02-27-2018, 03:58 PM
(02-27-2018, 03:26 PM)Joelist Wrote: You need to remember where the meme got started - it was when John Thornton had to go and flat out tell Marvin to sit him and play Pat Sims. It has since gotten overused but there have been continuing cases where it seems Marvin has a favorite player who plays and stinks and then when the reserve has to come in they look way better. It isn't always veteran over rookie though.
And in most cases, when the reserve comes in a looks better than the vet, it is because they sat and watched the vet and learned. Few are ready to shine in this league in their first years. Having the luxury of solid starters playing in front of them is a good thing. WJ3 is just the latest example. People complain because Pac played in front of him, but the reason Pac was starting was because Jackson struggled with zone concepts, and got burned on several occasions. He had time to learn (he was always a beast in man converage) and now is a better player because of it.
