Scott Rich

You know, he came out in that first batch of subs when Caden came in, and I don't think he reentered the game until, you know, five or so minutes left in the first half.

That's not something that John Shire really ever does, you know, give his players 15 minutes of rest on the bench.

The other thing that was, you know, hey, something's up for me was even though the starting lineup didn't really work out all that well, John Shire still went with that starting lineup to start the second half with the exception of Caden going in for Caleb.

Dame still started.

Malik still started.

That to me says, OK.

Something at halftime was telling John Shire that Caleb just isn't right.

Now, I give Caleb also a lot of credit.

He was in the game down the stretch.

He helped us close that game out, even though he wasn't producing offensively.

At least down the stretch in the last five minutes, he was able to give us some really good necessary defense.

He came up with a big offensive rebound that extended the possession that helped us run some more time off the clock.

So it wasn't all bad for Caleb Foster.

But again, there were enough of these that's odd substitution scenarios, that's odd shots that hopefully this is a Caleb Foster was under the weather, not a Caleb Foster has regressed type of situation.

I think we're on the same wavelength once again, sir.

The highlight was the hustle, but the most important element of that play to me was that Dame got the ball and calmly got it to Malik to attack.

November, Dame Saar throws that ball into the stands, trying to make that pass, rushing himself.

That, to me, was a Dame Saar is evolving.

The game is slowing down, that phrase that we all love to overuse.

That was a real the game is slowing down for Dame Saar moment for me because he didn't rush it.