DE FENSE wrote:Woodson needs to expand his rotation like it was at the start of the season. There's no reason why Brewer and White can't get any burn most games. Might as well run KT into the ground too since we are so thin up front. All eyes are on Woodson and he must make adjustments or this season will become lost very quickly.
Woodson does not adjust. His solution to a team losing, rather than bringing in fresh legs, play his fav 5 more minutes.
My fav example is last season vs the Heat in the playoffs, I think it was game 3, we were down by 6, and it was time to take Melo out. Melo was carrying the team on offense, but he was working like a mad man for every shot. Post, repost, battling to get open, all that. LeBron went out, who Melo was guarding, and was replaced by either Battier or Haslem. Melo's efficiency continued to dip, and finally as the 4th quarter rolled around, LeBron was brought back into the game (we were down by like 10) and Melo looked like he could barely walk.
I know what Woodson was thinking: LeBron is out, Melo can score more easily, we also need him for points since I don't trust my bench.
What was more indicative of that thought process was after the game Woodson mentioned "Melo has to work on his conditioning"