Minny post/Chief of the Game thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Firehawk]

By the way, the Griffey experiment starting should be over, he played 3 minutes today, had more fouls than points, boards, or assists

I think he needs to come off the bench as a fill in guy, he is a perimeter player

agreed...who do you start?

[Firehawk]

By the way, the Griffey experiment starting should be over, he played 3 minutes today, had more fouls than points, boards, or assists

I think he needs to come off the bench as a fill in guy, he is a perimeter player

Agreed.  Give the start to Bertrand.

at the 4?

[Big Phil]

I'd start Egwu and bring Bertrand 1st off bench, then Griffey, then Abrams, then Shaw. Wish I could see Henry but I guess its not in the cards

[Crusader]

By the way, the Griffey experiment starting should be over, he played 3 minutes today, had more fouls than points, boards, or assists

I think he needs to come off the bench as a fill in guy, he is a perimeter player

Agreed.  Give the start to Bertrand.

at the 4?

Yes.

Weber said #Illini can play "small ball:" "If Tyler (Griffey) not getting as much done or Mike Shaw maybe you go w/Joe (Bertrand) at the 4."

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[Big Phil]

Cru I would take JB over Griffey if given the choice I agree with you. I just like the traditional power 4 and center lineup better. If we are running motion or chuck and duck Bertrand is a better fit.

[lwchicago]

I went with Meyers..............but if Minny was up there i would give it to them.....They did their best to give Minny the game and they gave it right back.......im glad it wasn't on ESPN...Going forward im not going to read and take to heart about what they did in the summer...because its mostly lies put out by someone......LOL JB and Meyers are the only players i see improvement in...

I like when Egwu and Meyers are on the floor together..i know it cant and wont happen a lot but they just need to work on setting pick for each other and not so much the guards

I think going forward a line up change needs to be made....Sam and Griffey should sit...I hate to say Sam because he is very smart and hustles his butt off but it wont get any easier then Minny's guards....and i dont like Bertrand at the 4

[Crusader]

Cru I would take JB over Griffey if given the choice I agree with you. I just like the traditional power 4 and center lineup better. If we are running motion or chuck and duck Bertrand is a better fit.

I would LOVE to see Egwu at the 4 with Meyers at the 5! 

[Firehawk]

I'd start Egwu and bring Bertrand 1st off bench, then Griffey, then Abrams, then Shaw. Wish I could see Henry but I guess its not in the cards

id go with Egwu also...would like to see Bert cut into some of Pauls minutes especially if he is not going to commit to getting to the hoop...way too many bad shots today when there were other options...I didnt se Bert take one bad shot tonight

[Big Phil]

I went with Meyers..............but if Minny was up there i would give it to them.....They did their best to give Minny the game and they gave it right back.......im glad it wasn't on ESPN...Going forward im not going to read and take to heart about what they did in the summer...because its mostly lies put out by someone......LOL JB and Meyers are the only players i see improvement in...

I like when Egwu and Meyers are on the floor together..i know it cant and wont happen a lot but they just need to work on setting pick for each other and not so much the guards

I think going forward a line up change needs to be made....Sam and Griffey should sit...I hate to say Sam because he is very smart and hustles his butt off but it wont get any easier then Minny's guards....and i dont like Bertrand at the 4

We can't underestimate Sam's value from a leader standpoint though he just isn't a true PG, from all accounts he is the team "leader" this year. What I hope for is we see someone this year who puts a tick of confidence in us that they can run the point when sam is gone.

[Lou Do]

I am a glass half full guy tonight.  Played a good first half.  Got stagnant......no really sloppy in the second half.  Turnovers leading to easy buckets, bad D leading to easy buckets put Minny back in the game and we struggled.
 
However,we did right the ship and we got some guys some minutes.  Bert looked good, DJ solid, Sam and BP had their moments and we got Tracy and Nnanna some minutes in big 10 play.  Griff was disappointing.  ML was spectacular, then immature, then controlled and finally spectacular again in closing out the game. 
 
Minny is really not very good, but will take the win and chalk it up as another peg on the way to this team growing up.