I can't be mad at Seth about this year but a trend continues

Looking back at minutes played the last few years, this has typically been an issue at one or two positions, not the whole team. Which is what you get if you don’t have a dependable backup at guard, another at wing, and another in the post. And we generally haven’t had all 3 of those slots filled.

As it’s hard to fault Seth this year, it’s hard to fault him back in 2005-6 (not 3 years ago) when he rode Zabe, Gordon, and CC hard, as you said. Look at the rest of that roster. Not exactly full of shining stars.

in 2006-7, the numbers for all three of those guys (and Washington) dropped as other players stepped up.

in 2007-8, Vassallo logged a lot of minutes, but that’s because our next 3 guards were all freshmen. Still, Delaney logged 27 a game, Thorns logged 21, and Hudson pulled in 12. Hard to fault him for wanting to keep his general on the court. No coach wants 2 freshman guards running the show.

He may have played Delaney and Vassallo too much in 2008-9, but Hudson and Thorns were our 3rd and 4th guards that year, and neither was playing that great. They still logged 21 and 19 a game, respectively.

Last year, he may have played Delaney and Hudson too much, but his next best option was Green, who was a true freshman and more definitely NOT the Green of this year by any stretch.

I want to chalk this up to lack of balance on the roster. I hope that’s the case. I hope that next year we see a lot of improvement from Garland, and Rankin and Brown are solid enough as freshmen to help share the load, so Hudson and Green don’t have to carry the overwhelming load. I’d call myself cautiously optimistic, as two of those guys will be freshmen, and although their highly touted, the ACC is hard on freshmen guards… but at the same time Seth knows he’s losing Hudson, and needs to get someone ready to fill that hole the following year. We shall see.

I see your point with riding players. However, we do play in the ACC. You have to put the ball in the hands of the “playmaker”! They know they’re going to be the work horse and have to put up the points. To me, this shows if a player can handle the load. It’s easier to do when you have class’s like duke and unc get every year! Now with the class we just got signed and adding a four star this coming year (so far), I feel we’ll see a change. We’re going to have a few play makers. It’s not going to be just one of two players every game that HAVE to play balls to the wall ball! Look at BYU’s Jimmer Fredette! He takes the load every week and plays ball. Now, would he have the same numbers playing in the ACC or Big East? I wouldn’t think so due to the teams that play in the ACC or Big East. I don’t know if he would be the work house of the team. Point is, he’s taking the load and handling it!