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Date Posted: 07:31:57pm 12/11/05 Sun,
Author: JCM
Subject: Re: NOT TOT BUT DOT
In reply to: Reindeer Fan 's message, "Re: NOT TOT BUT DOT" on 09:32:48pm 12/10/05 Sat,

I think TOT also saw himself in Goode. I felt Goode had a role on the team but was a liability in some situations, but TOT continued to leave him on the floor at times where he didn't belong there. How many times were the stags down three with the ball and Goode was in there. He was 5'5 and couldn't create his own shot. The stags were working for the final shot playing 4 on 5. Goode could do some things for you but asking him to score in such a situation was not fair.

The truth is it seems, Tim judges people by their work ethic, heart, attitude and hustle and less by their innate abilities. I think Tim needs to look at the basketball skill of some of the folks he has put on the floor. Carter and Goode were not really recruited by anyone other than Fairfield. There is a reason for this. I think both players were stand up guys and good to have in the program. But folks like this should be playing a supporting role, not be the go to guys. Carter should be a back-up Powerforward who gets 15 minutes per game. Asking him to play center is not fair. The guy has no chance against a 6'9 player no less against some of the seven footers he's going to see this year. We're asking the impossible from this kid just like we did from Goode.

Players need to be used properly. We can't cloud our judgements about the abilities of some folks just because they have a lot of heart. The bottom line is, people need to have a certain amount of ability to go along with the hustle. In the tot era, we haven't always had the best players on the floor.

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