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re: Big game today. Bball @ Tennessee
Posted on 2/1/26 at 10:53 am to jangalang
Posted on 2/1/26 at 10:53 am to jangalang
quote:Maybe so, maybe not.
Yall are making a mountain out of a mole hill over Pett's minutes. Many PGs have done his minutes at a high level. It's a testament to conditioning levels.
Everyone is different regardless of equal conditioning. Just as there's varying levels of endurance among short duration athletes there's also varying degrees of endurance among the more long event guys. Some guys simply are built better for several time a week hour long activities than others. The different is how long is he (himself) being pushed past his comfort level and not how well another player responded.
It's a valid point but comparison alone can't answer this question.
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Posted on 2/1/26 at 12:18 pm to awestruck
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The different is how long is he (himself) being pushed past his comfort level and not how well another player responded.
The difference seems to be the effort the player is putting in off the court in terms of conditioning, and apparently the level of excuse making some are making for Tahaad.
Walter Clayton averaged 32.6 min a game last year, 30.9 and 30.3 before that. Jared Harper did 33 his junior year, 30.5 his sophomore year. Mark Sears was at 33.6 and 32.3 per game his last two seasons at Bama. Braden Smith from Purdue has averaged like 34 for his career.
It's more common than not for PGs to have the number of minutes per game Tahaad is averaging per game, pretty much all the All Americans do regularly.
The problem is Tahaad, not some made up excuse about his minutes. Tahaad is struggling in the early part of games just like he is in the end of games. He was struggling when we had Magwood just like he is struggling now with Magwood in the doghouse.
Hall is able to average 2 more minutes per game more than Tahaad and play at an All-sec, borderline All American level. And Hall plays about the most physical style of offense possible going into the paint all the time, not like he is jacking up threes constantly.
But poor Tahaad, he doesn't have a a backup PG. And Magwood sucked when he played anyway, statistically he's barely better than the walkon you guys are complaining about.
Our team definitely has depth issues, but our main two issues are that our PG play sucks and we can't shoot threes worth a damn. And Tahaad is a major part of the problem for both issues.
Posted on 2/1/26 at 12:30 pm to auyushu
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The problem is Tahaad, not some made up excuse about his minutes. Tahaad is struggling in the early part of games just like he is in the end of games. He was struggling when we had Magwood just like he is struggling now with Magwood in the doghouse.
Yep exactly..
Why are we having issues getting true PG? Petti & Holloway both were said to he better at 2 than 1
Posted on 2/1/26 at 1:16 pm to Fearless_and_True
“True PGs” are a dying breed. Every guard needs to be able to shoot and score. Tahaad is fine at handling the ball and makes good passes… it’s the scoring he’s struggling with.
Posted on 2/1/26 at 1:43 pm to lowspark12
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Tahaad is fine at handling the ball and makes good passes… it’s the scoring he’s struggling with.
The heck he is. His assist to turnover ratio is 1.38, which is absolutely horrible. A decent PG should have a 2:1 ratio. Tahaad ranks 341 in the country in assist to turnover ratio, his passing and decision making suck.
I'll agree with you on his scoring probably being even more of an issue, but that just highlights how bad our PG situation has been. And honestly, I knew he'd been really bad at PG this year, but I didn't realize quite how bad until I looked up the stats just now. He's bottom 10 in the country in assist to turnover ratio.
Posted on 2/1/26 at 2:13 pm to Fearless_and_True
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Hall played the same amount of minutes.. why does Petti get the stamina excuse?
Fair point. But Hall shot like shite last night too, though not as poorly as Pett.
ETA:… But I don’t think it’s a stretch to say we need a better option to relieve Pettiford than Muschalek. He’s a practice squad player .
This post was edited on 2/1/26 at 2:16 pm
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