GSUwasGump’sFallbackSchool wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:06 am
Seattleapp wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:32 pm
The stretch of kerns not recognizing that mantis was a liability was the sticking point. That was the change. It’s easy to make that substitution in a regular season game up 7 ad hide mantis but Kerns shoulda subbed mantis out asap and he didn’t. Arkansas state rightly feasted on this and we lost by a bucket
Yeah, Mantis has been such a liability for months and Kerns has been adamant about keeping him in even tho he doesn't offset his poor play with 3s all winter.
I know Marsh is small and young, but the effort he gives made him the much better player. Maybe Coach doesn’t think he’s ready for big minutes and the decision making that comes with it, but he was much better than Mantis since UL game (at least).
You dance with the girl who brung ya.
It reminds me of Brian Snitker after the Braves won the WS a few years ago. Chris Martin and Will Smith had blown multiple leads in relief, but Snitker kept sending them out there, and they both had huge innings in the postseason. Both said it was Snitker's confidence in them that made them pitch as well as they did. I feel confident saying the Mantis situation is probably similar.
In addition, we don't see practice. Mantis might be a practice all-star, and Kerns feels like he should be rewarded with minutes regardless of production. Who knows?