ARob is gonna be a beast. Iām legit excited to see what he does in game situations because what Iāve seen I like a lot.
Same for Bliss heās bigger than when I saw him in Dec. The 6ā4 is legit heās good good size and I LOVE his work ethic. Iāve said it before but before the surgery he was the first guy on the court after games getting shots up and putting in an hr or more of work. Dude has a plan and knows how to go about it. Like he said in the article that year of learning and understanding the attention to detail thatās required will benefit him.
What an amazing breakthrough the redshirt year has been for our development as a species. Never before in the history of man has a person been able to add weight or build muscle. Kudos to the geniuses who brought us the hoops redshirt.
Happy to report that ānot playing hoops for 15 yearsā has also helped me add weight. Iām sure the muscle will be along any dayā¦
More earnestly, I think the staff is great at properly valuing the benefit of down time to bulk guys up and add muscle in getting better at high level hoops.
I wish the staff was as good as properly valuing the benefit of playing high level hoops in getting better at high level hoops.
(On the merits, though, Iād rate the redshirts of Bliss and ARob as lesser sins in the RS realm.)
We talked about it some in the Dragonās Lair thread, but based on what Curtis shared about their methodology, he has guys on different training frequencies and intensities based on how much they are being counted on to play. So ARob probably hit the workouts a lot harder than Blake because he didnāt need to be ready to see the floorā¦that game day workout was probably equivalent to what a rotation player would only do if they had some time off between games.
Now if your point is āstill treat him like a redshirt in terms of development but just donāt put the shirt on him,ā sure. I guess I donāt know in which category they put the guys who are basically out of the rotation but still available.
I donāt know the first thing about weight/strength training but what I do know is plenty of guys bulk up without missing a year of hoops. How they do that? Would they have bulked up better somehow if they hadnāt played?
Iād be the last one to know, I just know itās possible to do it without.
Iām the worldās biggest advocate of sabbaticals for washed 40 somethings. Just not sure I see the value of a sabbatical for an 18 year old kid playing hoops.
Bliss is a sicko in the Ty Jerome mold. Loves Rise and Grind quotes.
When I watched him play the AAU games last summer he was noticeably way more intense than anything else on the court. Clapping, diving. He played angry and focused. Going to be a favorite.
