Talking to himself works for Gates
01/19/12 at 5:25pm by bkoch

Yancy Gates has become so focused on securing rebounds that at times his teammates can hear him talking to himself about the importance of rebounding during a game. It’s a tip he picked up from former UC star Eric Hicks, who practiced with the Bearcats for a few weeks before Christmas.

“He was always telling me when you feel yourself getting into a drought, start talking to yourself,” Gates said. “People will think you’re crazy, but just start talking to yourself. It’s been working for me.”

Gates is the perfect example of how the UC players have bought into what Mick Cronin wants them to do.

“I told our team there’s teams at the bottom of this league and the reason they’re at the bottom, in my opinion, is their unwillingness to play defense and to play team basketball,” said UC coach Mick Cronin. “The teams at the top of this league, their kids have bought in. Every guy in my locker room, all they care about is getting the win. That’s the total focus of every guy in there. Guys aren’t in there counting shots and counting minutes and that’s why we’re winning.”

http://news.cincinnati.com/ucblog

That's a great person for Yancy to emulate. I loved Hicks; he was a monster and played that way all the time.

If it helps him keep his focus and effort, great.
I even recall SK being interviewed, talking about that, he said Yancy kept saying "I need to get rebounds."


Could have probably titled this article a bit better...lol

(01-19-2012 06:51 PM)Butterfly Wrote:  If it helps him keep his focus and effort, great.
I even recall SK being interviewed, talking about that, he said Yancy kept saying "I need to get rebounds."


Could have probably titled this article a bit better...lol

Good title for this one have been
"you still my ***** Frease"