Costa Rican Gopher
Mind of a Scientist
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I don't care how pissed off you are about how you have been treated, when you display it in public you just prove you lost. It is very immature. Mo's mother should be building a statue to Pitino, the kid's body structure could not support his weight until Pitino got here. One of the most striking physical changes I have ever seen. Mo did all of the hard work, but it would not have happened if Tubby had stayed.
The second point is EE made himself completely replaceable by refusing to become an offensive player. He had the talent to contribute on the offensive end of the floor. Any big player can learn a few reliable shots around the basket, and he just would not take the responsibility to carry his end of the load. He had five years to learn three or four shots that would have made him a contributor. I don't buy at all that he could not have been a better offensive player. In any area of responsibility, if you decide you only want to do the part of the job you are comfortable with, your boss is completely within his rights to make changes to fix the problem. If the problems revolve around you, chances are you won't like the changes. The guys who should have been pissed off were his teammates who had to play with four guys on the offensive end of the floor whenever he was put in the game.
Strongly disagree.
- Mo had already lost 35lbs under Tubby and had gone from not being able to run the court more than few times to playing extended minutes by the end of the season. Would he have lost an extra 50lbs? Probably not, as the system didn't call for it, but he had already lost quite a bit of weight by the time Pitino arrived.
- Disagree on your EE point as well. If it was simple for bigs to learn a few reliable shots, every 7' player would go to the NBA. Fact is, some guys just aren't good offensive players. I'm sure there's nothing EE would have liked more, but you can't teach touch or finesse. Mo came in with offensive skills and no defense, Elliot came in with defense and no offensive skills. Both got better at their particular strengths while ignoring their weaknesses.