Appreciate the preview. From what you said and the little I’ve seen I’m excited about the potential. The rim protection will come as you said the Packline will set him up for success there and it seems the instincts are there and will taken over once in the position.
The 8/9 and 4Oreb I think you mentioned are also a stat that makes me excited. Hard working and can find his own offense.
Lets do the podcast hometeam!
Just listened to this. It was really good! Great insight!
Sounds like a great name for a podcast
Nope
Tony thinking about pulling that “retirement” move. Gotta get to the SEC or big24 somehow.
I know y’all will be more practical than me, but I am coming from the perspective of a Christian who just happens to attend the same church as Tony, so I see firsthand how he walks the walk, so to speak.
So, having said that, what I really love hearing from our coach is that he says, thinks, and teaches the philosophy that a program can be built and compete a “different way.” I see national guys slam Tony, while praising coaches who are “flashy” and “fired up” yelling at the refs and players – yes, I am talking to you Pat Forde, F68, et.al. – while he doesn’t pay enough attention to them to let them live in his head…and he teaches these young men the same thing.
Am I saying he “walks on water?” Of course not, but the point is that I will take that in a rebuilding year every single time over programs in another “successful” season, watching a coach who wants to be the “flashy” one on the sideline, while teaching his guys nothing about character and being a humble grown man.
Jumping off soapbox!
Thanks @Hooandtrue for sharing that; I enjoyed it.
Ask and you shall receive: Spotify
Fresh on the Pod!
Locking this in
Lets go!! Good shit man. Thank you guys and we will do more
great podcast and the CTB & Bronco one was great as well!
Great podcast Fresh. You definitely make it interesting
Thank you my man. Always fun talking about our days back then and tying it in somewhat to now
Great episode. Thanks @DFresh11 for a trip down memory lane. My first memories of Virginia bball is Ralph, Othell, Ricky, etc. but it was the years right around your time that I remember the most fondly and had me so excited to come to Grounds in ’95.
Recording with @HoozGotNext himself tomorrow! any topic ideas send them our way and well do our best to include them
In the age where we need our hits 24/7 and there is all this content-less content and people claiming to be insiders and what not, does it get exhausting following basketball recruiting?
Who is someone you thought we would recruit that we never ended recruiting? And who is someone who you were iffy about that ended up doing really well at UVA?
What is considered a successful recruit or a “bust” recruit/transfer addition? Was Evan Nolte a “bust” or a success? And what about Marial Shayok/Darius Thompson?
Would you rather have Sam Hauser or Akil Mitchell at the 4? And what did UVA mean to both of them at the points in their life when UVA entered their recruitments (in Hauser’s case in the portal, and in Akil’s case as a high schooler with barely any D1 offers)?
Thanks man. Was a lot of fun. I could talk about those days for hours and hours for sure
Here is the link to the pod: HoozGotNext Interview
We do questions towards the end around the 50 minute mark but tons of quality gems throughout in my (biased) opinion!
