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I was wondering if anyone knew what was going on with Bolen from Hood? Was having a pretty good start to the year but it looks like he got hurt early on against Albright and it didn't look like he was on the bench in their win over Widener on Saturday. Could be a pretty big blow for them if he's out for a significant amount of time, considering their replacements so far this year have seemed to be shaky at best. It'll be interesting to see if Ruiz and Hill can continue to make up for the loss offensively, but Hopefully they can get him back soon because they were looking good after their 4-0 start.
Just a side note, is there any reason why they don't play their two bigs(Wegener and Casey) together? I'm not really sure why a team that has trouble rebounding the ball would want to avoid having 6'8 and 6'6 on the floor at the same time, especially with the lackluster production they've been getting out of the rest of their bench to start the year. With Bolen out, or even to give guys a blow when he's back, they could have a back line on their zone of Wegener Casey and Magnuski, which are three of the longer and better rebounders in the conference. I'm not sure how that would work out offensively for them, but Wegener is a force inside and having the two of them together would certainly create matchup problems for everyone but Messiah and force teams to go zone and open things up for their stable of shooters from outside. Add onto that the offensive rebounding that you'll get from the way They both crash the glass and it just seems like it may not be out of the question to say that Hood is the favorite in the conference if everything comes together, but starting 3 freshmen(not that they don't need Wegener and Ruiz in there) may be a self-fulfilling prophecy for them. But it doesn't really make sense to have Casey playing 14 minutes a game considering their needs and what they're getting from the other guys they're playing off the bench and in place of Bolen. I'm not really sure how it would affect them logistically at this point, but it's a pretty big indictment of their new coach if he can't figure out a way to get them playing together.
The only reasons I could think of are maybe they don't want to move Wegener or Casey out of the middle of their zone, but Caseys looked pretty aggressive and mobile defensively in the few Hood games I've seen so far this year and I doubt that would be a problem, especially since they had Brown out there last year. Unless they're trying to limit his minutes early on in the year. I noticed he's been wearing a wrap on his left leg, so that may have something to do with it.
I was wondering if anyone knew what was going on with Bolen from Hood? Was having a pretty good start to the year but it looks like he got hurt early on against Albright and it didn't look like he was on the bench in their win over Widener on Saturday. Could be a pretty big blow for them if he's out for a significant amount of time, considering their replacements so far this year have seemed to be shaky at best. It'll be interesting to see if Ruiz and Hill can continue to make up for the loss offensively, but Hopefully they can get him back soon because they were looking good after their 4-0 start.
Just a side note, is there any reason why they don't play their two bigs(Wegener and Casey) together? I'm not really sure why a team that has trouble rebounding the ball would want to avoid having 6'8 and 6'6 on the floor at the same time, especially with the lackluster production they've been getting out of the rest of their bench to start the year. With Bolen out, or even to give guys a blow when he's back, they could have a back line on their zone of Wegener Casey and Magnuski, which are three of the longer and better rebounders in the conference. I'm not sure how that would work out offensively for them, but Wegener is a force inside and having the two of them together would certainly create matchup problems for everyone but Messiah and force teams to go zone and open things up for their stable of shooters from outside. Add onto that the offensive rebounding that you'll get from the way They both crash the glass and it just seems like it may not be out of the question to say that Hood is the favorite in the conference if everything comes together, but starting 3 freshmen(not that they don't need Wegener and Ruiz in there) may be a self-fulfilling prophecy for them. But it doesn't really make sense to have Casey playing 14 minutes a game considering their needs and what they're getting from the other guys they're playing off the bench and in place of Bolen. I'm not really sure how it would affect them logistically at this point, but it's a pretty big indictment of their new coach if he can't figure out a way to get them playing together.
The only reasons I could think of are maybe they don't want to move Wegener or Casey out of the middle of their zone, but Caseys looked pretty aggressive and mobile defensively in the few Hood games I've seen so far this year and I doubt that would be a problem, especially since they had Brown out there last year. Unless they're trying to limit his minutes early on in the year. I noticed he's been wearing a wrap on his left leg, so that may have something to do with it.