It's official, Ahelegbe Is Out for the Rest of Season

[UNIAlum95]

Re: It's official, Ahelegbe Is Out for the Rest of Season

Can Reed help out at the PG spot once he's healthy? Or is he strictly a SG only?

I think Reed can help out about as much as Kerwin can at PG. They will bring it up when we can't get the ball to Josten. I don't see either being in the game as the primary point guard.

[Cobra 23]

Re: It's official, Ahelegbe Is Out for the Rest of Season

Hopefully we find someone to allow Josten to get a rest now and then. Otherwise he is going to seriously tire out near the end of the year. Unlike McKowen, who played a lot of minutes as well last year, Josten is also expected to defend the other team's top guard so that will really wear on him as the year goes. Haak is not ready to play at this level. Unfortunately I do not see any other options either. Maybe we can get Koch to play some point-forward to give Josten a small break.

[Khan4Cats]

Re: It's official, Ahelegbe Is Out for the Rest of Season

I agree Cobra, its not so much who will bring the ball up court, its who will spell Josten on the defensive side, especially a smaller quicker PG (think Ruffin of Bradley or Breuer of WSU). I think we've seen we have some ballhandlers, and we may have to do some tandem work as opposed to just having one player bring it up. It may cause us to start our offensive sets differently (as in four players can't get down and set with one player bringing it up) but I belive we will be able to handle presses, its the one on one pressure we may struggle with.

[joecooll6]

Re: It's official, Ahelegbe Is Out for the Rest of Season

Coleman seems to want to be a guard, maybe his time has come

[Kyle]

Re: It's official, Ahelegbe Is Out for the Rest of Season

Hopefully we find someone to allow Josten to get a rest now and then. Otherwise he is going to seriously tire out near the end of the year. Unlike McKowen, who played a lot of minutes as well last year, Josten is also expected to defend the other team's top guard so that will really wear on him as the year goes. Haak is not ready to play at this level. Unfortunately I do not see any other options either. Maybe we can get Koch to play some point-forward to give Josten a small break.

I would feel comfortable with Reed or Dunham taking the ball up to give Josten a break. As Montgomery gets more experience, I will feel comfortable with him getting some minutes @ the point as well.

[BMPanther]

Re: It's official, Ahelegbe Is Out for the Rest of Season

My opinion on this subject goes something like this:

Dear Mr. Josten,

Please begin doing massive amounts of cardio, because I would like to see you play 40 minutes a game. Thanks.

Yours Truly,

BMPanther

[BCPanther]

Re: It's official, Ahelegbe Is Out for the Rest of Season

I would like to see Dunham in more of a point forward role. He did a FANTASTIC job against the UMass press on Sunday...

A side note on Dunham- I think the comparisons to Benny Jacobson are incorrect. His game is much more similar to that of an Adam Morrison...

[D Panther]

Re: It's official, Ahelegbe Is Out for the Rest of Season

I think we are overeacting to Josten's playing time. He already figured to lead the team in minuets plyed, my guess is it would have been about 35 a game. Now that he is a point it will go up a little. But we need to look at the possitive. If Josten would have stayed at off guard Dunham, Brown, Reed, and Montgomery would have all shared the 3 position. So in the long run this will make the team better.