Developing Youth - Will Wade

[spider23]

No ulterior motive - just happened to see this on college chalk talk.

http://collegechalktalk.com/coachesDiar ... .14.10wade

 

[VCU Finance 2008]

Thanks!

 

[vcu70]

That should answer some of the "coaches" bitching on this forum if they can comprehend Coach Wade. Nice article.

 

[fmrick]

That should answer some of the "coaches" bitching on this forum if they can comprehend Coach Wade. Nice article.

You took the words right out of my mouth.

 

[VRam]

On the subject of minutes for freshmen, I noticed that ODU's two redshirt freshmen, Josh Hicks and Anton Larsen, together have played a total of 46 minutes in 10 games. Their two true freshmen (don't know whether they're being redshirted), Dimitri Batten and Richard Ross, haven't played at all.

 

[bighorn]

V - that's interesting about ODU's "take it slow and easy" approach - sort of the Heinz catchup's "it's slow good" approach.

However, in VCU's case, apprenticeships have been brief, if at all.

Of the 30 players who have tallied at least 1,000 points in black 'n' gold attire, only two failed to log at least 20 minutes per night their first season strolling the cobblestone campus.

Exceptions would be Phil Stinnie, a freshman non-factor, who blossomed to become the program's fourth all-time point maker (1,645). The other is Jamal Shuler, who rallied to slither into the 1,000 club at 1,011.

There may be other examples of "paying dues," but the list won't require many fingers to count on. Rozzell and Nixon averaged around 11 minutes as first go-rounders, before expanding their roles.

From my observatory, I've always felt a VCU "drawing card" was the chance to play right away - a selling point against schools that can't/won't offer likewise.

 

[L72boy]

That should answer some of the "coaches" bitching on this forum if they can comprehend Coach Wade. Nice article.

You took the words right out of my mouth.

What are you talking about?

"The best way for our younger players to learn is on the court..."
That is what some of us "coaches" who nancy have been saying. Did you miss that part. Sitting on the bench and learning in practice were not mentioned by the VCU assistant. "Learning on the job", was!

Is it it tough, yes.

 

[VRam]

"The best way for our younger players to learn is on the court..."
That is what some of us "coaches" who b-+*# have been saying. Did you miss that part. Sitting on the bench and learning in practice were not mentioned by the VCU assistant. "Learning on the job", was!

Is it it tough, yes.

So you pick the part you like and ignore the rest?

 

[fmrick]

That should answer some of the "coaches" bitching on this forum if they can comprehend Coach Wade. Nice article.

You took the words right out of my mouth.

What are you talking about?

"The best way for our younger players to learn is on the court..."
That is what some of us "coaches" who b-+*# have been saying. Did you miss that part. Sitting on the bench and learning in practice were not mentioned by the VCU assistant. "Learning on the job", was!

Is it it tough, yes.

I guess you just go through articles and pick out the parts that make your point, and ignore the rest.

This process is made more challenging when half of our opponents in our first eight games are from BCS Leagues. As we progress in our season, we are committed as a staff to putting our young guys in great positions to have success in live game situations

See, you just don't throw them to the wolves, hoping it works out. You DEVELOP players. What he is say in my quote is that THIS WAY, you put them in the position to be successful. Sure, it would be great to have a more of a chance to play them early and still win. But you can't. He said it, we all read it, and you tried to distort it.

Nobody ever said they should sit and learn.

EDIT: Thanks V. You beat me to it.

 

[fmrick]

That should answer some of the "coaches" bitching on this forum if they can comprehend Coach Wade. Nice article.

I guess not.

Key word- comprehend

 

[VRam]

EDIT: Thanks V. You beat me to it.

I see that with young attorneys all the time. They cite a case where they think one sentence helps them, and they ignore the real holding and the other 10 pages that absolutely kill their case. I'm always tempted to send them a thank you card.

 

[L72boy]

That should answer some of the "coaches" bitching on this forum if they can comprehend Coach Wade. Nice article.

I guess not.

Key word- comprehend

"Is it tough, yes"

You go back and comprehend. You missed something.

That should answer some of the "coaches" bitching on this forum if they can comprehend Coach Wade. Nice article.

You took the words right out of my mouth.

What are you talking about?

"The best way for our younger players to learn is on the court..."
That is what some of us "coaches" who b-+*# have been saying. Did you miss that part. Sitting on the bench and learning in practice were not mentioned by the VCU assistant. "Learning on the job", was!

Is it it tough, yes.

 

[morrisar]

Our guards are a major strength this year. We have the luxury of three senior guards who have played in many big games in their careers and are full of experience.

Funny... especially since we were told in "a reality check" the other day that we don't have strong guards. Perhaps we do and it's just not apparent since we appear to have no offensive game plan when facing any real competition. We have no designed plays for the 2 or 3. You'd think we'd pound it inside more with Skeen. Speaking of developing youth, let's give Theus some more time playing the point. He defends better than Joey and looks to dish it out rather than score. I'd go out on a limb and say Theus takes less NBA 3s than Joey.

 

[xjohnx]

On the subject of minutes for freshmen, I noticed that ODU's two redshirt freshmen, Josh Hicks and Anton Larsen, together have played a total of 46 minutes in 10 games. Their two true freshmen (don't know whether they're being redshirted), Dimitri Batten and Richard Ross, haven't played at all.

Batten is redshirting. Larsen.... I wish he got more time. Dude makes Sam Harris look like Dwight Howard.

 

[fmrick]

Our guards are a major strength this year. We have the luxury of three senior guards who have played in many big games in their careers and are full of experience.

Funny... especially since we were told in "a reality check" the other day that we don't have strong guards. Perhaps we do and it's just not apparent since we appear to have no offensive game plan when facing any real competition. We have no designed plays for the 2 or 3. You'd think we'd pound it inside more with Skeen. Speaking of developing youth, let's give Theus some more time playing the point. He defends better than Joey and looks to dish it out rather than score. I'd go out on a limb and say Theus takes less NBA 3s than Joey.

I think the coaches would beg to differ with you with this statement: "We have no designed plays for the 2 or 3."

Do we not have them or are our players not executing them properly?