Hey Felix', thanks for sacrificing a year of your career so Rusheed can go home for Christmas break
I agree with whoever said the reason for Felix playing was Lavin realized Hooper is not going to contribute meaningful minutes.
Felix played 10 mins with Rysheed out.
Sacrificing his career? He played last season and has 2.5 seasons left. A bit of an exaggeration, no?
He played 10 mins with Rysheed out, now he will get more mins with Jordan back? Wasted a year
Not necessarily a wasted year. If Lavin believes he will have his entire backcourt back next year, then he could just as easily redshirt Felix next year, which might make more sense considering next year Branch, Greene and Harrison are all seniors who will require major pt, and Jordan will probably be the stud PG we all expect him to be, leaving zero minutes for Felix. At least this year Felix gets some playing time
I'm sure Felix is happy that Lavin still has the option to redshirt him
Who knows Baldi? After next year, we could be without our top 4 backcourt players. Lavin tells Felix this, and says in 2015 you're the man with 2 years left to play and improve. As a kid looking to maximize his professional BB opportunities while at SJU, he might find the proposition of redshirting next year as a good thing in the long run. Of course, we're both speculating (that's what these boards are for), but as been said countless times around here, you cannot get into the heads of these kids to know how they're thinking.