He’s had a great career at UNC and an amazing year last year, but we are better without him on the floor. Swap Jackson for him and we are better.
RJ Davis coming back wasn’t a good idea
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Ian Jackson routinely gets lost on defense.
I really don't get this thread. You see how awful our big men are, and you start a thread about how RJ is the problem?
Our bigs are non-existent. RJ forcing absolutely is a problem. I’m not saying he is the only problem, but him coming back hurts Jackson. RJ isn’t exactly a defensive force either. And he’s had 4+ years to show that.
Agreed. For this team to be it’s best at the end of the season he needed to have lesser numbers (or much better efficiency) than last season but doesn’t show the willingness to accept that. When he isn’t cooking he has to be willing to be in the background more and play within the flow.
yup .. and if I were making wholesale changes it would be Seth at the 2 and Jack at the 3 to go with Drake and Lubin. Hubert's not doing the best job of coaching either .. but that's nothing new.
Brave man. But somebody had to say it.
Clearly he's struggling. Feeling the pressure. We should be up front about that.
Now that it's out in the open, what do you think will happen?
My guess (and hope ) is that RJ bounces back from this disappointing start. We have a week off before another tough team in Alabama. But then things get easier. I expect the real RJ to show up soon.
Here's what I don't get: With Elliot and Seth being greatly improved, I'd think there would be less defensive pressure on RJ. But if that's true, my eyes aren't spotting it. RJ may not be peeling himself off the floor quite as much this year, but he's still getting tough defensive attention.
How much of the problem is our weak front line? If opponents don't have to worry too much about UNC scoring coming from our bigs, it makes sense that they would greatly crank up the pressure on our back court. Certainly no need to double any of our bigs, like teams had to do with Armando.
I lean toward Drake. Better defender, seems to be adapting faster than Ian, and gives our very short team a bit more length.
Ian is getting there, too, but I'd give more minutes to Drake.
Ha. We're UNC fans. We're allowed to worry about more than one thing at a time.
