more vulgar way in person.
I didn't agree with that post at all. Diante turns the ball over a lot in transition and continues to turn the ball over when all he has to do is pass the ball to the wing. McDermott isn't keeping DG from driving the lane either, DG is. I'm sure he will bounce back but I doubt letting him run wild is the right thing to do, espeically with his confidence the way it is now.
I would like to see Buckley given a 2 game guarantee to be the starting guy. It's too hard for a freshmen to start mid season in Big 12 play thinking if I make 1 mistake I am back on the bench. He needs to be able to shake off some early nerves and be able to gain some confidence and comfort. I would like to see Greg tell him he's the man for the next 2 games.... with game three being how he improves and ends up at the end of game 2. If not, no long term loss... PG position back up for grabs starting next year either way. Take off all pressure.
Tell DG the same thing... about Buckley being the PG for the next 2 games. Let him know his minutes are limited and at risk of being lost for the remainder of the year.
Let the best player win... I think Buckley, given some real time game experience may surprise. If not, I don't think our record will be any worse 2 games from now, but at least we will learn something, wake up DG, and get Buckley some experience.
seriously people need to cut out putting the facebook status's of athletes on here.
i did it for a reason... people need to lay off him, noone knows hes struggling more than him, let him figure it out, i know that these guys read this board, do all of you really thinks telling him how bad he's playing is helping?
I get what you're saying, but then you have idiots like Nick Davis, posting what he just did. Criticizing what and how the spell/say on there status.
