[pefloresjr]

Agara has earned and gotten pretty good minutes this season.  She brings enthusiasm and an offensive minded attitude that the team needs.  She also plays like a freshman and forces the issue on offense and defense too often.  She was very ineffective against Arizona in light of their highly aggressive defense.  I think she can continue to help us as we go forward but the idea that she should take minutes from Jump makes no sense.  

Harriel is also improving and giving us good backup guard minutes this season.  It seems that her offensive potential is higher than Lepolo's but I think it's jumping the gun to assume she can maintain against a good team for an entire game like Lepolo.  I would like to see them share some more of the point guard minutes but major changes aren't needed at this point.  (Unless Lepolo is out for injury, in which case, there is no other option except having Harriel and Clardy share the minutes.)  It's easy to see her as a savior who can bring us offense when Jump is being shut down because the defense has dedicated one of their players to exclusively face guard her and deny her the ball.  However, if Harriel replaces some of Jump's minutes, the defense will likely be able to double or triple team Cam and Kiki resulting in fewer overall points.  It feels a lot like the backup quarterback is always the player that fans think we need to improve.  It's often based on frustration but not on the reality when that player takes over for others.  

I'm not saying that there can't be changes in the minutes players get, I'm just saying that I think that the results are often not as good as hoped for.  

Cheers,
Pete F.

[pefloresjr]

Agara has earned and gotten pretty good minutes this season.  She brings enthusiasm and an offensive minded attitude that the team needs.  She also plays like a freshman and forces the issue on offense and defense too often.  She was very ineffective against Arizona in light of their highly aggressive defense.  I think she can continue to help us as we go forward but the idea that she should take minutes from Jump makes no sense.  

Harriel is also improving and giving us good backup guard minutes this season.  It seems that her offensive potential is higher than Lepolo's but I think it's jumping the gun to assume she can maintain against a good team for an entire game like Lepolo.  I would like to see them share some more of the point guard minutes but major changes aren't needed at this point.  (Unless Lepolo is out for injury, in which case, there is no other option except having Harriel and Clardy share the minutes.)  It's easy to see her as a savior who can bring us offense when Jump is being shut down because the defense has dedicated one of their players to exclusively face guard her and deny her the ball.  However, if Harriel replaces some of Jump's minutes, the defense will likely be able to double or triple team Cam and Kiki resulting in fewer overall points.  It feels a lot like the backup quarterback is always the player that fans think we need to improve.  It's often based on frustration but not on the reality when that player takes over for others.  

I'm not saying that there can't be changes in the minutes players get, I'm just saying that I think that the results are often not as good as hoped for.  

Cheers,
Pete F.