Kolek planning to go pro
one quibble….For now, Wojciechowski has won. He’s assembled a decorated coaching staff, brought back a legend in Travis Diener and is on the verge of securing the five-star center Williams never couldI assume this is referring to Ellenson……He is not a center…..He could play some center but if he comes to MU he will be primarily a 4/3. Fischer and Heldt will play the 5 the majority of the time.
Is it just me or are we severely jumping the gun on these Ellenson assumptions???
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
The article I am reading said five star bigman, which is not necessarily the same as a center.
No...and after reading many many psosts from people on this board that do...I have to say I'm MUCH better off, if this is the type of "intelligence" a degree from MU gets you. It sure is on full display I will say that.
I just read it 45 minutes ago. I can vouch that MUMark that it did say "center" before. It must have been recently edited.
Yep
This is the point in the thread, where having lived through the last two regimes and had my heart broken both times, I caution everyone to pump the breaks a little on the Wojo love. He has done and said all the right things, but he has to prove it on the court and prove it with long term actions.It's a great start, but don't get to high, any fall will hurt worse.
Agreed. It would be hard to deny that Wojo is exceeding expectations to this point, but we should keep in mind that this is a very early point! Early indications on recruiting seem to indicate a continued upward trajectory (over a predecessor who was himself continued an excellent recruiter), but if his teaching, game prep, and in-game coaching are not up to snuff the recruits could dry up quickly.
He played the game. As for teaching and game prep he should be a step up from our previous 2 coaches who never played D1 ball. In-game coaching always comes from experience so let's hope he is a quick study.
We went through this before. The correlation between "top coaches" and "playing D1 ball" isn't a strong one. All sorts of high level college coaches (Izzo, Ryan, Calipari) didn't play D1 ball.
But all three of those guys played the game at the college level (and all were point guards). I think that having played the game gives a coach some cred with the players but ultimately it is teaching and communication that wins out (there is clearly more to being a great coach but I think those 2 skills may be the most important).
Yeah there aren't many who didn't play at all.
Very true: Al ( maybe a shooting guard?), John Wooden, Coach K, Pitino, Billy Donnavan, Sean Miller, Shaka (D3), Dean Smith (point guard?), Travis Ford, etc. This was just off the top of my head.And Sultan putting Bo in with Izzo and Cal is a bit of a stretch. Take away this past season and it's laughable that they're in the same category.