nmsupaint wrote: What happened to this kid? I remember in late 2011 he was the talk of the town. After a crappy 2011 and loss of Gillenwater, it was "Never Fear Remi Barry plays next year!" then after a lackluster smattering of minutes in 2012 we all chalked it up to; "1st year, too many seniors for him to get minutes." Well what happened?? Now this kid is an "end of the bench dweller"! Seems he is on Menzies dog list. Anybody heard anything of substance regarding this matter?

NMSUPistolPete wrote: I like what little I saw of Remi but apparently in Menzies mind he still has deficiencies or else he would see more playing time. I have to trust, in general, Menzies knows best about his team.

jtnmsu wrote:

NMSUPistolPete wrote: I like what little I saw of Remi but apparently in Menzies mind he still has deficiencies or else he would see more playing time. I have to trust, in general, Menzies knows best about his team.

I don't really trust Menzies judgement on the players talents.

To me he is very stubborn and slow to change. His mind gets made up on something early and he rarely changes his mind or make adjustments. That is just my take on the deal.

To me it is obvious that we need more scoring in the lineup. To me Remi Barry provides a chance for 10 points per game if given a chance to play regular minutes of 20 or more. If Remi plays 3 or 5 or 7 minutes per game of course he will be limited. 99% of the team would be with that short of a leash.

Same goes for BJ West and Weary. They are scorers who can provide points given half a chance. We need points this year. These 3 in my book can add points to our scoreboard every game.

Of course KK is right in his take that you must also play Defense to get playing time. But I would submit that many playing now don't really play good Defense, as evidenced last night when Starks or Sparks or whatever the hell his name was went off on our guards to the tune of a career high 35 points or so. Sim did not play an ounce of Defense and he saw minutes. Dixon is not a stand out on Defense. So the argument only goes so far.

We are not a Defensive juggernaut. Our mode of operation is to outscore teams. And last year we could do that with Wen, Ham and Hernst. This year we need more help. To me Remi Barry, BJ West, and Weary Jr. provide an excellent chance to add points to our lineup.

To me Menzies needs to not be so stubborn and make adjustments more quickly. I have not been to practice lately, but perhaps there are legitimate reasons Remi, Weary, and West do not play this year. If so I withdraw my argument. But if they are being held out only by a perceived lack of talent then I say baloney. They have talent.

Give them a chance to show it with some meaningful minutes. We treat these early season non-WAC games as preseason most of the time anyway, so now is the time to experiment and not be stubborn.

That is my take, and I am sticking to it.

JT

nmsupaint wrote: I know nothing about Remi's personal life, and I have no "inside source", but I have a pretty good hunch Remi has been a bit of a problem-child for Menzies. One of those players that never gives you that 110% effort your looking for in practice. A player that Menzies is not quite sure he can trust on the court and/or off the court. What a waste if he never sees the floor this year. He'll surely transfer if thats the case.

KrimsonKrazy wrote:

nmsupaint wrote: I know nothing about Remi's personal life, and I have no "inside source", but I have a pretty good hunch Remi has been a bit of a problem-child for Menzies. One of those players that never gives you that 110% effort your looking for in practice. A player that Menzies is not quite sure he can trust on the court and/or off the court. What a waste if he never sees the floor this year. He'll surely transfer if thats the case.

I don't think he's a problem child.  Again, Menzies brought Remi to a coach's luncheon towards the end of last season and said that a lot was expected of him.  Remi told those in attendance that he knew what he had to work on and was going to do it. 

I just think right now, and just my opinion, that Remi's soft and doesn't have the physical and mental toughness to perform at this level.  I say this all the time, but it's also about a player's ability to play defense.  A pretty jump shot is fine, but if you play "Matador Defense" you're gonna sit.  Offense is the fun part.  Defense is the hard work. 

And, there's also the need to recognize what the other team is doing on offense and defense and adjust.  The great teams not only have players with great physical skills, they have a high basketball IQ.  McCarthy had some very smart players, but his system was relatively simple---athleticism (not necessarily size) in the match up zone.  Offense was based in part on fast breaks off created after rebounding and turnovers and put- backs off offensive rebounds.    The learning curve for his teams was short and that's why they usually started out so well.

I hope Remi gets his chance.

nmsupaint wrote: I know nothing about Remi's personal life, and I have no "inside source", but I have a pretty good hunch Remi has been a bit of a problem-child for Menzies. One of those players that never gives you that 110% effort your looking for in practice. A player that Menzies is not quite sure he can trust on the court and/or off the court. What a waste if he never sees the floor this year. He'll surely transfer if thats the case.

loobh8r wrote:

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--- KrimsonKrazy wrote:

nmsupaint wrote: I know nothing about Remi's personal life, and I have no "inside source", but I have a pretty good hunch Remi has been a bit of a problem-child for Menzies. One of those players that never gives you that 110% effort your looking for in practice. A player that Menzies is not quite sure he can trust on the court and/or off the court. What a waste if he never sees the floor this year. He'll surely transfer if thats the case.

I don't think he's a problem child.  Again, Menzies brought Remi to a coach's luncheon towards the end of last season and said that a lot was expected of him.  Remi told those in attendance that he knew what he had to work on and was going to do it. 

I just think right now, and just my opinion, that Remi's soft and doesn't have the physical and mental toughness to perform at this level.  I say this all the time, but it's also about a player's ability to play defense.  A pretty jump shot is fine, but if you play "Matador Defense" you're gonna sit.  Offense is the fun part.  Defense is the hard work. 

And, there's also the need to recognize what the other team is doing on offense and defense and adjust.  The great teams not only have players with great physical skills, they have a high basketball IQ.  McCarthy had some very smart players, but his system was relatively simple---athleticism (not necessarily size) in the match up zone.  Offense was based in part on fast breaks created after rebounding and turnovers, and put- backs off offensive rebounds.    The learning curve for his teams was short and that's why they usually started out so well.

I hope Remi gets his chance.

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I think this post by KK may have a clue. Reading into it maybe Menzies was trying to send a message to Remi that he still had Menzies support if he committed to working on whatever he stated he knew he needed to work on last year. Maybe that didn't happen in the off season. I have a feeling that Menzies has learned not to let players such as JY and Gillenwater rise to the top again without committing to the other tangibles that produce wins. Because if some of these talented players we have had would have actually committed to defense as much as they did their offense the the Aggies would have, or could have, made a run in the tournament. I still think we could have beaten Michigan State with more of a commitment to defense.

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