Allan Ray -- why?

[Eric Albert]

>Kim Malo wrote:
> 
>But back to Ray, I think it's just one of those we need to see him to 
>decide if we keep him around next year or not things. I don't think 
>you'd be seeing much of him if we had even a bad chance of making the 
>playoffs. They've been pretty public in the media that at this point 
>guys are playing for jobs next season as much as anything this season.

I guess I've lost belief in those "if we keep him around next year or not
things."  Doc spent the whole preseason "checking guys out," then
started the games that count with a brand new line-up.  He never
settled on a rotation.  Partly that was injuries, but mostly that's Doc:
someone (who's not a star) doing well seems to just about guarantee
they won't be playing next game.

I don't mind experimentation, but, with Doc (or whoever's idea it is)
it seems like random experimentation.  And I think it can (and does)
get counterproductive: if you never pick some players to focus on,
and set a rotation, then the players are going to have a hard time
developing, much less working well with each other.

I'm not asking for anything set in stone.  But when has Doc played
a regular rotation for even two weeks?  (And I'm including last year,
when injuries weren't the issue they are this year, in that question.)
What can anyone actually learn from this constant game-by-game
tinkering?

-- Eric