Early season substitution patterns - this year vs last

[RedTeamUpstream94]

I know it’s VERY early but seems to me that coach pike has a more firm handle/ concept of his team compared to early on last year

If I recall correctly early last year that substitution patterns seemed rather random - like he was throwing out different combinations to see what worked. Would randomly play deep-bench players more than he probably should have, etc. this contributed to a few wtf games.

in constrast the way he is using the players and the substitution patterns this year seem much more deliberate early on

interesting tidbit to demonstrate my point - late in the first half of this game I believe he was doing offense/ defense substitution with Miller. Second game of the year against sacred heart in the first half up 20+ and he’s doing offense/ defense substitutions?!!! that seems like a really good sign to me

 

[Rokodesh]

Much better so far this season. Last year it would kill our momentum.

 

[RU_Travesty]

Pike actually doesn’t call the subs iirc. He lets BK or Hobbs do it

 

[kcg88]

Last year he was trying to make anything work against the cupcakes. This year he has the luxury of the team playing well to make the substitutions easier.

 

[RW90]

Biggest difference I see is our bench is the deepest I've ever seen.

 

[rubjk]

The difference is we have better defense, depth and a lot more bench scoring. Geo and Ron were great but we struggled when both were cold and at times when one was cold. I think we will not struggle as much as we have more bench depth and scoring.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

It is going to be very interesting what happens when Caleb comes back.

if there are 160 minutes 1 thru 4……..
Cam 34
Paul 34
Caleb 34

that leaves 58

hyatt, Simpson and Mag get 19 each?

 

[BigEastPhil]

It is going to be very interesting what happens when Caleb comes back.

if there are 160 minutes 1 thru 4……..
Cam 34
Paul 34
Caleb 34

that leaves 58

hyatt, Simpson and Mag get 19 each?

Will be interesting to see how Caleb impacts the current chemistry of the team. I think on the average the guys you have pegged in at 34 minutes per game will be approx 28-30 leaving another +5 minutes Per
Game for the other 3. We re a deep team.

 

[RutgersNo1]

It is going to be very interesting what happens when Caleb comes back.

if there are 160 minutes 1 thru 4……..
Cam 34
Paul 34
Caleb 34

that leaves 58

hyatt, Simpson and Mag get 19 each?

Cam 32
Paul 32
Caleb 30
Hyatt 21
Mag 21
Simpson 16
Miller 8

 

[richthedentist]

Cam 32
Paul 32
Caleb 30
Hyatt 21
Mag 21
Simpson 16
Miller 8

Miller 0 when Caleb comes back

 

[BillyC80]

It is going to be very interesting what happens when Caleb comes back.

if there are 160 minutes 1 thru 4……..
Cam 34
Paul 34
Caleb 34

that leaves 58

hyatt, Simpson and Mag get 19 each?

Thinking Caleb starts off with fewer minutes as he’ll be in a recovery phase upon his return. Maybe 24 minutes in his first game back, then see how it goes from there. Just a guess.