Regardless of results, it’ll be nice if there’s just a bit of new energy. I’ve frequently posted on here about vague, dumb, unmeasurable things like the ‘general vibe’, but that said, the general team vibe has felt a little off/unhappy the past two seasons. It kind of feels like the young guys might be bringing an infusion of new positive energy, and the vets are seemingly trying to pick it up a little too. Plus, with no knowledge of BVP except his photo, he feels like a fun personality that’ll help the mix (maybe Gill light? We’ll have to see).
Anyway, there’s the vibe update everyone was looking for.
Yeah good point, as Getter is *new at making these comments. In years past it was Tony or JWilly making TRUTHFUL comments, and me (along with hopeful individuals on these boards) have kind of been like, “maybe Tony is sandbagging and the player he’s talking about actually WILL get alot of time”, only to find out that Tony or Jwilly were *not lying.
Long story short we will see if Getter is either overly enthusiastic, or being modest and how he compares to what Jwilly and Tony say as we approach the season.
That was my take. Getter might be the type of coach who talks up the bright spots vs. the unadorned truth of the overall picture. That said, we certainly have much more talent than we did last year.
Sounds good! I mean out of the gate last year Jayden was a stud (hitting game winners etc.), and Armaan was already better than some of our guards the previous year with his middle game, and his shot LOOKED fantastic whenever he shot it, so I expect them both to continue to contribute at atleast that level and probably more. Kadin starting playing well with more experience and Papi did his thug-thizzle. Beeks had put on some muscle and was very spiderlike defensively (I actually like the name “Durantula” but KD never liked it apparently).
So adding more players on top of that, one VERY experienced player, and others who by mid-season I expect to be turning that Ty Jerome corner (Villanova coming out party) I think we will turn that corner. What’s nice is that we can’t *always expect all of our starters to have fantastic games day in-out, but now we have 3-5 additional players who may be able to pick up the slack.
All of you need to stop with this “interpretation” nonsense. Getter is clearly trying to say they will all start immediately and that Ryan Dunn will be NPOY. Really not sure why that’s so hard to understand
Hmm, well, not to bring up the negative when we’re all in a good mood, but Taine seems to be continuing to have a rough time shooting in the FIBA Asia Cup. NZ lost to Lebanon today and he shot 2/11, including 1/9 from three.
Maybe he adjusted his spin for the northern hemisphere so he’ll be sinking them all here but is struggling back there?
You guys are overlooking the most shocking item we heard in that story about the new guys.
Workouts so far have focused more on the offensive side. I have never heard that before when talking about a UVA practice. I remember one of the players saying that practice was 90% on the defensive side. This is a big change from Tony