Kuol Atak

[opsooner]

I'm not sure I agree. If a guy is a really high level shooter, there should be a spot for him, even on good teams. Did Tim Heskett or Kelly Newton possess the athletic ability to guard people (talking about after their injuries)? No. But they were important players on a very solid team that went to the tournament every year, and they defended well enough because, well, their coach taught defense and demanded it from everyone on the roster. And I don't think anyone in this thread has advocated for 20-25 minutes a game. We are advocating for something greater than zero, especially when guys like Dayton and JN, who have no elite traits, are playing ahead of him. The underlying question is, why did his minutes dry up pretty much right after he had a really good game in our only win since the calendar flipped to January?

And the important part here is having a coach that teaches D. No one should think a HS player can come into a college program and be ready to play D at that level. The same is true for offense. You shouldn’t have a high school green light once you get to college. You have to earn it.

 

[colston15]

You know, it's not hard to take a few minutes to double check your emotional opinions. You know.....with actual facts.

https://evanmiya.com/?player_ratings

You can filter to just show the OU players. Atak's defense is brutal, and his offense doesn't do much to pull him up.

Nothing in those advanced metrics suggest Atak should play zero minutes and Nwankwo and Jones should play 10-15+.

We are 1-8 in conference for ****’s sake. The ONLY game we won in the SEC, Atak was lights out, by the way. He’s not a great player, but it’s typical Moser to bench someone like that.