I really like Butler, you can tell why SDSU was so good when he was there. These players actually care about the program they are playing for and want to win at the highest level while they are here. It’s a total 180 honestly. I know Cal had plenty of great players who cared but it never felt like they were all here for a common goal. Individual glory always was the number one thing.
Cal’s guys were usually pretty transparent about what was most important to them. An individual should have both individual and team goals. However, the individual goals should compliment the team goals. They should never take precedence over a team goal. That wasn’t the case for Cal’s kids especially the last 5 years.
There were so many things in that interview that clearly showed the contrast in culture and how selfish and repetitive things got at the expense of our school. This last year Cow was so happy to rub in our faces he didn't have to start Reed it blew up in his face.
Some of those guys loved and loved UK. I'm not one to crap on kids that choose UK tho, a lot of the stars under Cal are going to come here instead of Arkansas. Remember some of Pitinos players went pure Red
You know Cal was telling their families stuff like, "We want you to get to your dream as fast as possible. That's what we do here. The fans don't like that about me, but I've always put my players first. We will do everything in our power to make sure you're not in school one second longer than you have to be. It's what we do."
Agreed.
Yup it seemed like the first 10ish years we really had a lot of guys who wanted to be the best while here, and then go on of they were ready. Then it changed to well if I go pro then college was a success.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see Garrison start, I think they play similar minutes between him and Williams but he’s from probably the best overall basketball conference with a higher ceiling and more size.
I think they split minutes pretty evenly at the 5. I think Williams starts because he’s a fifth year Senior and his defense and passing seems to be elite. I think Williams was the first guy Pope went after when he got the job, if memory serves.
I can definitely see that, my thinking is that I believe Garrsion could really break out this year. Big men like him seem to really start taking off their 2nd and 3rd year. Edit: yes he was the first transfer commit. Look at this video. When is the last time we had a post player with this kind of defensive positioning and skill? Maybe Nick Richards his junior year? PJ Washington? I know he can be successful because every year a smaller school has a big dude that is a defensive presence that helps their team upset some big schools.
Remember when guys here said ''he's just being honest''. LOL, so sad what the program was. He might have been honest. But you don't say that until you leave college. When you're coming into a blueblood program. In any sport. You hold your tongue until you get to the pros. Did anyone ever hear Saban's players say they couldnt wait to bail. And play on sundays? No, it was all about winning that next SEC title, bowl, national title game...etc etc.
And don't forget. Cal and his supporters would call you ''selfish'' if you brought that up. Wanting success for the program, over a player's NBA desire is ''selfish''. That's ''somebodies son''. The mindset still goes on here today. People falling on knives for guys getting paid $300,000+ NIL deals with free cars.
