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Topic: Cal criticizes some of his players
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catmandoo
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posted 11-18-2013 01:11 PM
Some coach's criticize their players in public and some do it in house.
John Calipari wanted to see better body language from his players, especially guards Aaron and Andrew Harrison, against Robert Morris Sunday. For the most part, he did.
“If I saw it, I took them out,” Calipari said. “hen I saw the head go down, you’re out. Next guy. You want to stay in the game, play.
‘Your game can’t be dictated by how many shots you make or how you’re playing because then you’re not worried about your teammates. So you miss two or three shots, now you can’t play? Head goes down, you’re out. You’re done. Can’t play you. Figure it out. It’s not about you, it’s about our team.
‘I’ve been very clear that this … we’ve got to become a great team, and we’re not right now. We have terrific players, but we’re not a great team.”
Calipari doesn’t want shooting or anything else to dictate a player’s on-court demeanor.
“You go through spells. Now the question becomes, okay, if you’re not making shots how are you helping us win. Well, I pout and I put my head down and I lose my man on defense. I don’t run back so they get a lay up. Well, that helps us lose, that doesn’t help us win,” Calipari said.
“But these guys, that’s what they’ve been right now. So today, like I said to Aaron after, you can’t be energized because you made shots, you’ve got to be energized because you’re playing basketball, and if you hadn’t have missed shots, okay. James Young was exactly the same way; he misses shots, he goes in the tank. You can’t be that way. You’re not going to be on your “A” game every night out, but what do you do to help us win.”
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SCWC
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posted 11-18-2013 05:40 PM
I personally felt that James Young and Alex Poythress had very sup par games and both their minutes were less last night than in the previous three games. I think we have all expected more from Young based on what the NBA scouts were reported to be saying about him after watching practices. He is a tremendously gifted athlete who is not playing up to his pre season hype as of yet. Hopefully he will settle in and start making shots, that always helps ones attitude and overall play.
Julius Randle is obviously our stud but he has an outstanding group of athletes around him and I expect to see various players lead the team in scoring in individual games as the season progresses.
[ 11-18-2013, 06:28 PM: Message edited by: SCWC ]
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tenessee cat
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posted 11-19-2013 06:05 PM
This is a very tricky, but beautiful puzzle that Cal and his staff have ahead of them. How long will it take to put the pieces in the right spot?
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