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per Amelia:
“I know I can help my team,” Konate said. “I let my team down a lot of games. I know if I do my job rebounding and being more aggressive in the paint and motivated because these guys are my brothers, my family. We need a win. We practice all the time, I think we practice harder than anybody. And we deserve to win and feel good.”
The Gophers are trying to manage the weight Konate feels, framing their expectations around rim defense and focusing on blocking out and rebounding. It’s not a perfect solution, given that the Gophers – who aren’t great shooters – could really, really, really use a reliable post scorer right about now. But they also know it’s not realistic, not yet.
“But when you put in that much time, sometimes you want the results right away,” Pitino said. “You’ve got to understand you’ve got to be patient. He’s not ready to be an offensive threat right now. He’s not. I tell him all the time, ‘Bakary, you don’t do that in practice, why do you think you’re going to do it in the game?’ Be a great defender, be a great rebounder, but more than anything stop putting pressure on himself because nobody has asked him to do the things that he’s putting pressure on himself to do.”
http://www.startribune.com/konate-trying-to-stay-patient-a-work-in-progress/364529481/
Go Gophers!!
“I know I can help my team,” Konate said. “I let my team down a lot of games. I know if I do my job rebounding and being more aggressive in the paint and motivated because these guys are my brothers, my family. We need a win. We practice all the time, I think we practice harder than anybody. And we deserve to win and feel good.”
The Gophers are trying to manage the weight Konate feels, framing their expectations around rim defense and focusing on blocking out and rebounding. It’s not a perfect solution, given that the Gophers – who aren’t great shooters – could really, really, really use a reliable post scorer right about now. But they also know it’s not realistic, not yet.
“But when you put in that much time, sometimes you want the results right away,” Pitino said. “You’ve got to understand you’ve got to be patient. He’s not ready to be an offensive threat right now. He’s not. I tell him all the time, ‘Bakary, you don’t do that in practice, why do you think you’re going to do it in the game?’ Be a great defender, be a great rebounder, but more than anything stop putting pressure on himself because nobody has asked him to do the things that he’s putting pressure on himself to do.”
http://www.startribune.com/konate-trying-to-stay-patient-a-work-in-progress/364529481/
Go Gophers!!