12-06-2022, 12:36 PM
If a coach wants a player to have less minutes, then the coach can cause that to happen. If the coach doesn't do that, it is for a reason. The other players aren't yet performing as well as the players that are playing more than the coach wishes. If you sit your better players so others can play, you risk having a game turn against you. So, I interpret Tara wanting starters to play less means she wants the non-starters to play well enough that she can rest the starters.
In a single game, playing too much can cause your effectiveness to decrease. But what does "[Lepolo's] minutes are starting to take a toll" mean? She's young enough that 3 days ought to be sufficient for muscles to recover. But there's more than muscles involved.
+/- per 40 minutes:
Lepolo 32.4
Brink 38.3
Jones 29.9
Jump 33.9
Iriafen 29.6
Emma-Nnopu 27.2
Belibi 21.6
Prechtel 29.1
Nivar 36.0
Bosgana 29.0
Demetre 30.9
Harriel 36.0
Betts 32.3
Frankly, those numbers for the non-starters surprised me. Some of that is they have had relatively more time against weaker teams.
In a single game, playing too much can cause your effectiveness to decrease. But what does "[Lepolo's] minutes are starting to take a toll" mean? She's young enough that 3 days ought to be sufficient for muscles to recover. But there's more than muscles involved.
+/- per 40 minutes:
Lepolo 32.4
Brink 38.3
Jones 29.9
Jump 33.9
Iriafen 29.6
Emma-Nnopu 27.2
Belibi 21.6
Prechtel 29.1
Nivar 36.0
Bosgana 29.0
Demetre 30.9
Harriel 36.0
Betts 32.3
Frankly, those numbers for the non-starters surprised me. Some of that is they have had relatively more time against weaker teams.