Feeling Grimesy...?

by FutureMan on Feb 18, 2008 9:08 PM CST

Saturday's beat down courtesy of K-State got me thinking about how different this season might have been if Grimes hadn't defended his cousin's honor and pummeled someone with a shotgun.

particularly because of the way k-state and most teams with halfway decent big men are able to basically just keep tipping the ball at the rim tills it goes it despite our futile efforts.

my first thought was that our rebounding would be significantly better. our "toughness" factor goes up a great deal as well. what if he made the sames strides this offseason as he did during the previous one? if he comes back in even better shape i think we get better defensively as well.

maybe with him on the floor there is no need for carroll to guard the biggest and best guy on their team and therefore has less foul trouble and plays more minutes. maybe there is no need to play leo when his bad alter ego shows up. would MA dare to play leo at the three with carroll and grimes at 4 and 5 to produce match up problems? intriguing stuff i think.

maybe we have more wins and a win over colorado is no big deal and therefore no reason for celebration at nikai.

i know that at least when carroll gets shot its more of a "omg" moment than just "another missouri troublemaker" moment.

anybody thinks these are reasonable assumptions?

or is it more likely that grimes is at the nightclub when carroll is shot and shoots that person. or that grimes is leading the charge towards the nikai employee?

your thoughts?

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Several good points

Some of my thoughts:

No doubt MU could use the inside presence, toughness, and rebounding that Grimes would bring. And like you said, that would free up Carroll to play more of a natural 4, rather than plugging him in that 5 spot.
I'm not sure Grimes helps all that much against K-State the other night. Beasley and Walker simply weren't going to be denied.
Leo/Carroll/Grimes at 3/4/5? That would require Anderson to sit Matt Lawrence, and he's proven this year there's no way in hell Lawrence sits, regardless of how he's shooting. Outside of a few games, Lawrence has been awful shooting from the perimeter and shaky on D, but Anderson doesn't seem willing to bench him until he gets arrested or beaten.
How does that stunt the development of Safford?
The question that needs to be asked is, if Grimes doesn't have these issues, is Anderson as hard on the other guys to try to clean up his program? Were Grimes and Hannah martyrs for the "Anderson needs to make a statement" cause, regardless of the fact that they "deserve" what they received?

by rptgwb on Feb 18, 2008 9:25 PM CST 0 recs

While I think you may have gone a little too far

with your last assertions about Grimes' potential involvement in our off-the-court issues, I certainly believe you make a bigger point in how much we missed him this year. I have been on us all season about our team's basketball IQ and especially as it pertains to positioning on rebounding and stuff, but Grimes would have certainly contributed some additional rebounds, and I think more importantly like you talked about, potentially take the heat off of Carroll.

My concern for next year is that we will still have no one to take that heat off of him. I think if healthy he is a better player than we have seen of late, but I dont think he is that much better than we are seeing, especially if pressed into service a tad out of position like he has been this season.

Just another concern I will carry into next season I suppose...

by The Beef on Feb 19, 2008 7:22 AM CST 0 recs