John Walters and Chris Allen
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You aren't around HERE much on gameday, are you? The fans are negative towards him for a reason - he makes a lot of bad decisions.
He's turned the ball over several times, taken numerous bad shots, and let Pledger hit 2 threes by going under screens instead of over them.
I'd say he's playing pretty horrible right now.
Allen is what he is, takes some tough shots, makes some and is one of the best scorer's on the team. I hope Fred can get in his head and help him become a great player, but thats a lot to expect, Izzo apparently tried for 3 years with out success so I doubt he changes this year, I like McGee to get more minutes down the strectch
And I think rightfully so. CA makes a lot of poor decisions (offensively and defensively), probably worst basketball IQ on the team out of the guys who play, which is surprising considering the playing experience he has (2 Final Fours). If he would just stay focused and within himself, he would be a solid player for us.
I'm fine with him starting, whatever. But I'm still trying to understand why he plays so much more over McGee? Maybe because Tyrus expends so much more energy than Chris, he needs those breaks? I would think Fred wants CA to play in limited spurts so he stays focused on what we should be trying to accomplish? Or maybe he just wants CA to play through his usual mistakes?
This post is probably coming off as extremely negative, which I don't want it to because we just had a huge conference road win and will need CA to step up if we want to continue to be successful! But there is no reason to ignore one of the weaknesses this team has.
He hit some big shots, and his help in the steal towards the end was a big play. Chris is a very valuable player for our team. If he could just dial it down about half a notch, it would be perfect.
He didn't play terribly today. He had some mistakes, but who doesn't. He helped his team win today.