1) GMac made a mistake at the very beginning when he stated that Colvin would not play until February. There is a very good reason that most coaches will always say indefinitely. Simply put, it gives them some wiggle room, and it puts some more pressure on the offending player, because they really don't know how long they might be out, so the behavior has to change.
2) None of the circumstances of what Colvin did, and what GMac based the original suspension on had changed. Colvin still had walked out and disrespected the coaching staff, his teammates, ISU and the fans. That was all still true.
3) Sometimes in team situations, it is necessary to punish the whole team to make your point. This has been done in sports as well as other areas of life. It is used to put peer pressure on the player or team member who screwed up, if all the other members have to take part in or pay some way with the punishment. Example.....in the military, one soldier goofs up, and the entire unit has to do push-ups. That same tactic can be, and is used with sports team. I'm sure anyone on here who ever played high school or college sports can think of an example where one of their coaches may have used it.
4) When Colvin was first suspended, that very action hurt the other members of the team. Someone was going to have to pick up his minutes, and increase their chance of injury. The possibility of running out of players in the correct position increased. So, from the very beginning, the actions taken were hurting the team.
5) There was at least one other option, if there was really that much concern about just having enough healthy bodies. You have 2 players on the bench who are red-shirted. This would not have been the first time in the history of college sports that a red-shirt has been pulled because of injuries or other circumstances.
6) Once the team got back to campus, there may have been other options available to get "bodies". There are players who practice against the women't team, and knowing BF, I would assume they have some skills. ISU has a large intramural program. I am not sure it would still be true today, but when I was in college, some of the players playing IM's were as good if not better than the players ISU had on the floor. Again, this is only about getting "bodies" to protect yourself in an emergency. Not a great situation, but you only have to protect yourself for a few games, and who knows what you might find?
7) Why is the coach letting one of his better players tell him what he has to do? Guess that tells us who is really running the team. Is GMac so grateful to CB for coming back, that he lets him run the show? Maybe that would explain the 3 point shots that CB takes at the start of each game, and how he does not play inside. Just a thought. No way should a player be telling a coach what he has to do. “When Craig Brackins looks at you and says, ‘Mac, you don’t have a choice,’ I had to play him,” McDermott said. Are you kidding me? Why did you have to play him? Seriously, most of you do not see the problem with this? Who is in charge?
8) Now that you have made the mistake of lifting the suspension for no reason, why did he have to play? Buckley was playing fairly well, and only played 19 minutes. Is that his limit? He is only in shape to play 19 minutes of a 40 minute game? Dendy only played 15. Buckley was playing a better game last night than your starting pg, even with a couple of boneheaded turnovers. Exactly why did you have to play Colvin last night coach? What did he contribute during his 10 minutes?
9) Now that you have made the mistake of playing him......why the hell was he in there at a critical time in the game? Does that show that he really was just an extra body that you let suit up to protect your bench and your other players? Seems to me like the real reason and only reason that you suited him up was because you thought you might need him to win the game, not to protect the other players, or because you were worried you might be short on the bench. That was all just cover.
This program is in serious, serious trouble, but at least I guess we know who is in charge of it now.
