In his other years, if he made mistakes, Jamil, Davante, Chris, Todd, Vander, Deonte, Steve would come in. The other teams he has played on were all deeper. And many here last year were complaining about the minutes he DID get. This year, if he gets thrown, he has to get back into the saddle. There is no plan B. He is flourishing. But does this mean that he should have gotten MORE minutes in previous seasons? I want to hear someone actually make that argument in a serious fashion and not in some snide aside.
2015 Meme Tourney WatchlistI don't mean this the wrong way.
In his other years, if he made mistakes, Jamil, Davante, Chris, Todd, Vander, Deonte, Steve would come in. The other teams he has played on were all deeper. And many here last year were complaining about the minutes he DID get. This year, if he gets thrown, he has to get back into the saddle. There is no plan B. He is flourishing. But does this mean that he should have gotten MORE minutes in previous seasons? I want to hear someone actually make that argument in a serious fashion and not in some snide aside.
Catch 22 ... Juan is suggesting if he was allowed too play through his mistakes in previous years he would have been in better player. But given how deep some of his previous teams were, why would you sit any of the guys above to let some underclassman time to figure it out?
Excatly spot on Tower. I'm very happy Juan is playing well this year, but for him to take a jab about his minutes in his prior years is showing an utter lack of humility and honesty about his own play. There's a reason he started looking to transfer and found tepid interest, especially at the high major level. Enjoy your success and shut up already, no one who watched you prior to this season is buying how unfairly you were treated.
Excatly spot on Tower. I'm very happy Juan is playing well this year, but for him to take a jab about his minutes in his prior years is showing an utter lack of humility and honesty about his own play. There's a reason he started looking to transfer and found tepid interest, especially at the high major level. Enjoy your success and shut up already, no one who watched you prior to this season is buying how unfairly you were treated.What? You shut up...lol. What kind of crap is that?
I don't mean this in the wrong way, but things have come together very well for Juan this year. Glad things have worked out well for him in the end (nh). Lots of hard work and progression to get where he is today. Happy he's at MU.ABSOLUTELY.
I said it was a confidence issue with Juan last year and this confirms it. It should be no surprise that some folks get angry and fight hard when someone basically tells them they can not get it done. (i.e. Butler, Crowder, etc.). Then there are others who take it to heart and fail. Some coaches simply do not understand what motivates one person demotivates another. Top coaches can pick out the different personalities and change their approach. I will let you decide if Buzz is capable to adapt to the differences in people. Hint, take a look as to how Buzz is handling VT's problems.
Arguably the best high school coach ever, in any sport, is York HS (Elmhurst IL) cross country head coach Joe Newton. He's been their 52 years (yes, since 1962!) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Newton_%28coach%29
He has a reputation of being so tough he could make Bobby Knight blush. But he also said that reputation is misplaced.
He argues that the secret to his success is to know which players (or runners in his case) need a kick in ass and which players need a hug and give them what they need.
Why more so than anyone else? Because he's local? Because his Mom died recently? This has been discussed ad nauseum in other threads. Give it up.
In my estimation Deonte Burton needed the opportunity to "play through mistakes" too...more so than anyone else on the entire team.
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But I would not have played Trent Lockett over him but Buzz might have thought he had to.
I can see why he wanted to transfer but nobody wanted him, why would they?
Please share what his reason for transferring was. Family/home issues? Thanks.
Family illness was the reason he considered transferring.
Now he just has to explain his formula for success to STjr........
Yes, but it's a very inexact science. And even the great coaches can't figure out every single player.
Wojo said it himself not long ago, as a player, he always felt the burden was on him to prove he had earned/deserved playing time (paraphrasing, but that was definitely the gist of what he said).
I thought Juan demonstrated a base set of skills over the last 3 years. Unfortunately they were not applied at the same time or consistently. He looked nervous on the court as a result. I think his own lack of confidence may have contributed to the coaches lack of confidence. This is the first year he has applied the skills all at the same time and on a consistent basis. Net result is that he has blossomed and is now realizing on his full potential as a player . I believe if he keeps up this pace over the course of the year, we are going to perform well as a team .
Now he just has to explain his formula for success to STjr........
Sure, whatever you say.
The whole "being a douche bag for the sake of being a douche bag" shtick fits you well.
Just don't expect people to take you seriously.
No, if that was my "shtick", I would have said a lot more in my earlier response.
I don't mean this the wrong way, but relax. Respect the Process.
Steve just needs to find consistency. He's shown more than Juan did at the same point in their careers. I'm very bullish on Steve, he and Luke are going to be a really good tandem the rest of this year I think.
You don't start with a harvest, you start with a seed. Make sure you are planting the right seeds, that's where the power is. Water the plant.