Handy Johnson Posted March 23, 2022 Report Posted March 23, 2022 Playing HARD shouldn’t be the exception but the rule when you walk in the gym… Cazzie22 1 Quote
Omahusker Posted March 23, 2022 Report Posted March 23, 2022 Speaking of Northwestern, I think their passion outweighs talent every year. Sure you need both but they seem to do more with less. Quote
Navin R. Johnson Posted March 23, 2022 Report Posted March 23, 2022 9 hours ago, Handy Johnson said: Playing HARD shouldn’t be the exception but the rule when you walk in the gym… You are absolutely right but the problem is that there is playing hard (and smart) but the good ones have that extra gear of playing hard. Some don't find it until they are upper classmen. This is why some 4-5 star kids flop. They have never had to play hard because of their talent but when you get to college, everyone can play, and some never find that extra gear. Quote
Chuck Taylor Posted March 23, 2022 Report Posted March 23, 2022 11 hours ago, Handy Johnson said: Playing HARD shouldn’t be the exception but the rule when you walk in the gym… ^^^^ This. We've been treated to such bad basketball that we don't even know what real basketball is. I can't imagine another program worrying about whether their players will play hard. Smart? Sure. Unselfishly? Absolutely. But hard? No. Players who don't play hard don't see the floor on a real high major team. Period. jaimes2000 and Handy Johnson 1 1 Quote
Handy Johnson Posted March 23, 2022 Report Posted March 23, 2022 45 minutes ago, Chuck Taylor said: ^^^^ This. We've been treated to such bad basketball that we don't even know what real basketball is. I can't imagine another program worrying about whether their players will play hard. Smart? Sure. Unselfishly? Absolutely. But hard? No. Players who don't play hard don't see the floor on a real high major team. Period. Yes, I grew up with Depression Era parents who installed a very commonly held belief, anything worth doing is with doing RIGHT. So whether it’s Superior vs Sandy Creek or the B1G Title game you better move like you’ve got a purpose… Quote
royalfan Posted March 24, 2022 Report Posted March 24, 2022 On 3/22/2022 at 9:59 AM, basketballjones said: Let's be honest here, I'm the biggest fan of Wilhelm's potential on the board as proven by my amazing profile pic.... But I must admit, he did not show me much from a consistent effort, attention to detail, dirty work, doing the little things perspective that I hoped to see. Looked to me like a lot of fake effort plays on ball screens (fouling while hard hedging) and wanting to dribble through his legs and shoot step back 3's. He's a guy who's role needs to be more defined and needs to be held more accountable from a coaching perspective. While what you say it certainly true, right before the injury I noticed him starting to make a clear effort to do some of these things you mention, especially boxing out. It is frustrating he lost that developmental time. Given Lat's really poor play in general, he would have got a lot of run. basketballjones, AuroranHusker and CanadianHusker 1 2 Quote
AuroranHusker Posted March 24, 2022 Author Report Posted March 24, 2022 26 minutes ago, royalfan said: While what you say it certainly true, right before the injury I noticed him starting to make a clear effort to do some of these things you mention, especially boxing out. It is frustrating he lost that developmental time. Given Lat's really poor play in general, he would have got a lot of run. Wilhelm over the next year's development could cement himself as a permanent piece in an overall plan to mount the MAJOR COMEBACK of Nebrasketball. Mark my words, NU will be a player in March Madness, my hope is next season. I could be eating those prophetic words later, but I intend that we'll all be savoring the sweet, sweet taste of NCAA success in Lincoln and abroad. I know it seems crazy to think (believe), but the purge could be exactly what Freddy (and Frosty, for that matter...) had to have to break through. GBR Quote
royalfan Posted March 24, 2022 Report Posted March 24, 2022 6 minutes ago, AuroranHusker said: Wilhelm over the next year's development could cement himself as a permanent piece in an overall plan to mount the MAJOR COMEBACK of Nebrasketball. Mark my words, NU will be a player in March Madness, my hope is next season. I could be eating those prophetic words later, but I intend that we'll all be savoring the sweet, sweet taste of NCAA success in Lincoln and abroad. I know it seems crazy to think (believe), but the purge could be exactly what Freddy (and Frosty, for that matter...) had to have to break through. GBR It should not be as daunting a task it is seems. At least 32 teams win a ballgame in the NCAA tourney every year. If you replay history 1000 times we would have won a tourney ball game in at least 995 of the reruns. AuroranHusker 1 Quote
AuroranHusker Posted March 24, 2022 Author Report Posted March 24, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, royalfan said: It should not be as daunting a task it is seems. At least 32 teams win a ballgame in the NCAA tourney every year. If you replay history 1000 times we would have won a tourney ball game in at least 995 of the reruns. Reminiscent of "3-9" and the dude who did the 5,000 computer simulations of the result of 2021 NU football, tbh. Sheesh. Edited March 24, 2022 by AuroranHusker Quote
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