I think it's safe to say that this board is in favor of Geno losing some minutes and Malik gaining more. I tried to figure out our teams +/- of our team with each at the point but really couldn't do it with the play by play I saw. In my opinion it was probably +5 with Boothe and about -10 with Geno, give or take a little. That's a huge swing of points though that this team is losing bc the wrong guy is out there. I haven't been overly impressed with Malik yet this year but its apparent he understands the game and he definetely sees his role as a point guard. I know people wanted Justin to get the ball at the high post in the 2nd half, and Malik was the only guy able to dish it to him at all over there, while the rest just passed it around the peremiter. Norm knew we had to get the ball to Justin, but our guys just aren't good enough at doing it. I would bet that most of Justin's points came with Malik in rather then Geno unless Justin worked his ass off to get the basket on his own. The problem I see for Norm here is Geno is his guy for better or worse and as much as we all want him benched, I honestly think Norm does too. Lately his minutes have been going down, but the thing is he's our senior, we need him. Norm loves Geno and rightfully so as the kid has busted his ass for 4 years and I think Norm just keeps hoping the kid will play the way he wants him to but deep down he's starting to realize that he is our biggest problem right now. I don't know if Norm has it in him or any coach in the country to sit a guy like Geno down and tell him he's losing a majority of his minutes to a freshman, thats gotta be tough. I don't even think it's fair to judge Malik at this point either because he rarely gets to play with the A squad and is usually out there with 3 to 4 other freshmen. A line up of Malik, Larry, Mase, Justin, Center of choice would be so hard to defend but we haven't seen it and probably won't anytime soon. Since cuse this has been real upsetting for me because I just can't picture it all changing and unless Geno picks up his game we're going to end up flushed down the toilet and worst of all pissing off our young guys who realize that he's holding them back from being a better team. Worst part of this whole Geno sucking streak is apparently his shot is gone, kid hasn't hit his 3 consistently in ages and that was something he really had going for him. So as we continue this season I hope that either Norm mans up and gives Malik the big time minutes hes deserving right now or Geno shows us how hes our senior, how hes our POINT GUARD and that he's going to try and lead these young dudes to show them what St John's Basketball is about.