Big C_Cal;842634070 said:
Just throwing out ideas here, but maybe Coach Martin is such a powerful presence that all the players have gotten in the habit of deferring to him, instead of leading themselves. More likely, though, for guys like Wallace and Bird, it just might not be part of their makeup.
big c, there's some truth to this
not only do the players tend to defer to coach martin but so do the other coaches & staff which results in him storming around effectively yelling out defensive screens, switches, back door cuts, etc. when defensive is played on the cal side of the court while the bench is mute
coach martin is the best thing to happen to the cal basketball program in the last 50 years and yeah he's an alpha male...coach has gotta encourage everybody on his staff along with the players to become more engaged, more energized & more insanely loud during games...the vocal dynamics & fun factor of this team are slightly off right now, they seem uptight in a constipated fish nite at the dorms kinda way...this team would be undefeated if everybody has the loose, **** don't matter crazy azz energy of nick hamilton
i sat directly behind the stanford basket for most of the 1st half in order to better view the bears challenges in feeding young ivee...while he's often open & the rock isn't delivered on time & the right spot for him to do maximum damage, ivan is not loud enough in demanding the ball...young ivee's gotta yell for the ******* ball, clearly his teammates don't understand the universal sign language of pointing with his fingers/hand upwards that he's open for a lob pass/slam dunk...so rabb needs to adjust & become more vocal this week during practices in demanding the ball
all the guys gotta become more alpha males, championship teams don't rely upon the coaches to monitor their efforts, the players on the court gotta get on the azzs of each other when they aren't playing with 100% intensity and/or sulking/brooding...this on court policing is particularly important when the team travels on the road to hostile venues...let's be real here, there's too much estrogen on this basketball team although i liked how my boy sammy singer got in the face of the clown who got his stanford scholly offer
there's zero chance either ivan rabb or jaylen brown is in berkeley without coach martin & his staff, the fact that we are debating why this team isn't dominating the pac 12 is a sign of the increased expectations for the cal basketball program which is a good thing
i graduated from cal's undergraduate haas biz school with phi beta kappa honors & am the youngest person to play the world's top 100 golf courses, this **** does not get done overnite...cal basketball also is building a mentally tougher culture, it's not quite there yet right now which is frustrating for everybody, i get that...but don't lose sight of the fact that after 50 years of mostly mediocre basketball we're finally legitimately discussing the bears competing for championships
and the future is bright too, nobody knows what jaylen & ivan are gonna decide to do until after this season but next year's team will be mentally tougher...t-man brings a much needed housing project **** you up swagger attitude that's missing right now & the 1st time i saw roman davis in an august practice he fearlessly attacked all american jaylen brown a foot above the rim on 2 consecutive sequences (one a basket & one a block) with no hesitation or remorse...both jolly & davis got the potential to become stone cold killers
cal basketball is in the right hands of coach martin, there's nobody on planet earth better qualified to continue moving this program forward...the misinformed dumb azz leper island colony fans that aren't supporting coach right now don't understand his commitment & importance of the academic component of the cal basketball program at the #1 public university in the world...but that doesn't mean there aren't issues that need to be addressed particularly with asu & arizona coming to haas pavilion next week
do you got tix(s) for haas pavilion next week to celebrate the unfolding of this story?
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