Durham Article on Wojo

[MUfan12]

Not much earth-shattering, but I did find this interesting.

Wojciechowski hired a former Syracuse walk-on player, Jake Presutti, as his video coordinator. With Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim renowned as a top purveyor of the 2-3 zone, Wojciechowski turned to Presutti to help teach the intricacies of the defense to the Golden Eagles.

“I don’t think you would get that everywhere where the video coordinator would have input on things that the team does,” Thornton said. “That’s just Wojo being open. Family atmosphere. He brought people here that he trusts. He wants them to feel comfortable and he wants them to do whatever it takes to help our team win.”

http://www.heraldsun.com/news/localnews/x761899771/Open-family-atmosphere#.VJlyqLgz7z4.facebook

[Silkk the Shaka]

That's cool, good find

[brandx]

This season, though, is all about Wojciechowski establishing what kind of program he’s going to run at Marquette. “Establishing the habits, the preparation and the culture – the foundation that we want to grow from in terms of how we approach every day, how we prepare, how we treat one another, the kind of people we are both on and off the floor”.



And therein lies the true value of Derrick and Juan. They have bought in and are the two hardest workers on the floor. That is the legacy they are setting for the future.

[LAZER]

Wow, good for Presutti.

[DoggyDaddy]

Derrick and Juan proved that again last night. With Luke adjusting to the double team and shots not falling, those two kept hustling, defending and especially rebounding. Coach has to love their example.        

[MUMountin]

Derrick and Juan proved that again last night. With Luke adjusting to the double team and shots not falling, those two kept hustling, defending and especially rebounding. Coach has to love their example.        

Agreed--and I love that the two D. Wilsons have a mentoring relationship between the two--makes me all the more confident in how Duane will develop as a player over his time.

[jsglow]

As this thread has evolved into 'culture' I noticed an excellent example last night.

Steve's free throws were easy to predict as soon as they left his hand.  Flat, quick ones clanked off.  Juan noticed this after several attempts and he went to Steve between shots seemingly pointing this out.  Steve nodded and the form on the next was much better.  Then during the halftime break Steve was practicing (5 or 6, all swished) while Juan rebounded a few prior to the team huddle.  Now of course Juan is far from perfect at the line but he brought something to the table that a teammate appreciated.

[Golden Avalanche]

As this thread has evolved into 'culture' I noticed an excellent example last night.

Steve's free throws were easy to predict as soon as they left his hand.  Flat, quick ones clanked off.  Juan noticed this after several attempts and he went to Steve between shots seemingly pointing this out.  Steve nodded and the form on the next was much better.  Then during the halftime break Steve was practicing (5 or 6, all swished) while Juan rebounded a few prior to the team huddle.  Now of course Juan is far from perfect at the line but he brought something to the table that a teammate appreciated.

That spins the tale of another interesting moment -- when MU made what we thought was the death spurt (around 10 minutes left) they got burned on an in-bounds dunk. Taylor immediately benched and made sure the five on chairs knew why he was benched and what needed to be done to be better defenders. Wojo almost seems to give them the first 10 seconds of a TO as the opportunity to air it out and then move on.

[brandx]

That spins the tale of another interesting moment -- when MU made what we thought was the death spurt (around 10 minutes left) they got burned on an in-bounds dunk. Taylor immediately benched and made sure the five on chairs knew why he was benched and what needed to be done to be better defenders. Wojo almost seems to give them the first 10 seconds of a TO as the opportunity to air it out and then move on.

I loved that - Taylor really let them have it.