Post by victor2111 on Feb 1, 2014 17:48:59 GMT -5
Props to him and I wanted this move like I said earlier on this board!
1. Thad Matta didn’t make the lineup change, Shannon Scott did. Because Ohio State lost five of its previous six games, it seemed as if the team hit rock bottom. As a result, Matta made a lineup change, replacing Shannon Scott in the starting lineup with Sam Thompson. After the game we came to find out that it was Scott’s decision to come off the bench, returning to the role in which he thrived last year.
“It is funny, because Shannon came to me and said, ‘Hey coach, I wouldn’t mind coming off the bench.’ That kind of tells you what kind of kid he is,” Matta said. “We looked at a lot of different possibilities to be honest. I said to him, ‘The only reason I wouldn’t do that is because I didn’t want people to think that it’s your fault we’re in this position.’ I told him, ‘Thank you for asking.’ That was not a demotion for Shannon Scott. I like his team attitude … He wanted to get (Sam Thompson) going.”
2. This role suits Scott well. Didn’t it seem like Scott was a different player out there? There were still things that drove Matta crazy – like missing around the hoop multiple times in transition – but he seemed more confident, more willing to take shots he would have passed up during the last six games. Scott finished the game with nine points and four rebounds, but his defensive aggressiveness and quickness off the bench makes for a nice game-changer. And he still played a hefty 29 minutes. He fits this role better.
1. Thad Matta didn’t make the lineup change, Shannon Scott did. Because Ohio State lost five of its previous six games, it seemed as if the team hit rock bottom. As a result, Matta made a lineup change, replacing Shannon Scott in the starting lineup with Sam Thompson. After the game we came to find out that it was Scott’s decision to come off the bench, returning to the role in which he thrived last year.
“It is funny, because Shannon came to me and said, ‘Hey coach, I wouldn’t mind coming off the bench.’ That kind of tells you what kind of kid he is,” Matta said. “We looked at a lot of different possibilities to be honest. I said to him, ‘The only reason I wouldn’t do that is because I didn’t want people to think that it’s your fault we’re in this position.’ I told him, ‘Thank you for asking.’ That was not a demotion for Shannon Scott. I like his team attitude … He wanted to get (Sam Thompson) going.”
2. This role suits Scott well. Didn’t it seem like Scott was a different player out there? There were still things that drove Matta crazy – like missing around the hoop multiple times in transition – but he seemed more confident, more willing to take shots he would have passed up during the last six games. Scott finished the game with nine points and four rebounds, but his defensive aggressiveness and quickness off the bench makes for a nice game-changer. And he still played a hefty 29 minutes. He fits this role better.
