It's maddening. Especially rebounding. It's embarrassing how we're abused on the boards.
Shitty coaching
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remember the "are we still a blue blood?" posts from 10-15-20 years ago?
think we got our answer on that.
You say this a lot, but there is no evidence Woodson wanted to coach in college anywhere other than at IU. NBA coaches that reach out to NCAA programs to express interest in coaching at that level are hired to coach college programs. Most aren't interested. Woodson never expressed any interest in coaching in college so it's only your opinion that no one would have wanted him. It's a better opinion that he probably could have coached in college if he wanted to after greatly improving the Hawks (losers to winners - more wins each season) and having a .680 winning percentage with the Knicks. There is no evidence Woodson had any desire to coach at the college level. I'll take him at his word that IU was the only college "club" he was interested in coaching.
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Malik has tiny hands for a big guy. Tamars dad would always tell me he can’t rebound cuz his hands are too small. Might be something to that.
and he's got about one tenth the vertical that TJD had. And TJD could go vertical in a hurry. Spring loaded feet. Sure that doesn't help MR either. Still....never hurts to block out. They should give it a try.
Have you ever shaken hands with Steve Downing? I did one time and his hands are HUGE. Like pillows when I shook his hand.
I do believe there's something to that, but I think aggressiveness and anticipation play more of a part. We are just out of position so often. If there's one thing Knight coached, it was rebounding. I'm surprised Woody's teams are so bad at it.
Yep this whole hire was orchestrated by quinn to get his golfing buddy back. What a jokeSeveral articles at the time included this statement (this from SI)
“A person familiar with the inner workings at Indiana, who predicted several hours before the news broke that Woodson would get the job, described Buckner as “a bulldozer” in the process.”
Indiana Digs Into Its Past in Search of Return to Glory With Mike Woodson Hire
Indiana Hoosiers place hopes of a return to NCAA championship contention on Mike Woodson, despite his lack of college coaching experience.www.si.com
QB made it very clear publicly that he supported the hire and told a golfing story that included both of them along with Scott May.
QB has been pretty hands on. When Glass got pushback on firing Crean QB made it happen.
He was a composite 4*(only rivals had him a 5*). Wasn’t projected as a one and done. Was projected as a mid 2nd round guy.(befor January)This wasn’t a John Calipary top 10 type recruit get him in the league situation. Don’t overhype.
Just saying, this wasn’t a true development of him.
Kid came in with an NBA body and game. X getting hurt is what got him drafted so high. He was able to be the prime ball handler and showcase his skills better
🤦🏻 he wasn’t on draft boards in November . He became a high draft pick under Woodson like it or not.
So you are saying he developed him into an nba first rounder in 3 months? Ir was it he was able to take over and play the point when our problem man got hurt
So you blame Woodson for all the things the players are doing wrong, but give him no credit for the things they do well?
I’m just saying I wouldnt call a kid who was a five star recruit come in and be a first rounder being developed. He was drafted on potential.
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Why? I’m actually just having a discussion. Maybe we see “developing” differently.
Not sure what size of hands has to do with blocking out.
But Malik has great footwork. And if he does have smaller than avg hand size - he still has good hands. A guy with his size, strength, and footwork should be able to rebound. Coach needs to teach it and turn up his motor.
