Burgess

[Schmedly_Whiplash]

We've seen him play well and we've seen him get "tired" very quickly. Matt's talked about his conditioning, and he certainly knows every inch of that. BUT i also see a seemingly high motor, high strung guy that seems to over adrenalize and play a bit "frantic" and with the usual result of quick exhaustion. Maybe even more than Berg, the game is happening very quickly and he's using a lot of energy on non productive movements and over reactions.
Probably pretty clear that I like Caleb and he's doing some good things for the team. But his inability to finish at the rim is hurting us. And seems to be developing into a "thing" with him. Certainly defenses are all over it if he gets it low. We need another post player that can operate to give Trey a break and let him float out a bit. Defensively Caleb is our best post defender, but Raleigh will be good in time.
i guess I'm hoping he starts getting regular minutes with the goal of having him be a factor off the bench by tourney time. Trey and Caleb may well be our best "big" lineup this year, but there's going to be game where we need to play big and 1 or both of them pick up fouls.
Im not down on Will, but the teams that give us the most trouble seem to be smaller and quicker in general, at least so far. I think he'll have some games where he's a factor.

 

[BoilerDaddy]

If the issue is really conditioning, I would think that could be addressed to a significant extent even in season with some interval work on days where there are no immediate games coming up. I improved my conditioning pretty rapidly at that age.

 

[seminolesboilers]

If Burgess plays little…it seems that he Is wasting an eligible year…not redshirting.

 

[KentuckyBoiler]

Burgess may have conditioning problems. I am not sure, but I do know he just needs to get more game exposure before he will be ready to play any significant minutes in games like Ole Miss. He will get there. We need him, because Berg is not the answer.

 

[POTFHBTFU]

It’s early he needs to develop and let the speed come to him. And get conditioned. By end of year you hope he makes big strides. We will also play bigger teams and we will need him. We won’t be able to get away with Heide at the 4 as much as we did the past 3 games.

 

[DwaynePurvis00]

If Burgess plays little…it seems that he Is wasting an eligible year…not redshirting.

Once you play any minutes, you give up the red shirt. With DJs injury we def need him and it’ll be great experience. Hope paint starts giving him 4-7 min more a game in the next few weeks

 

[DwaynePurvis00]

It’s early he needs to develop and let the speed come to him. And get conditioned. By end of year you hope he makes big strides. We will also play bigger teams and we will need him. We won’t be able to get away with Heide at the 4 as much as we did the past 3 games.

I’m not so sure. Just like we will have to adjust, so will they. They will need to have their big guy guard Heide and pretty sure they won’t be able to keep up. So it’ll be interesting to see how we counter with two bigs on the other team. Worked well against Bama but they don’t play defense 😂 so against teams like IU (they don’t play defense either or rebound), Michigan, Nebraska etc that play with two 6’9+ guys in the front court, we may need to do some adjusting.