Jaxson Robinson impressed with Collin Chandler progress

[Smashcat]

UK’s star transfer played two seasons at BYU before coming to Lexington, and he compared Chandler’s progress to some of his former teammates during a one-on-one interview with the Herald-Leader. “Yeah, I’ve seen it plenty of times,” Robinson said. “Collin’s picking stuff up quickly. I haven’t seen anyone else move as fast and learn as fast as he is right now, when it comes to the ramp-up. So it’s been cool to see — just him figuring it out and being able to learn everything so quickly. Because it’s a lot of information, and he hasn’t touched the basketball a lot in two years. So, yeah, it’s pretty impressive to watch.”

 

[HerrosHeroes]

Just put us in the Final Four and be done with it.

 

[NociHTTP]

It's nice to see MEN on this team, and not a bunch of kids looking to avoid contact until draft day. Sorry, I know, sour grapes. But I didn't realize just how awful things were until Pope showed up.

 

[chroix]

Most interesting player we’ve brought in. Dont want to get into the religious stuff too much but I think it will give him a leg up. Inherently has less distractions than other freshmen because of his faith. I think it will pay some major dividends.

 

[EliteBlue]

Most interesting player we’ve brought in. Dont want to get into the religious stuff too much but I think it will give him a leg up. Inherently has less distractions than other freshmen because of his faith. I think it will pay some major dividends.

A comparison that we are all familiar with, while not entirely faith based, was Jamal Murray. It was well publicized how into daily meditation and visualization he was and he contributed a lot of his success, ability to adapt to the college game, and ability to remain calm and resolved to it. Meditation can take many forms…one of which can be a state of constant prolonged prayer.

 

[St.PatterSoN-54-]

Really excited about this kid, both for this year and for the next couple years to come.

 

[NociHTTP]

A comparison that we are all familiar with, while not entirely faith based, was Jamal Murray. It was well publicized how into daily meditation and visualization he was and he contributed a lot of his success, ability to adapt to the college game, and ability to remain calm and resolved to it. Meditation can take many forms…one of which can be a state of constant prolonged prayer.

Apparently no self-awareness during a loss.

 

[sosoblue]

Seems like he has a little Rex in his game. Can't wait to see him play.

 

[BBNinSC]

I think we have a roster of good, high-character young men.

 

[mcnicKY91]

It's nice to see MEN on this team, and not a bunch of kids looking to avoid contact until draft day. Sorry, I know, sour grapes. But I didn't realize just how awful things were until Pope showed up.

Eh...I had no problem with the effort 99% of the freshmen played with during Cal's tenure.

Even during the last four years, outside of the Sharpe fiasco, I didn't have any issues at all with the effort, hustle, and desire to win I saw out of our young guys.

If Pope decided to play mostly freshmen, I would have no problem with it.

 

[westerncat]

This team is going to be much better that a lot of fans realize.

 

[drcats2013]

O

Just put us in the Final Four and be done with it.

that one genuinely tickled me lol.

 

[K_TIME]

Eh...I had no problem with the effort 99% of the freshmen played with during Cal's tenure.

Even during the last four years, outside of the Sharpe fiasco, I didn't have any issues at all with the effort, hustle, and desire to win I saw out of our young guys.

If Pope decided to play mostly freshmen, I would have no problem with it.

So.....
Khalil Whitney
Quade Green
Skal
Early on Edwards
Even Dilly on D was lackluster focus for stretches
Jared Vanderbilt

You think they laid it all out?

 

[SouthernINcat]

This team is going to be much better that a lot of fans realize.

Agree, although most of the folks "sleeping" on them I feel have been woken. I don't see a scenario where we aren't a top 10 team. Sure, we will lose some games. But we have the pieces.

 

[Fox2monk]

Just put us in the Final Four and be done with it.

HH is back folks, he’s brining the usual heat.

 

[NociHTTP]

Agree, although most of the folks "sleeping" on them I feel have been woken. I don't see a scenario where we aren't a top 10 team. Sure, we will lose some games. But we have the pieces.

And not having a coach that trims back to his roster to the players he made promises to, or doesn't want to upset, and then telling his team that the SEC doesn't matter while telling the fans that the team is built for March. I guess he meant they were built for things that don't matter in March.

 

[TCurtis75]

So.....
Khalil Whitney
Quade Green
Skal
Early on Edwards
Even Dilly on D was lackluster focus for stretches
Jared Vanderbilt

You think they laid it all out?

On your list, I don't think effort was ever the issue for the most part. There were lulls in effort but you get that with almost every single player. Whitney, Skal, and to some degree Edwards weren't nearly as good as they were labeled coming in, IMO. I remember Skal, Quade, and Edwards putting forth effort when they played. I don't remember much about Whitney as he didn't even last a half season. When Vanderbilt played, he definitely played with effort. You can make of the ankle injury that kept him out as you wish. For Dilly, I think he played with effort. Last year in particular, as a team we were horrible on defense. It looked, primarily, to be a coaching issue over a player effort issue IMO.

 

[mcnicKY91]

So.....
Khalil Whitney
Quade Green
Skal
Early on Edwards
Even Dilly on D was lackluster focus for stretches
Jared Vanderbilt

You think they laid it all out?

I said 99%, not 100%.

Outside of Whitney and Sharpe, I have nothing bad to say about the effort of any of our freshman that came in under Cal. None.

Don't confuse Cal forgetting how to manage his roster over the past four years with freshmen not giving a solid effort while on the court.

And I can only laugh about you including Dilly and Edwards on your list.

 

[CELTICAT]

HH is back folks, he’s brining the usual heat.

And coldstoutbeer disappeared. Quite the coincidence.

 

[K_TIME]

I said 99%, not 100%.

Outside of Whitney and Sharpe, I have nothing bad to say about the effort of any of our freshman that came in under Cal. None.

Don't confuse Cal forgetting how to manage his roster over the past four years with freshmen not giving a solid effort while on the court.

And I can only laugh about you including Dilly and Edwards on your list.

You also stated focus , desire to win etc in addition to effort

All subjective terms

But focus has always been a massive problem for Cal teams. The defensive end has been appreciably poor. Execution of simple pick and roll has been abysmal…and proper defensive execution is so much focus and communication

You’re not likely to see Texas am guards running the same stuff snd scoring all over Uk this year but in both game last year UK was a joke

There was a ton of focus issues…..and part of desire to win is discipline to game plan…not just diving all over and playing hard