I guess perception is reality for someā¦ methinks I have a ways to go to reach relentless statusā¦ my 9th post in this threadā¦. Gotta catch up to the 47 from Jerome and the 72 from Hooandtrueā¦ 
Sign me up for badminton!
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Im actually proud of you. First time you havent mentioned Taine Murray being the 2nd coming of Jordan. See change is possible.
If even Dave āBoston College + Taine + Jabri = super teamā Wave can improve, hope is not all lost for Rohde.
Bet I have a higher PER per comment. Itās why Tony lets me post so much
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I think the ālaudingā may have been my call out. Kinda a ridiculous word in retrospect.
I was one of those guys back in the Fall and even early season that was super high on Rohde. But over the course of season, fell off that given his play. My point was that there are really fewer Rohde-Stans at this point.
I think āonce Rohde becomes a 40% shooterā should be some sort of meme.
2 different POV, I suppose. We play young players, especially guards, but they have to value the ball. Could more minutes = settling down and not turning it over? Sure. Could more minutes be direct line more turnovers? Also possible.
What I do know is we have a very good 8 games win streak going in which advanced metrics are labeling us one of the best teams playing right now. Letās enjoy it.
Who is taller?
- Kihei
- Usher
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No doubtātimes are good, and our HOF coach is coaching his tail off. But itās a message board for Peteās sake! We can walk and chew gum.
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Man, late to this. My take is that Rohde is good and his minutes distribution right now is good and if he hit like 36% from 3 for the season this conversation would not be happening (which tells you that his other areas of play are already solid to good).
Not challenging any former college athlete to anything though. Thatās hubris bro.
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Everybody has a higher PER than Rohde though ā¦ except for Danteā¦ lol ā¦ or did you mean higher PER than me? Lol
Me when Dave posts stats usually
Me when I see stats backing the narrative that Dante minutes havent been great
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FSU singled him out over and over last night though and scored again and again on himā¦ heās serviceable in most areas except shootingā¦ that is the word for him for me.
He was better than Dante last night though in the 2nd half with ball security.
Guys I want with the ball against actual pressure in order?
Reece
Isaac
Everybody else.
Might be a hot take, but Iām happy weāre on a 8 game win streak and donāt have many complaints.
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Weāre clearly not winning hard enough though. Thatās been a major problem.
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Yup. I am still convinced that Danteās ankle is at 75%. His lateral movement isnāt what it needs to be. Hoping that his on-ball d and ball handling will both improve
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It was twice. One player on FSU, doing it two times in that second half stretch.
Last night it was is no different than groves, iMac, and Dunn getting roasted one on one at times.
If you take off the narrative glasses, youāll notice the other guys.
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We couldnāt possibly be on an 8 game win streak. We are starting Andrew Rohde.
In fact Taine got toasted hard during that quick 7-0 run out of nowhere.
Really highlighted how important that wrinkle of Dunn at the 3 is for us this season. Somehow we survived with him in foul trouble for most of the game which was huge. It was McKneely and Reeceās offense (and Groves) that saved us
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Ha - havenāt watched a Super Bowl in years.
Here are some random thoughts of watching tape the second time and some of the data points was really cool to see so many guys have so many contributions at key points in the game. Itās been a while since everybody contributed in meaningful ways at multiple points.
Little things like when Isaac got stuck, AR started to cut and then backed out creating the space for Jake to make the cut that got him a layup.
Little things like Murray, blocking out to create space for a teammate to get a rebound on a key missed free-throw.
The confidence that Jake and Isaac had in moments to drill three-pointers when we needed them. The sheer load that Reece had to handle in a ball-handling aspect in both full court, and half court.
How Blake played 24 minutes with only one foul is crazy with those Officials.
Even Dunn made plays for others with 3 assists Including the crazy lob save right to Isaac for the mid range jumper.
Jake playing really good defense last night and the last few games.
AR with the made FTs on the uva usual special missing front ends.
And McThreely becoming McFreely as well with a career high 9 FT attempts.
I would have said Watkins and Jackson or Florida Stateās best two players, but that would take away all the good work by Lee Cassell and Jamie Luckie. Who were clearly the Seminoles best two.
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To kind of iterate on what some have said above, I find the whole discussion of Rohde a little weird when Dante seems to clearly be the player having the most issues. He currently cannot shoot, throws some reckless passes (was lucky not to have two more TOs last night because bad passes were corralled), and is basically a non-threat offensively other than kicking it to shooters. Other teams are going to realize heās no threat to finish at the rim so even those drive and kicks will become less valuable over time.
I know we need PG/distributor skills on the floor, but if weāre looking for places to allocate Elijah some minutes, thatās where Iād personally go first until Dante starts to pick it up (which for his sake I really hope he does).
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