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12-10-17 10:00 PM - Post#239942
In response to whitakk
Not to defend Engles, but he is actually coaching somewhat better this year than last season when he substituted players at such a furious rate that it was embarrassing and also many of us were disappointed that he was unable to prevent the team's collapse down the stretch.. Despite Columbia's disappointing record, the Lions have finally reached the point that many of us anticipated after Castlin's injury in the Villanova game, namely that the Lions best players entering the Ivy League season would be the superb point guard Mike Smith and the three athletic freshmen, Faulds, Bibbs and Hanson. Those four did nearly all the scoring and rebounding today. Surely that will be the case going forward. Engles appears to realize that although he made the error today of substituting Meisner for Faulds with the Lions ahead by two points with only about three minutes remaining on the clock. The 6'8" Meisner is a superb outside shooter with amazing physical prowess, but he should not be taking threes all the time and certainly not in the final few minutes of a close game. In summation, despite the win-loss record, I feel that the Lions are quite talented and will compete for one of the top four positions in the Ivy League specially if Kyle Castlin returns relatively healthy.
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