(10-31-2014 01:47 PM)cmt Wrote:  Say what you want about message board coaches and talent evaluators, but I can tell you this…
If you spend your whole life watching basketball as a fan and not a coach, scout, etc, it has become very obvious to me that you see things quite a bit differently than when you are submerged in the sport like coaches and scouts are.

Let's go through the list of sure fire college stars and NBA players, some even lottery picks (so said the scouts and coaches)
Joe Jackson
Adonis Thomas
Tarik Black
Dejuan Wagner
Sean Banks
Darius Washington
Paris London
Duece Ford
and on and on, and thats just here at home. The first time you saw Durant play at Texas, you just knew. There are guys who are just stars and then there are guys who find there niche. But there are a lot of guys the experts say are stars that just flat out aren't.

From a distance you could see right away that Haraway had it and Wagner didn't, even if he was the Messiah
From a distance you can see that Joe Jackson was way too small and weak to ever hold his own with the big boys even in college, let alone the NBA
From a distance it was obvious Will Barton and Rose and Tyreke could play and Adonis Thomas could not.

So say what you want, but waaaay more often than you would think, the so-called experts can't see the forest for the trees. All the drills and practice squads and high school dunks and AAU circuses can't take the place of getting out there with the TV cameras rolling, 20,000 people in the stands and everyone is hanging on your performance.

You proved my point. Why do we need coaches when we have all these expert coaches on this board. I would love to you see what you could do we our team. Plus why don't you become a volunteer recruiter for the tigers. It seems that you think you have all the answers.