Duane Wilson

[muguru]

The kid gets it...

https://twitter.com/Matt_Velazquez/status/830506610699165697

https://twitter.com/Matt_Velazquez/status/830509174014484482

[GGGG]

The kid gets it...

https://twitter.com/Matt_Velazquez/status/830506610699165697

https://twitter.com/Matt_Velazquez/status/830509174014484482

So you agree that they need to do what the coaches are telling them to do?

[muguru]

So you agree that they need to do what the coaches are telling them to do?

Yes, but it doesn't necessarily mean what the coaches are telling them will work. You know what this tells me though?? Something i was suspicious of for awhile now..I'm not sure some of these guys really like Wojo that much.

[GGGG]

Yes, but it doesn't necessarily mean what the coaches are telling them will work. You know what this tells me though?? Something i was suspicious of for awhile now..I'm not sure some of these guys really like Wojo that much.

So Duane says we have to do what the coaches want.  You agree but then say that what Wojo wants them to do may not work anyway?

There is a flaw in logic there.

[tower912]

Of course it will work.  It has built a dynasty and won multiple championships. 

[Da 'Lanche]

I don't think it is that they don't like wojo....I think that possibly applies to the Buzz leftovers or those are the guys not bought into the system or wojo and they do what they want.   I think Duane is the one holdover guy who has bought in to the system, the coaching and his role.    I think the Wojo recruits are fully bought in and you can see their relationship with Wojo (in guys like Howard).    Case in point today, in the second half when Georgetown was extending the lead...Duane gets overmatched in a a 1:1 defensive set with a guy in lane who backs him down....he is looking for weakside help from JJJ who just abandons the defensive set and starts trotting (slowly mind you) to the perimeter.   The guy scores on Duane and Duane looks to JJJ, gives him a death stare and then a look of "wtf dude...you know you are supposed to cover that!" and then let's him have it verbally.      I think that is just one example of JJJ doing whatever he wants many times on both ends...or KR taking forced, bad shots....or failure to feed the ball in to Luke and back out....or whatever.    Now, if the guys aren't listening, following the plan, or mailing it in..then Wojo needs to just pull them and sit them.     I would love to see Duane get more playing  time the rest of the year....

[Da 'Lanche]

Another example....multiple times there were at least 3, if not 4, Georgetown players crashing the boards and the only player in position for MU was Luke....even the announcers called that out (specifically KR and JJJ)....perhaps they are too anxious to get on the offensive end and get their shots off...who knows?    But the coaches were clearly giving them an earful too....they either don't understand or choose not to follow the plan...either case is a problem.

[T.V. Diener 34]

He's the one guy who seems to have that fire of teams in the past.... shame that he's gonna be gone next year

[GGGG]

He's the one guy who seems to have that fire of teams in the past.... shame that he's gonna be gone next year

Duane?  He's a junior.  Or you think he's transferring?

[T.V. Diener 34]

I know he's a junior....

[Big Papi]

Of course it will work.  It has built a dynasty and won multiple championships.

With McDonald's All Americans.  Can it work with players at a lower caliber of talent.

My problems with Wojo is that he can do it with elite talent but doesn't know how to coach and make adjustments to talent that isn't elite.  He is not going to get elite talent here.

[GGGG]

I know he's a junior....

So you *think* he's not going to be here.

[damuts222]

We have a bunch of guys. There doesn't appear to be players with roles, to allow them to play as a team. Duane has sacrificed and knows who he is.

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

My problems with Wojo is that he can do it with elite talent but doesn't know how to coach and make adjustments to talent that isn't elite. He is not going to get elite talent here.

Are you sure about this?  I am pretty sure Coach K led Duke and the US men's national team.

[Da 'Lanche]

By all reports, Duane is a very good young man who also happens to be a good young father with a child in Milwaukee.  My guess is that next year the only place he will be "going"...is home to his family after practices at the AL.

Besides, with some of the players he is alluding to in his comments today gone next year...he may be a much happier player on a more unified team.

[T.V. Diener 34]

So you *think* he's not going to be here.

I guess we shall see but from everything I've heard I would bet not

[GGGG]

I guess we shall see but from everything I've heard I would bet not

See I have heard the opposite, but the last time I heard that was a couple months ago.

[Afroman]

UWM is in Milwaukee. UW loses two senior guards.

[T.V. Diener 34]

See I have heard the opposite, but the last time I heard that was a couple months ago.

Well I hope where I'm getting my information from is wrong then because I really hope he stays

[Da 'Lanche]

UWM is in Milwaukee. UW loses two senior guards.

Well...that's a win-win then....having Duane's family at the UW-M games would double their attendance!

[tower912]

Duane has to say it.  If a coach says it, it is throwing players under the bus.  Maybe we will have accountability among the players.

[Lennys Tap]

Of course it will work.  It has built a dynasty and won multiple championships.

"Wojo's way" has built a dynasty and won multiple national championships? As Johnny Carson used to say, "I did not know that!"

[tower912]

The Duke way that Wojo is attempting to instill at MU has.   

[connie]

The Duke way that Wojo is attempting to instill at MU has.

Last I checked, Duke played defense.

[jesmu84]

Duane has to say it.  If a coach says it, it is throwing players under the bus.  Maybe we will have accountability among the players.

Need them to call that "players' only meeting" that has been successful for Duke and Cuse this season