We don’t know what Self is, or isn’t, capable of when he has a team of “his guys” and doesn’t have to try to figure out how to coach around the “baggage” of inheriting a team of successful seniors who, by some reports, never fully bought in to what he was teaching. And if the seniors don’t follow 100%, it’s safe to assume the younger guys won’t either.
I never felt like this was Self’s team…I never really felt like the seniors brought the team together as one….unified in what their mission was and aligned with the mission of the coaching staff….
It’s an over-used cliché, but a big part of making a run in the tournament is team chemistry.
And this team’s chemistry was out of whack for pretty much the whole year. The first round loss was a culmination of a year-long struggle to find something that simply was never there.
Saturday, March 19, 2005
We don't know what to expect from Self...yet
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" the four of you will forever go down as one of the best classes of all time." - Mic's Jayhawk Blog
ReplyDeleteWithout chemistry will this class still go down as the best of all time?
Where in the hell was Aaron Miles? I'm ready for football season. Hopefully, Lee will put on the pads because he competed tonight.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Roy Williams completely undermined the success of this team by speaking with his former players throughout this season. It was irresponsible and unethical. The future, free from meddling by Williams, looks very bright for Jayhawk basketball.
ReplyDeleteroy williams has had the same amount of time with his team as bill self has. it just doesn't look like that's a good excuse for him. but maybe that's just me.
ReplyDeleteYes, Williams has had the same amount of time at UNC as Self has had at KU, but the mindset of the players who the coaches inherited was different. KU's players seemed to love Williams and wanted him to stay, so Self was looked at as a kind of necessary evil. UNC's players seemed to view Williams as someone who was coming to save them from Matt Doherty, who they (or at least some of them) didn't like. So it only seems natural that Williams's new players would buy in to what he said easier than Self's would.
ReplyDeleteVery true..and UNC had a bunch of snot-nosed, spoiled young players that Roy could whip into shape..and they HAD to respect him because he was coming off of back to back Final Fours....Self walked into a group of seniors that had been to two Final Fours (without him) and thought they could do it by themselves. The coaching situations are entirely different...and Roy, in the end, had the easier job. Take great players...recruited by the guy he stepped on (Matt Doherty)...to buy into a system that would help them win like they hadn't before. That's an easy sell compared to what Self had to work with...mainly a senior class that thought they could simply "turn it on"...whenever they wanted to...and they failed miserably...
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