(04-28-2021 07:45 AM)EagleSam Wrote: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yS6js5fIz5E
Jumper doesn’t look the prettiest, but it goes in and he’s confident with it. Also doesn’t look like the greatest of competition, but he’s got a lightning quick first step and uses his body well to get to the basket. He looks like someone that can score at our level. I like the emotion that he plays with too.
Good start for Coach Heath!
Sam his shooting technique is horrible, releasing the ball that low just ain't going to happen in the NCAA if you are being guarded. That said, we are now in a different era. We now have a coach committed to scoring the ball, shooting techniques can be refined with coaching, those quicks and his college ready body cannot.
Beilein at U-M made a lot of his money recruiting 2-3 star recruits because Izzo killed him with the 5 stars in Michigan. DJ Wilson was considered a joke recruit at U-M, sportswriters winced when he arrived in Ann Arbor as he was found wanting of NCAA basketball skills. Three years later he was picked 17th in the NBA draft. Jon Teske was tagged to be one of the "white guys" who play only in the last minute of blowout games, and for two years he was. As a junior and senior, however, he became a legitimate player and in fact Heath coached him last year in the G-League.
We now have a coach with developmental abilities instead of just being an absolute "zen master" of the zone defense, which I must admit Murphy was, his variations and adjustments were incredible. At the end of the day, however, Rob's two prized recruits, Ray Lee and JT4 were splashes as freshman, never got much better and by the time they were seniors, both were suspended for games. That simply cannot happen in a successful program.
Stan has been around the game long enough that he can assess athletic talent and how he utilize and develop it. It is not longer "The Zone, The Zone, The Zone".