Jack Givens mentioned that Joe Hall would break out the football pads and the managers hit them on every shot, drive and rebound. He said it was harder in practice than the game. Would Cal try this? What other options are available?
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Yeah, I think UK is going to have to figure out a way to out skill and finesse teams. As you indicated, physical maturity can't be sped up by practice techniques.The difference is that Givens and James Lee became more physical as they matured year after year. They were not the same players as Freshman compared to as Seniors. Same for Robey and others. The South Carolina team had more mature players for the most part as did several other teams we have played and been challenged.
I've seen video of drills and yes, they do this.Jack Givens mentioned that Joe Hall would break out the football pads and the managers hit them on every shot, drive and rebound. He said it was harder in practice than the game. Would Cal try this? What other options are available?
Abandon WHOLESALE OAD first and then Cal should dust off his "Coaching For Dummies" book and just start there.Jack Givens mentioned that Joe Hall would break out the football pads and the managers hit them on every shot, drive and rebound. He said it was harder in practice than the game. Would Cal try this? What other options are available?
You think Cal is gonna put his precious 5 stars in football pads lol? I wish he would but he’s soft on them, they need to wake up and smell the roses. If they don’t they won’t go very far in March. Ask me about this team after these next couple weeks and let’s see if they improveI've seen video of drills and yes, they do this.
If he did he would be mocked on this board.You think Cal is gonna put his precious 5 stars in football pads lol? I wish he would but he’s soft on them, they need to wake up and smell the roses. If they don’t they won’t go very far in March. Ask me about this team after these next couple weeks and let’s see if they improve
There a world of difference in 18&19 year old boye going against 22 to 24 year old grown men.Fans don’t want to hear the we are young excuse but when you have this many freshmen on a team games like last night could happen when the refs allow a physical game . The refs pretty much let both teams play physical early on and they couldn’t handle it but South Carolina could.
It doesn’t help that our freshmen look like exactly what they are. You need freshmen built like Michael Beasley etc to handle a game like last night
Yeah it’s makes a difference. That’s why agree with people saying they quit last night or some calling them divas . I didn’t really see a team that quit but more of they didn’t know what to do once they were hit in the mouth and had to deal with a physical game . I’m hoping they learn from last night .There a world of difference in 18&19 year old boye going against 22 to 24 year old grown men.
Who is a primadonna on this team? Losing a basketball game doesn’t make you a primadonna. You got any actual names or evidence to provide?How do you toughen them up....stop recruiting premadonna's that think all they have to do is show up and the world will fall for them.
What you see is what you get - with what Cal brings in its one kid after another whose ambition is to get in and out of Lexington as fast as possible..it's not a sport at UK and the longer Cal is there the worse it will become
Can't do that because he'd not have an excuse for his lack of in game management.Jack Givens mentioned that Joe Hall would break out the football pads and the managers hit them on every shot, drive and rebound. He said it was harder in practice than the game. Would Cal try this? What other options are available?
I swear Cal did this early in his tenure:Jack Givens mentioned that Joe Hall would break out the football pads and the managers hit them on every shot, drive and rebound. He said it was harder in practice than the game. Would Cal try this? What other options are available?
Magloire* for future reference.One of my favorite players for Uk was Jamal Magluire. (sp).
He was a tough competitor! I assure you if he was playing last night, Mack would have been limping off the court when he started his showboating.
We need our players to develop some mean streaks.
Not dirty play, just hard nosed, physical basketball.
I'm afraid we got nobody that fits that bill. Theiro is the closest thing.
“What’s he doing to Wojo!”One of my favorite players for Uk was Jamal Magluire. (sp).
He was a tough competitor! I assure you if he was playing last night, Mack would have been limping off the court when he started his showboating.
There's a difference between an excuse and an explanation and this board always assumes any sort of explanation is an excuse. This is 100% one of the downsides of using the mostly freshmen approach. Sometimes the best way to learn is to get punched in the face and realize you gotta toughen yourself up. I dont know how much a coach can really do in organized practices to prepare the team for that.Fans don’t want to hear the we are young excuse but when you have this many freshmen on a team games like last night could happen when the refs allow a physical game . The refs pretty much let both teams play physical early on and they couldn’t handle it but South Carolina could.
It doesn’t help that our freshmen look like exactly what they are. You need freshmen built like Michael Beasley etc to handle a game like last night
Well, boot camp has worked for a lot of guys.....Jack Givens mentioned that Joe Hall would break out the football pads and the managers hit them on every shot, drive and rebound. He said it was harder in practice than the game. Would Cal try this? What other options are available?
If Cal had been the coach in 78 he'd sat Givens down after scoring 10.Jack Givens mentioned that Joe Hall would break out the football pads and the managers hit them on every shot, drive and rebound. He said it was harder in practice than the game. Would Cal try this? What other options are available?