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Originally Posted by BillLaimbeer  Of course, the coaches have a depth chart. Unfortunately for you, the Piston coaches' depth chart doesn't match yours. There is a big difference between a depth chart and a rotation. You must have been confused for a minute. Perhaps that was why you mistakenly said I was wrong. It wouldn't be possible to have a consistent rotation with the injuries the Pistons have had in the first 12 games. They have been plugging different holes each game. |
Nope, there really is no difference. And don't bother reading further, or replying any further, if you want to take the approach that you are right, and why bother discussing anything. If you do want to debate the topic, read on.
Lets say Prince is 3rd on your depth chart for point guards. With CB and Stuckey out, Prince would automatically start at point. With one of them out, Prince becomes the sub at point. This is not esoteric, as indeed, Prince has acted as our 3rd string point guard in a few games already this season.
But there has been an inconsistency. Despite us doing just fine with Tay running the point, we have seen the Pistons not play Tay at the point, even in games where Billups did not even play (and Stuckey of course still being injured). He went from 3rd string to 4th string point guard behind Flip Murray.
This discussion started with the statement that you just did not know who Flip Saunders would play when. This is a very true statement. Whether Flip chose to use Murray or Prince as the the 3rd string point, at least we would know which one was going to play when if Flip Saunders used a consistent depth chart.
Other examples: You never know if Flip Saunders will go with Amir or Hayes as 4th string big. There has been no rhyme nor reason with that so far.
There has been no consistency concerning if Samb would play, or if Mohammed would get minutes. You just don't know, save maybe trying to base something on the last two games.
You do not know if Dyess will be limited in minutes (as per what most thought would happen) or if Flip will play him major minutes.
You do not know for any certainly whether Afflalo vs. Murray will get any given backup shooting guard minutes, basing on what has happened so far this season. Here, you could guess Afflalo based on the last couple of games, but you really would be guessing. And going forward, when Stuckey gets back, you really can't even begin to guess who Flip Saunders will choose then for a backup shooting guard.
And heck, you can't even tell me if Stuckey will actually be the primary backup point over Murray when he gets back in a week or so.
Believe it or not, there have been many seasons where for any given injury, or set of injuries, it could be easily figured out who would play what position. There would be no surprises. Nothing to guess at. Why? We were not showcasing any players as we are now.