This is such a drama thread lol.
Justin wasn't playing well what so ever and other were playing well. So we kill Norm for not playing Rob Thomas when Justin played poorly and now we're killing Norm for not playing Justin in favor of Rob Thomas even though he is playing poorly. The best players should play all the time.
I agree that this should be a meritocracy, but I must admit I was surprised by Norm Roberts' decision to insert Coker late over Burrell.
For the record, I never killed him for playing Burrell over Thomas earlier in the year. Thomas needs to make a concerted effort to improve his conditioning in the off-season. He was winded several times during the game.
Maybe Burrell said something or his overall body language....IDK. I was interested to see who was coming in at that point at well. If a kid is sulking on the bench the entire game I'd refrain from putting him in garbage time for the last 1 min.
Burrell is my favorite player on the team, but his body language was god-awful, which, with a veteran head coach, would've had him bolted to the bench, but Roberts had tolerated the sulking and complaining in the past, likely due to our lack of depth.
Maybe with all of the added people, media, and even a highly regarded peer like Mike Krzyzewski he wasn't going to put up with anything, let alone from a player averaging 9 a game.
If he does indeed land Stephenson, it'll be a major test of how much of a pushover he is.