Oso planning to go pro
Al had a very defined system and all players knew their roles. Now, there obviously were hiccups with guys from time to time, but it was very clear system.Asking what Al would have done is a silly question. Different time, different level coach and very different talent pool within the program. Al had stars playing roles and they bought into it. It sadly appears that Wojo has struggled getting the buy in from his team.
You asked a dumb, unfair question. Al would never have instituted such a system. He would have agreed with anyone who said that kind of system was counter productive and would cause unrest among the players.
Goose talks around tge answer. When Toone told Al he wasnt getting the ball enough Al got in a fist fight with him. Would u have preferred Wojo got in a fust fight with brothers Hauser?
Asking what Al would have done is a silly question. Different time, different level coach and very different talent pool within the program. Al had stars playing roles and they bought into it. It sadly appears that Wojo has struggled getting the buy in from his team.
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So if a player disagreed with Al over something within Al's program that Al 100% believed in, and that player told Al "change this or I'm leaving", what would Al have said?
I think this is one of the more accurate statements I've seen the past few days. Whatever the reasons, whatever the alleged drama, Wojo didn't guy buy in from some, all, or most of the players. When it was working well, we had a top 10 team, but the buy in wasn't there to sustain. It is the coaching staff's responsibility to get that buy in.
a strong PG like AL always did to spearhead his system like Butch Lee and Dean Meminger and Lloyd Walton so that the other players fit in the roles that they were best in.
I don't know if Sugar Frazier was more talented than Allie (close call) but he wasn't as good a basketball player. The story (told by Al on the banquet circuit) is that George approached Al and asked why Allie was starting ahead of him. "I'm just as good as Allie", Sugar asserted. Jokingly Al replied, "That's my son, Sugar - if you're gonna beat him out it's gotta be a KO. He wins all ties!"
1. What Al would have done 40+ years ago is largely irrelevant. Different era requires different skills2. People are largely correct that if players came to him and demanded a change, he would have not reacted well.3. But Al would have handled the entire situation better. He would have had a better pulse of his team.4. But if a three year starter and his brother announced they were leaving, Al would be given the benefit of the doubt because Al was a much better coach than Wojo is now.
OK, what did Buzz do when a player (and his father) told Buzz that the offense should be run though said player? This isn't hypothetical. It happened. Did Buzz capitulate? Did Buzz have enough credibility then? Did the season continue? How about the next? Explain the difference.
The difference is...everyone seems to think that this is what happened with the Hauser situation..It isn't. They didn't need/expect the offense to be run through them(and dad wasn't involved), it was as simple as Wojo's failure to reign Markus in, especially late in the season.Which honestly, you have to wonder why he didn't..he "reigned" in Rowsey 2 years ago when he was jack happy. Sat him to start a game and after that, he was much more of a distributor than he had been. And we never heard about any complaints from players that prompted that change, so you can assume Wojo realized it was a problem on his own, and changed it before it became a bigger issue.But in this instance, he had several diff players, several different times go to him about reigning Markus in, and each time, he failed to do so. That's his own f'n fault.
They didn't need/expect the offense to be run through them(and dad wasn't involved