I don’t think we are mentioning the best parts of the article (or I read over it) but you have to love what was said by Davenport about Parks Jr., basically that he never got down about Not getting many minutes, instead he was working hard to earn them.

And then Martin . . He’s sounds like a great kid, his comment about the coaching staff (playing the best players at that point in the game) was wise beyond his years.

(02-02-2018 10:32 AM)BandwagonJumper Wrote:  

Quote:“I’m one of those guys, I am who I am,”

Quote:“You’re going to toe the line, you’re going to play the right way, or you just leave. I hate to say it.”

Quote:“As a coach, you try to push it as best [you can] and adapt to it, and you try to build a relationship with them and understand, ‘This is why we’re doing it this way, son,’ ”

Quote:“This is why we’re treating you [this way], and this is why we’re trying to push you. We’re trying to correct and improve. If you don’t believe that, I don’t know what else to tell you.”

https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/s...300220002/

GREAT ARTICLE execept for

Translation:

'I am in no need of job security since I am guaranteed my retirement $$$'s.'

All coaches say this. The ones who believe it either are successful OR have been successful but are set for life $$$'s-wise.

(02-02-2018 04:24 PM)Tiger87 Wrote:  I found others:

“If I walk into a home and a kid disrespects a woman, his mother or grandmother, then I am out. I won’t recruit them.”

“You want to know what delusional is? I’ve had to say to kids, ‘You’re listening to your barber instead of listening to us.'"

“None of my players are as ready as they think they are for how we play...because they have rarely if ever been really pushed.”

“Our goal is to get them to accept what they’re not good at. Surrender to our instruction. Surrender to physical conditioning.”

“A player who is looking for excuses doesn’t want you to put the responsibility on him. It robs him of his best self-justification.”

“The quality I’m looking for in a kid is respect.”

“If you come into my office, you’ve got to take stuff off my tray. If you put stuff on my tray, why do I need you?”

"Everybody wants to take responsibility when you win, but when you fail, all these fingers are pointing."

"That's what I do now: I lead and I teach. If we win basketball games from doing that, then that's great, but I lead and teach. Those are the two things I concentrate on."

I must be out of touch. Those comments don't seem out of character for a college coach. Plenty to lament - crootin, record setting losses, nepotism. I just don't see the quotes in the same category.

are there kittens on the posters on the wall?

(02-03-2018 09:40 AM)EricSigEpTNBeta183 Wrote:  I don’t think we are mentioning the best parts of the article (or I read over it) but you have to love what was said by Davenport about Parks Jr., basically that he never got down about Not getting many minutes, instead he was working hard to earn them.

And then Martin . . He’s sounds like a great kid, his comment about the coaching staff (playing the best players at that point in the game) was wise beyond his years.

Someone might be coaching him up on what to say, too.

If I were family, I'd listen to his woes but drum this stuff into his head over and over and over:

Sit still. Don't rock the boat. The right people know it's bad. If a player does anything untoward, they tend to blame the players. Just think about graduating early. You can do anything you put your mind. If you wanna leave at the end of the year, you can. You just stay cool.