BleedGopher
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Pition was on 1500 late this afternoon. These notes are not verbatim, but close (I skipped some initial talk about the NBA playoffs)
Pitino on the first practice yesterday...When summer school starts, we are allowed to go two hours per week. We did an hour yesterday and we'll do an hour tomorrow. It went great, the guys had a great attitude. We don't want to burn them out, but more trying to establish our culture.
Pitino on what he's learning about the team...Haven't been able to grasp a whole lot yet. We can watch a lot of film, but until we get them a little adversity, that's when we'll know how they react.
Pitino on "operating in chaos"...It's when you're tired, when the tank is almost empty, can we execute. At the end of the day, who is going to be the team to make the right play. We try to take our guys out of their comfort zone in practice as that happens in games.
Pitino on Big Ten style of play...We can play uptempo if we have the right players. We have to have the right players to be able to do it. It will take a little time, a couple of recruiting classes to do it. As long as we have our type of players, we can play our style.
Pitino on Andre Hollins...We've communicated a lot. He's really an easy kid to talk to. He's the epitome of a student athlete. He's going to have a huge role for us. He'll be one of the better returning guards in the Big Ten if not nationally.
Pitino on offense...Ideally we'd have a balanced scoring attack, so if they try to take Andre Hollins out of the game we'll have someone else. It's all about recruiting.
Pitino on Malik Smith and Joey King...Malik knows the plays, he is comfortable doing that. He stood out yesterday. Joey really impressed me. He reminds me of Luke Hancock at Louisville. When he walks on the court he thinks he's the best player on the court. He comes with a chip on his shoulder and I'm really excited about him.
Pitino on his own age/experience...I think being younger helps. Was Brad Stevens or Shaka Smart too young? It comes down to the players. I'm going to be young if I don't have good enough players. It's an advantage that I feel I can relate to these players on the court, off the court and in recruiting. What I have a benefit of is growing up learning from my Dad and Billy Donovan. Look at Billy, he was 29 when he took over. They have helped me telling me what I'm going to deal with.
Pitino on what he learned from his Dad and Donovan...Recruiting. Great coaches have to have great players. You have to recruit the right type of players for the way you want to run a system.
Pitino on what he learned last year...You can never prepare for what it's like to walk on the sidelines during a game.
Pitino on analytics movement in coaching...I like it a lot. I've talked to Brad who uses KenPom which is a good indicator of the type of style we'll play. Last year steals were extremely important. We were 8th in the country in steals and that gets us more possessions.
Pitino on Mo Walker's conditioning...I give him a lot of credit. He gets all the credit. He looks great, but still has a ways to go. A lot of credit to him, very proud of him. Also proud of Charles Buggs who has put a lot of weight on.
Pitino on the play of his big man...I want a 4-man who can shoot. We need a 5 man who can score in low post, pick and roll.
http://www.1500espn.com/ondemand/
Go Gophers!!
Pitino on the first practice yesterday...When summer school starts, we are allowed to go two hours per week. We did an hour yesterday and we'll do an hour tomorrow. It went great, the guys had a great attitude. We don't want to burn them out, but more trying to establish our culture.
Pitino on what he's learning about the team...Haven't been able to grasp a whole lot yet. We can watch a lot of film, but until we get them a little adversity, that's when we'll know how they react.
Pitino on "operating in chaos"...It's when you're tired, when the tank is almost empty, can we execute. At the end of the day, who is going to be the team to make the right play. We try to take our guys out of their comfort zone in practice as that happens in games.
Pitino on Big Ten style of play...We can play uptempo if we have the right players. We have to have the right players to be able to do it. It will take a little time, a couple of recruiting classes to do it. As long as we have our type of players, we can play our style.
Pitino on Andre Hollins...We've communicated a lot. He's really an easy kid to talk to. He's the epitome of a student athlete. He's going to have a huge role for us. He'll be one of the better returning guards in the Big Ten if not nationally.
Pitino on offense...Ideally we'd have a balanced scoring attack, so if they try to take Andre Hollins out of the game we'll have someone else. It's all about recruiting.
Pitino on Malik Smith and Joey King...Malik knows the plays, he is comfortable doing that. He stood out yesterday. Joey really impressed me. He reminds me of Luke Hancock at Louisville. When he walks on the court he thinks he's the best player on the court. He comes with a chip on his shoulder and I'm really excited about him.
Pitino on his own age/experience...I think being younger helps. Was Brad Stevens or Shaka Smart too young? It comes down to the players. I'm going to be young if I don't have good enough players. It's an advantage that I feel I can relate to these players on the court, off the court and in recruiting. What I have a benefit of is growing up learning from my Dad and Billy Donovan. Look at Billy, he was 29 when he took over. They have helped me telling me what I'm going to deal with.
Pitino on what he learned from his Dad and Donovan...Recruiting. Great coaches have to have great players. You have to recruit the right type of players for the way you want to run a system.
Pitino on what he learned last year...You can never prepare for what it's like to walk on the sidelines during a game.
Pitino on analytics movement in coaching...I like it a lot. I've talked to Brad who uses KenPom which is a good indicator of the type of style we'll play. Last year steals were extremely important. We were 8th in the country in steals and that gets us more possessions.
Pitino on Mo Walker's conditioning...I give him a lot of credit. He gets all the credit. He looks great, but still has a ways to go. A lot of credit to him, very proud of him. Also proud of Charles Buggs who has put a lot of weight on.
Pitino on the play of his big man...I want a 4-man who can shoot. We need a 5 man who can score in low post, pick and roll.
http://www.1500espn.com/ondemand/
Go Gophers!!
