By: crooked road

crooked road — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:07:03 +0000

Johnson has been playing nine guys regularly. He would be foolish to play them when it didn’t help the team, just ‘to get them experience’. He’s done well blending thus far.

By: Barney

Barney — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:10:14 +0000

James Johnson will feel the pressure to play his main starters the vast majority of this game. If he does, he’ll be falling into the trap Seth Greenberg put us in. What he did was never play enough bench guys early in the season in tough matchups. That put us in a hole if we had foul trouble and because of fatigue. You HAVE to play young guys a lot and LET THEM BE LOOSE AND PLAY FOR A WHILE so these guys are more loose and confident in those situations later on. Any good college coach knows that comfort and confidence is 80% of an inexperienced player’s ability to play good minutes. Coaches have to give players confidence…not by constantly telling exactly what to do, but by telling them that they have the goods and not to worry about looking over their shoulder because they are going to be allowed to play and make mistakes…so just go for it! JJ, PLEASE play Wood, Van Z, Rankin and Johnston as much as you can!! It will pay off big-time come the middle of the ACC season. This Iowa game is big, but do not forget you are building something!!!

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