Elijah Jones
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It must be something off the court or a disagreement with his role, because we all know he's talented. Has someone in the media just asked Golding about him?
I could understand if he wasn't playing at all or if Golding just said something like he's paying the piper and they are working on it, but nothing. Let's hope it is something relevant and they get it straightened out, otherwise Golding is just shooting himself in the foot. This team us not NCAA caliber. Let the kid play.
Golding has been starting 3 seniors and 2 juniors. What is our ceiling? I think we've already hit the ceiling of this team.
I have to imagine that Golding’s decision to not play Jones is rooted in principle. Even CJG himself has to realize that he doesn’t have the luxury of dragging out a teaching “moment” to the detriment of the team as a whole. Which is why I believe its gotta be something fairly big…which is probably why we haven’t heard anything about it. Obviously just guessing tho.
Starting to get the 'Manny Cass' feel to it.
This also happened a few years later with Barbee too. I can't remember the kids name but he was a high flying 3 point shooter out of AZ. Didn't get to start to left the team.
Edit: Marcus Ruppel
Yep it may be time to go with next year's guys and Hardy. Let them play it out with the seniors coming in to form a 2nd unit.
Go with Terrell, Camper, Hebb, Cole, Frazier, Jones and Kalu. Keep Hardy on the 1st team. Let Powell and Solomon come off the bench for a while.
The wussy ass El Paso media allows UTEP to control them. There's no way that they're asking Golding why his high scoring freshman isn't playing even though the team struggles to score, despite the fact it is an obvious question. They'll just ask softball questions and continue to regurgitate UTEP press releases.
Just my 2 cents UTEP please whatever the Sun Bowl has done to broadcast these Haskins Tournament games, please replicate it for all season, including the announcers.
Ha right? ESPN+/CUSA TV games are unbearable to watch because UTEP sucks at producing them.
He looks happy here . If he was in the doghouse I don't think he would be celebrating.
I agree. He seems happy and energetic on the bench and every time I've seen him. He seems to love his team mates. This doghouse stuff might be a hallucination.
Jones will have nobody in front of him next year (so far) so his decision to stay or leave will tell us a lot.
Will we ever be told the mysterious answer to the question, "why is he not playing "? Has anyone ever asked Golding in a public forum?
Jones played the 8th most minutes on the season.
Per 40 minutes he was the #1 shot blocker, 2nd leading scorer and 3rd best rebounder. He was very efficient at scoring, 3pt % and free throw shooting. He displayed 3 level scoring and had some very nice strong finishes early in the season. He has good size and athleticism for CUSA.
He should have at least split minutes with Soloman if not take most of DA's minutes. Despite this he has seemingly kept a positive attitude and has been very supportive of his teammates.
We can only guess as to why Golden shut Jones down. Aside from the unknown, he deserved more minutes and should be a big part of the team next year.
Per 40 minutes he was the #1 shot blocker, 2nd leading scorer and 3rd best rebounder. He was very efficient at scoring, 3pt % and free throw shooting. He displayed 3 level scoring and had some very nice strong finishes early in the season. He has good size and athleticism for CUSA.
He should have at least split minutes with Soloman if not take most of DA's minutes. Despite this he has seemingly kept a positive attitude and has been very supportive of his teammates.
We can only guess as to why Golden shut Jones down. Aside from the unknown, he deserved more minutes and should be a big part of the team next year.
According to Miner Talk, the coaching staff wants Jones to get bigger, stronger and just better overall. That's apparently why he wasn't getting playing time.
Golding acted as if Jones killed his puppy 🐶 Jones 100% could've helped this year in conference and the tournament. I was very disappointed in C. Solomon's lack of improvement this year.
As if Solomon is “big”. As if JDA is “strong”. As if either of those two are any “better overall”. I ain’t buyin’ that bs.
BS. Jones contributed out of the gate, game 1.
Coach Golding, don’t go Dimel on us. You never go full Dimel.
