Basically impossible for me to know if this is actually correct or not...but damn, it sure appears to be... Woodson doesn't take games like these seriously. And I think its a window in to how he approaches coaching, in general. He isn't a process guy, he doesn't focus on all the little details. He's a relationship guy, he probably focuses a lot on emotion, and he probably uses unrelatable terms like acting like a "grown man"...I can hear him saying things like..."If I need to teach you how to get in a defensive stance, you'll never make the league."
I know the NBA connections criticisms are over used, but at this point, I honestly wonder how much he's actually changed his views and fundamental beliefs from the bulk of his coaching days in the NBA. Because how he talks to the media, how he manages games, a large chunk of the stuff he runs, it really does come off as Carmelo Anthony Era Knicks bball.
I turned the game off last night after the 21-5 start evaporated. I'm sure he'll shorten the bench as the year wears on, its what he normally does. And I'm sure they'll have more energy and be more sharp for the bigger games coming up. But these sorts of coaching and player efforts, are how we'll lose to teams like Penn State and Northwestern in the dog days of the B10 schedule. Woodson won't approach them with urgency...and then as a result, the players won't either.
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