All that dreck about his bad attitude is ...just...dreck. He was a warrior tonight.

bearprof;842258823 said:

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all that dreck about his bad attitude is ...just...dreck. He was a warrior tonight.

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+1,000,000

What was said about his attitude?

...but of course I will...

This is what I said after the ONE game where he couldn't do anything right....

HoopDreams;842255348 said:

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Agree. He is a competitor and was getting his first Pac12 start in a rivalry game. His confidence and aggressive attitude reminds me of the No Fear attitude of another Cal Bear in his freshmen year...Ty Wallace.

From everything I've heard he is a high character guy. He had a bad game and tried to do too much, this game just gives me more confidence that he will be a player for Cal

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MiZery;842258841 said:

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What was said about his attitude?

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His pouting on the bench, blaming teammates during a botched pass during the Stanford game. Somehow OP thinks dropping 32 points erases that, it doesn't, but it shows us how competitive this kid is and what a talented scorer he can be.

MiZery;842258841 said:

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What was said about his attitude?

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http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?p=842254830#poststop

concernedparent;842254830 said:

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I didn't like his attitude. Pouting on the bench and blaming teammates when he couldn't handle a pass. Him and jabari need to be a little more even keeled.

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concernedparent;842258849 said:

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His pouting on the bench, blaming teammates during a botched pass during the Stanford game. Somehow OP thinks dropping 32 points erases that, it doesn't, but it shows us how competitive this kid is and what a talented scorer he can be.

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I think you over-reacted to him showing a little frustration.

Come on

concernedparent;842258849 said:

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His pouting on the bench, blaming teammates during a botched pass during the Stanford game. Somehow OP thinks dropping 32 points erases that, it doesn't, but it shows us how competitive this kid is and what a talented scorer he can be.

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What player hasn't done that?

Was that the consensus opinion about Mathews or just one poster's opinion

not a consensus

GranadaHillsBear;842258912 said:

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Was that the consensus opinion about Mathews or just one poster's opinion

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Seriously .... anyone commenting on an 18 year old kid expressions and demeanor can't seriously be proud and sure of everthing he or she did at 18 years old

People in glass houses....

concernedparent;842258849 said:

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His pouting on the bench, blaming teammates during a botched pass during the Stanford game. Somehow OP thinks dropping 32 points erases that, it doesn't, but it shows us how competitive this kid is and what a talented scorer he can be.

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Are you serious? He's a great kid, I encourage you to meet him -- extremely personable and comes from a great family. Don't confuse his competitive fire with blaming his teammates. There is a difference.

I'm gonna go with Lindsey Gottlieb's assessment of him on twitter tonight.

Bearprof;842258898 said:

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I think you over-reacted to him showing a little frustration.

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Yeah I am. But if I'm overreacting I wonder what you'd call the suggestion that I evaluate my life at 18 before making an observation that is verifiable on tape.

Holmoephobic;842258944 said:

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Are you serious? He's a great kid, I encourage you to meet him -- extremely personable and comes from a great family. Don't confuse his competitive fire with blaming his teammates. There is a difference.

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Did I attack his character? No. I just highlighted one instance where he got visibly annoyed at a teammate for an imperfect (but still catchable) pass. It was obvious enough that the commentator even pointed it out.

I believe Matthews attitiude serves him well. he is feisty...puts it all out there. He has to know that he cant get down if his shots dont fall. It has been said...shooters shoot their way out of a slump.

Jordan Matthews had a great attitude i.e. "I'm going to make this shot, and this one, and this one...." Really had a great shooting game. The team had a great game as well. I'm not sure Oregon is as good as advertised but I think we just made a good team look ordinary. Monty seems to own them.

Holmoephobic;842258944 said:

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Are you serious? He's a great kid, I encourage you to meet him -- extremely personable and comes from a great family. Don't confuse his competitive fire with blaming his teammates. There is a difference.

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There was one play where he and Cobbs misfired on a pass and Matthews stood there making gestures at Cobbs like it was Cobbs' fault. To me it looked like Matthews failed to move to an open spot that Cobbs anticipated. No big deal except that his blaming Cobbs was obvious enough that Monty got on him and the announcers called him out for it. It was not something I'd want to see from a player if I were a coach. But it was one play, not a general attitude - disappointing but he was no doubt very frustrated at that point because he was having a very bad game.

The good news is that he responded wonderfully to having a bad game.

concernedparent;842258998 said:

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Yeah I am. But if I'm overreacting I wonder what you'd call the suggestion that I evaluate my life at 18 before making an observation that is verifiable on tape.



Did I attack his character? No. I just highlighted one instance where he got visibly annoyed at a teammate for an imperfect (but still catchable) pass. It was obvious enough that the commentator even pointed it out.

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Wonder how you would do living your life in the public eye at age 18 ... Lest he be judged cast the first stone.

concernedparent;842258998 said:

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Yeah I am. But if I'm overreacting I wonder what you'd call the suggestion that I evaluate my life at 18 before making an observation that is verifiable on tape.



Did I attack his character? No. I just highlighted one instance where he got visibly annoyed at a teammate for an imperfect (but still catchable) pass. It was obvious enough that the commentator even pointed it out.

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I don't argue that his reaction in that one instance was a tad childish but not really notable regardless of what the ridiculous announcer said. Enuf for coach to say "grow up", but NOT enuf to start a thread about, suggesting that he is may be a problem going forward! We will have to disagree about that one.