I have lived in Dayton Ohio for over 30 years..  I have been following Dayton Flyers basketball since I can remember..  going back to Roosevelt "Velvet" Chapman and their run to the Elite 8 and the big game against Wayman Tisdale and the Okahoma Sooners..  What a game..  Chapman and Tisdale both scored a ton of points.  This is from a "Top 10 most memorable March Madness performances"

10. Roosevelt
"Velvet'' Chapman, Dayton In 1984, the Flyer star upset Wayman Tisdale's Oklahoma team with 41 points, then scored 22 in an upset of Detlef Schrempf's Washington team.


That was during the Donoher glory days..  now we have Gregory and his new "deep bench" philosophy.  Not going to get a huge ppg average for any of his players but the strategy is working so far.  last year they started off with a 11-0 start and beating ranked Louisville and Pittsburgh.  they lost Freshman Chris Wright to injury and it went downhill.  This year they are off to a 8-0 start with wins over Auburn and 15th ranked Marquette.  If they stay healthy they should do well in the A10.

Back during the Donoher days in the 80's I recall the team going 7 or 8 players deep and thats why stars like Roosevelt Chapman emerged.  What do you think about Gregory's philosophy with rotating 10-12 players every night?  I would be interested to hear who thinks that is a good idea or not.  I have seen recently where he takes the hot shooter out just because it is his time to rotate.  is that good coaching? 

Please tell me if you like a coach to stick to 7 or 8 players (only subbing to rest players or protect against foul trouble) or rotate a deep bench(10 + players every night)

This is my first ever blog on Covers..  please respond, especially if you are local to Dayton and know alot about the FLYERS!!

Thanks for reading my blog.

Chris AKA  <NoBetNoWin>