Rocinante said:
ahou614 said:
Buzz Williams goes full BCG and takes the Kentucky job? If he is able to get these blue chip players to commit to his system, that is a scary good team. I have my doubts that actually McDonalds All Americans want to actually work that hard at basketball, but its a fear I have with Cal leaving the Wildcats.
You don't actually think that Buzz works his guys harder than coach Cal or K did or than Hurley does do you?
I don't necessarily think that Buzz works the guys harder than K or Hurley (I think he does work them harder than Cal). But I think the McDonald's All-Americans require more ego stroking and are not willing to work as hard as non- 5-star guys.
I think of it like this- on a Friday night, the 10 getting ready to go out on the town isn't going to put near the effort in to get ready that the 7 is. The 10 knows she's going to get attention at the club. The 7 knows she has to work harder to get the same attention that the 10 naturally gets. So the 7 works harder to prep than the 10 does.
Buzz gets great results from 7's because they know they have to work harder. 10's aren't willing to put in the extra effort because they feel like their talent is enough. I don't know if Buzz's approach would fly with 10's, and Big Blue fans want 10's. They don't want to lower themselves to accepting 7's.