“Nothing promised” “Everything earned”?

[know1]

Oh that’s right, we are solely worried about their draft status and not winning games. Sorry, I forgot…

Well you're shifting the discussion there. I was responding to the comment that said those two were being snubbed. That's why I specifically mentioned that part. They aren't being snubbed and their draft status couldn't be any better.

But yes - I agree with you and have said over and over and over that the UK basketball program should be the top priority over the players.

 

[rob_47]

If, and it's a big if... If Call approached Reed and Rob and said "As a coach, I know you two have it, you should be starting. But I am trying g to get us as ready as I can for the tourney. As a team, we need DJ and Justin to be the versions of themselves we know they can be, to be the best version that we can be. I am going to keep pushing them and give them every opportunity we can to get them to that breakthrough. You guys are already there. We need the to get there as well. Do you two have any problems with me continuing to start them, in hopes they can become the players we all know they can be. "

Atleast that's how I hope it went like. We won't reach our full potential till those two have it click. You just don't give up on them. We saw Justin click the other night, and hopfully that's the start to him being who we thought he was. Hopfully DJ gets there as well.....

Starting DJ and Justin over Reed and Rob is such small potatoes over the other coaching malpractices done this year.

Nobody just clicks and then all of a sudden they never struggle again. Players develop slowly and the click happens over a period of time. There is no reason to suggest that Edwards is going to be the bama Edwards every night. He still continues to struggle taking the ball to the hoopand gets stripped very easily.

What we saw the other night was a good shooting performance and a step in the right ditection. People are fooling themselves if they think that means he is going to be more consistent/solid than Thiero. It just bugs me how people think things just all of a sudden "click" with players. It is just a cliche that everyone uses but when examined closely it doesn't work like that.

In my opinion Edwards is still the type of guy that could easily lose us a tournament game bevause he goes 2 for 9 or something like that while getting 28-30 minutes of playing time when others should be getting up more shots. He still just needs to play to his strengths. He is becoming a good jump shooter but that isn't always something that we need to rely on.

 

[Mdnerd]

Well you're shifting the discussion there. I was responding to the comment that said those two were being snubbed. That's why I specifically mentioned that part. They aren't being snubbed and their draft status couldn't be any better.

But yes - I agree with you and have said over and over and over that the UK basketball program should be the top priority over the players.

This topic was clearly referencing the way Cal uses them, and I mentioned their high draft status as evidence of his misuse.

Cal DESPERATELY wants Wagner and Edwards to explode and almost seems bitter about Reed and Rob. It’s beyond odd and crosses over to gross negligence. He struggles to give his best player, Reed, a compliment. It’s bizarre.

It’s March now, time for development is over. His priorities need to flip and he needs to focus on the guys who actually do produce.

 

[know1]

This topic was clearly referencing the way Cal uses them, and I mentioned their high draft status as evidence of his misuse.

Cal DESPERATELY wants Wagner and Edwards to explode and almost seems bitter about Reed and Rob. It’s beyond odd and crosses over to gross negligence. He struggles to give his best player, Reed, a compliment. It’s bizarre.

It’s March now, time for development is over. His priorities need to flip and he needs to focus on the guys who actually do produce.

I think we agree far more than we disagree. I just took issue with saying they were being snubbed.