http://www.wmubroncos.com/ViewArticle.db...=204873645

Jist of the article and Couch touches on it too is that confidence by a player is a manufactured product by that player.

Hawk doesnt want to be "crass" but it is up to the player to please him by playing well and then Hawk reciprocates by rewarding that player.

I understand his point and agree IF all things are equal.

Again, I'm not going to ride the Demetrius Ward "horse" again, but unless all the talk regarding how he performed in prepping for VCU last year and his performance this summer was all blather then we have a disconnect.

Either Demetrius is or was your 2nd best talent or he wasn't. If not someone should be the hook for posturing as such which was both a fabrication and wholley unfair to De.

If he was the 2nd best talent then it should not be up to him to go find his confidence and hand it to Hawk for evaluation.

Either De had confidence or he didnt.

If he didnt it's a moot point.

But since he was so ballyhood I suspect he had confidence.

So he either lost it and cant find it or he has set aside, knows where it is but refuses to go get it.

Which makes more sense? The former.

So if you have anyone who you care for and or is an asset to you and they are "lost" do you leave it to them to find what cant be found or do you move heaven and earth and "go" get it together?

If De Ward is the player he is purported to be, you go with him and find his confidence and provide every opportunity to use it.

I understand Hawk is saying each kid needs to find it within himself to do what needs to be done. That's called "ownership". Applicable here and also a life lesson.

But since not all things are equal, you don't treat everyone with the same MO. A kick in the pants might be a jump start to some but it may also cripple the next.

Either De is worth it or not. Or is it that Hawk doesnt know what to do and falls back to a one size fits all approach?

Neither is acceptable if the end game is this kids development and this team reaching it's potential.