You sound short.I did say they are talented and have a special skill. My observations are what they are. As for the dunk contest itself, all dunk contests are boring. To me they are. I did not say anything bad about any of the players.
What I did say is I don't get a thrill watching someone who is 6'6" dunk. That is 78 inches tall plus arm length of 39 inches. That is a total of 117 inches (a goal is 120 inches @ 10 ft). So we are celebrating what?
That is like going on and on about how awesome a midget is at limbo! Man look how low he can go! Wow!
We don't suffer from a lack of talent now. Coaching does make a difference. It takes coaching plus recruiting to make a team relevant. When a TV announcer tells the world we have to correct our pick and roll defense ( and he was right) and we come out in the second half doing the same thing as the first half we have a coaching problem. I like and respect CCM but he was not ready to coach at UT. We have NC expectations now. Pearl made us want a NC and believe we could get there. CCM can't deliver it .
Has anyone ever heard him mention an assistant's name in thanks for a gameplan???? NO. But pearl used to thank Tony and the others all the time. Gameplans that were different for different teams.
Heck, we will be idiots if either Pearl or Tony is not our next HC. I hope I get a surprise next year. We will have the players for a good run, but I am afraid it will not happen.
Hubbs has that little bit extra that the others were missing. Walks into the dunks, but just floats up in the air as his head deceptively gets up to the rim, and then throws it down! He looks like he has a special level of athleticism. Can't wait to watch him in Orange next year!
Him and McRae could give us a scoring duo we haven't seen in a while, and with Stokes and Maymon on the blocks as well, next season will have high expectations. We may be a little small next year inside. But we'll be long and athletic on the outside with some potentially big time players running the court. I think we should be a top 5 seed in the tourney with that talent and experience/3rd year under Cuonzo. If were not top 25 for most of the year I'll definitely be disappointed.
I did say they are talented and have a special skill. My observations are what they are. As for the dunk contest itself, all dunk contests are boring. To me they are. I did not say anything bad about any of the players.
What I did say is I don't get a thrill watching someone who is 6'6" dunk. That is 78 inches tall plus arm length of 39 inches. That is a total of 117 inches (a goal is 120 inches @ 10 ft). So we are celebrating what?
That is like going on and on about how awesome a midget is at limbo! Man look how low he can go! Wow!