Not trolling y'all but is this where the "get 'em drafted" comes into it, where guys are getting burn to stat pad when they and your team are better off with them sitting and learning, letting others contribute?
I agree with you. But Collins is going to get drafted and he played 3 minutes lol. Allen should have been given a chance. Ware plays his ass off. Cal always talks about effort. Ware does play hard. I don't know if Hopkins back is still bothering him, but played 5 min. Cal needs to learn how to leverage his bench, instead of being stubborn about earning playing time. Build their damn confidence.
Our first home game. I don't count the cupcakes. You will be our super bowl for sure this year lol. Collins and Hopkins are probably the 2 most talented players on the team. Definitely the most athletic. Collins is thin but has some skills. He's not a center. Cal trying to play him there, is setting him up for failure.
I think Louisville plays too many guys. They should probably play 8 maybe a 9th and just extend the 8's minutes so they can find some kind of rhythm.
Allen and Ware didn't play because they are terrible.
He was considered, and declined interviews both times (2007 & 2009).
Lmao since adidas was having bidding wars with themselves 🤣. Nike isnt clean either, fbi just didnt go after em, and the ones they did get woulda got off if they literally hadn’t hung themselves on the wire like miller or wade although hes still got a job somehow.
Ware is serviceable enough to give Oscar a breather. Allen can be streaky. Hell no one else was hitting 3's. I would've given him a couple shots just to test the waters.
Our problem is our supposed two best players coming into the year withers and williamson have been mia. Williamson no so suprising hes always been erratic. But withers was one of our besg players last year and hes been god awful smdh.
Neither were on a mock draft board going into the year or on any AA team list. That is the high end barometer I'm using. And if they are MIA through 9 games they aren't high end talent using any metric. I'm not disagreeing with what you are saying I just have a different theory and conclusion using the same data you are using.
Probably a good idea with the transfer portal now a thing
Yeah, but I think you could argue that Texas has the athletes to be the better defensive team. Also, Kenpom is still heavily influenced by preseason data.
Mizzo is in the weak azz SEC East...same reason Jawja looked so good vs SEC east opponents this year.
Oversight I tried to cobble it together too quickly was obviously must see TV my bad
Gotcha, i just meant they were supposed to be our two best players coming into the year and havent even been in the top 5 best players.
I agree with you pretty much 100.
Withers don't look like he wants the contact. Either the scheme or his mindset, not sure which, has him floating at the 3 pt line way too much. They need him drawing fouls, finishing on the baseline, and getting offensive boards. Playing like an intense dude. It ain't there right now. Who knows, maybe somebody in his inner circle has told him he needs to showcase perimeter skill to get to the NBA. Or maybe the scheme just doesn't fit his skill set. These dudes aren't good enough to flow 4 or 5 out and try to play like Golden State
100% again.
So the portal, it's giving a lot of people mixed results across the country. But yeah maybe, sure. I'd still like to have a 5*, or a shot @ a 5*. They aren't gonna be in the mix for that for awhile though.
