Forde Minutes: Feb 24

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OVERCOMING MISSING PERSONNEL
Suspensions and dismissals don’t have to be the ruination of a season. Sometimes it can help. Two prime examples: Duke (7) and Southern Methodist (8).
Both teams got better after losing seemingly key players for the season in January. Both have thrived ever since. No, it doesn’t hurt to have Hall of Fame coaches, but the players who left were no slouches.
Mike Krzyzewski tossed Rasheed Sulaimon (9), who was within 100 points of becoming a 1,000-point scorer in three years. It was the first player dismissal in Krzyzewski’s nearly 40 years as a head coach – and his team hasn’t lost since. The Blue Devils are 7-0, more cohesive and more defined in terms of roles. Backups Grayson Allen and Matt Jones have picked up Sulaimon’s minutes effectively, and he really hasn’t been missed.
Larry Brown had to part ways with former McDonald’s All-American Keith Frazier (10), and while an NCAA investigative mushroom cloud is looming over SMU, the Mustangs are playing superbly. In 10 games since Frazier left, SMU is 9-1 and has taken the lead in the American Athletic Conference. Ryan Manuel and Sterling Brown have picked up most of Frazier’s minutes and have improved the team’s defense along the way.
“Sometimes there is a player or two who has shown a lot of improvement and just wasn’t getting a lot of playing time,†Krzyzewski said of the addition-by-subtraction phenomenon. “Or it can be a shot of adrenaline for a team.â€
OVERCOMING MISSING PERSONNEL
Suspensions and dismissals don’t have to be the ruination of a season. Sometimes it can help. Two prime examples: Duke (7) and Southern Methodist (8).
Both teams got better after losing seemingly key players for the season in January. Both have thrived ever since. No, it doesn’t hurt to have Hall of Fame coaches, but the players who left were no slouches.
Mike Krzyzewski tossed Rasheed Sulaimon (9), who was within 100 points of becoming a 1,000-point scorer in three years. It was the first player dismissal in Krzyzewski’s nearly 40 years as a head coach – and his team hasn’t lost since. The Blue Devils are 7-0, more cohesive and more defined in terms of roles. Backups Grayson Allen and Matt Jones have picked up Sulaimon’s minutes effectively, and he really hasn’t been missed.
Larry Brown had to part ways with former McDonald’s All-American Keith Frazier (10), and while an NCAA investigative mushroom cloud is looming over SMU, the Mustangs are playing superbly. In 10 games since Frazier left, SMU is 9-1 and has taken the lead in the American Athletic Conference. Ryan Manuel and Sterling Brown have picked up most of Frazier’s minutes and have improved the team’s defense along the way.
“Sometimes there is a player or two who has shown a lot of improvement and just wasn’t getting a lot of playing time,†Krzyzewski said of the addition-by-subtraction phenomenon. “Or it can be a shot of adrenaline for a team.â€