Glad you're the voice of everyone, coach included! I'm sure I'm not the only who agrees with the sentiment that it would be nice to see more of Trey T. He was coach Mac's first real recruiting win and would be awesome to see him flourish.
Trey Thompson Playing Time
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I very strongly feel that we have a highly competent coach in Ben and trust him and his staff to evaluate the players and make decisions about playing time. You have made it pretty clear that you dislike Joey Matteoni for whatever reason which seems related to wanting to see more of Thompson.
Your just making stuff up and deflecting, because its obvious that pretty much everyone here understands that Ben knows what he's doing, and yet for some reason, you've chosen this hill to die on. He'll play when Ben thinks he should play. Not sure what that has to do with me pointed that out. Its not like I'm the one keeping him from playing.
Help me out, why should I be concerned?
Ben don't give no "slack" you earn it, playing time. You should have learned that by now in the hundreds of interviews and in game commitments he's made.
I’m fine if he’s not ready for minutes early or against bigger matchups, but don’t understand the idea of not moving to the bench more when the game is in control which was at 10 mins left about. And with Ben open idea of playing position less typically excluding the 1 or 5, I think Thompson or Harris could have put in some work to have tape on what they’re not doing right to earn the minutes when it matters. Howard defense can be great but not exactly impressed with his offense and if Sage doesn’t take the next step, it’s helpful to push these bench guys development when games allow it.
Ben multiple times made statements about wishing he’s got other bench players more minutes in the past and just be nice to see the awareness to adjust this in some matchups. We all don’t expect Peyton to be doing this against creighton but he got his minutes.
Well I get the competition was inferior but in 13 minutes Thompson had 11 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, and was 3-5 from three. Also thought he looked good on both ends of the floor. Hopefully he keeps earning some minutes going forward.
One of the thoughts I had at the end of the game is there isn’t a single player on the floor who looks like they don’t have a clue and aren’t ready to play at this level. Not one. Sure, there were plenty of f#ckups, but every player on the floor played with confidence, moved and passed with a purpose, and knew what they were doing or supposed to be doing on defense. That is a sharp contrast from Fran teams, as too many kids under his watch got thrown out to the wolves well before they were ready, and I believe it f#cked a lot of kids up for the rest of their Iowa careers.
The point?
Ben knows WTF he is doing. Some of you need to chill.
The point?
Ben knows WTF he is doing. Some of you need to chill.
Well, look at it this way: If Thompson is ready, he will see the floor. And he won’t have to worry about getting buried on the bench by “Patty Mac” or some sh*t.
I agree, and just to clarify I’m 100 % behind Ben’s decisions the guy can flat coach. What I was trying to say is I was encouraged from what I saw from Thompson. Had to do a lot for his confidence as well. And to your point Ben is going to put the best team on the floor.
I'm going to bet that PM does in fact stay in the rotation and play fairly well. We'll see.....
I'd agree, TT looked solid. The only thing I'd add is its ALOT less pressure when you come in and the team is up 25-30 points and your smothering them on defense.
Oh for sure, gotta start somewhere I reckon, potential is definitely there. Be curious to see how he progresses, this team definitely has some pieces to work with.
Thompson actually had 3 assists. Scorers table totally missed his 3rd. It was the steal by Matteoni over to Thompson and then he found cutting Koch for layup.
1st assist was the skip pass to McCollum for 3
2nd assist was the alley-oop to Coon
Oh boy you are exhausting. Last night did nothing but support my claim that it would be nice to see more of Trey T. Sample size of one, we'll see if it continues once competition ramps up.??????? Sure, its just me that thinks your wrong.
I guess the message was received by Thompson. Good for him! He is a talented young man.
Agree 100% with this. There is a bunch of talent and depth on this team and they look like they are having fun together. While I was watching and seeing how they were all playing 2 things came to mind.
1. We have not even seen out big center (but Jirak is playing really well)
2. Ben can recruit....he is getting guys that fit his system and a bunch of them. This is the beginning of turning the corner on the roster. Year one he absolutely had to have all the guys from Drake and collectively THAT group took Iowa to an Elite 8. Now the next build is taking place and I am going to enjoy the ride. If I was a top 10 PG and saw this roster it would be hard to say no.(understanding the potential money issues) We have the RIGHT coach!
Fwiw, Matteoni is surprising me a li'l bit. I know he's primarily playing in garbage time, but he's been doing some good stuff.
Harris intrigues me too. What a combination at 6' 8'', a guard, and red hair. NOT common!
Harris intrigues me too. What a combination at 6' 8'', a guard, and red hair. NOT common!
Yes, you are exhausting and now your backpedaling, (which was expected). Your initial claim, (which was the ONLY thing anyone disputed), was that Ben was making a mistake by not playing him more in game one. That's all that was disputed. What did we see last night? He does have talent. Maybe Ben got the message across to him that he wanted. Maybe the fact that we were pounding them already helped. We'll see as we get in some better competition, how much he's learned and if it continues. NO ONE here said it wouldn't be interesting to see what he has.
Lol I'm not backpedaling. My original point was he should get more minutes that Joey M which was also supported last night. I have a different opinion than you, it's okay.
In post #33 You said Ben was making a mistake by playing JM and not TT. All I and others said, is Bens going to do what he thinks is right to get what he wants from each player. He played great last night. Maybe Ben was right and he got what he was searching for from TT. That doesn't mean he was wrong for not playing him more earlier. Ben seems to like what JM brings to his minutes. He has said that specifically in interviews. At this point I'm guessing he knows what he's doing. Not sure how that jives with your first statement either that "in NO world, should JM be playing before TT". Evidently in Ben's world that's what he needed at the time to develop the team. That doesn't mean that's the plan going forward.
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Ok fine you got me there. I was clearly being hyperbolic, but I can't assume how a reader might interpret it. I apologize.
All good. Honestly if this lights the fire under Trey and we see this as his jumping off point for a great start to his career, there will be a lot of happy Hawk fans right here cheering him on, and I'll be right there with him.
Toward the end of the game, I was enjoying the thought of the potential on the roster with all of the young guys (PM, EH, TC, JC, CK, TT, IH, TS, and TJ, Just need to find another quality big to add and Iowa should be tough in upcoming years. JMHO
Agree. I'm hopeful his defense comes along this season, because we are going to need him on offense.And that's why he was redshirted, his defense wasn't up to par yet according to Ben.
He's young and has time to improve
Thompson definitely has a good looking shot from three, I’m sure there are other parts to his game as well, definitely think he can help us. Also on defense so far, the effort has definitely been there, continues to build on that I think we see an increased role moving forward.
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