rockhoya
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Post by rockhoya on Feb 25, 2013 20:54:33 GMT -5
Junior year isn't too long to wait for a prominent role if you're not a stud
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EtomicB
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Post by EtomicB on Feb 25, 2013 22:22:52 GMT -5
Junior year isn't too long to wait for a prominent role if you're not a stud On paper if the current front court players stay, then Hayes would have to wait until his Sr year to get a bigger role on the court.. Here's an article on the Olynyk kid from Gonzaga explaining how redshirting benefitted him. The description of his growth spurt kinda sounds like what Hayes went through. www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/westcoast/2013/02/11/college-basketball-gonzaga-university-bulldogs-kelly-olynyk/1905893/Olynyk was fighting NBA-caliber big men, like future Lakers post man Robert Sacre, for playing time.
Olynyk weighed his options. Instead of riding the bench, he considered transferring. But instead of going somewhere else and being forced to redshirt for a year, he thought about staying where he was and redshirting there, adding more to his game and letting Sacre (and his minutes) graduate.
"If things aren't going the way you want them to, you have to change something or else you're going to stick with the same result," Olynyk said. "(Redshirting) made sense in a way, and it gave me time to build my body, work on my skills and develop into the player I wanted to be."
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RBHoya
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Post by RBHoya on Feb 26, 2013 0:05:40 GMT -5
It would most likely be a good move for the team. Let Josh and Moses hold it down next year, with Hopkins working in a bit as needed. Same basic rotation the following year too.
But it takes a certain type of person to see it that way. I think it takes a lot of maturity for a kid to accept a redshirt like that. Mike Brey uses redshirts with some regularity and it works nicely for him. But in most cases, the kid doesn't buy it. Usually these guys have been pumped up their entire life by AAU coaches, hangers on, and even college coaches trying to win them over in recruiting. If they're not seeing the floor after all that, most kids tend to blame the coach, assume that they're not being used right, and try to go somewhere else where they're being assured more PT. You really have to buy into the coach and his teaching methods in order to redshirt and devote another year of your life to the program.
Basically, I think it'd be good for the team, but I'm skeptical that the player is on-board. In fact, the coaching staff even suggesting it is probably enough to turn the player away in many cases.
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deacon
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Post by deacon on Feb 26, 2013 1:21:14 GMT -5
It would most likely be a good move for the team. Let Josh and Moses hold it down next year, with Hopkins working in a bit as needed. Same basic rotation the following year too. But it takes a certain type of person to see it that way. I think it takes a lot of maturity for a kid to accept a redshirt like that. Mike Brey uses redshirts with some regularity and it works nicely for him. But in most cases, the kid doesn't buy it. Usually these guys have been pumped up their entire life by AAU coaches, hangers on, and even college coaches trying to win them over in recruiting. If they're not seeing the floor after all that, most kids tend to blame the coach, assume that they're not being used right, and try to go somewhere else where they're being assured more PT. You really have to buy into the coach and his teaching methods in order to redshirt and devote another year of your life to the program. Basically, I think it'd be good for the team, but I'm skeptical that the player is on-board. In fact, the coaching staff even suggesting it is probably enough to turn the player away in many cases. I agree for the most part, but in this case, we're talking about a kid that only played one full season of high school basketball, was an unknown nationally until very late in the recruiting process and openly stated that one of the main reasons he chose Georgetown was due to the programs development of big men. You're 100% correct, it does take the right kid to understand that a redshirt would be in their best interest, but Hayes picked us for a reason and looking at a recent example such as Olynyk that used a redshirt year to the fullest, I don't think it should be a tough sell.
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