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Then you've got to be confident defensively. Look, he's got to be a 15, 16 point and an eight-rebound guy for us in a real physical game. Is that the way that you want him to play? Keion (Brooks Jr.) had 17 points, eight rebounds. So I would say that I should have been better in the first half to give us a chance. Obviously, the ball boy's coaching the other team. The pick-and-roll stuff in the first half was me, like they did some things and I didn't - at halftime I got us to do some different stuff that hurt them. I've got to get back and practice and got to shift what we're doing. Go knock somebody's head off like you're getting your head knocked off. My question is can we play that way? Or does it take us out of everything we're doing? Or do we have two or three guys that will play physical and fight, or do you have those other two that keep breaking down and don't want to be that guy? The biggest worry I have is I'm watching games, the physicalness of the games that I'm watching, there's no emphasis on physicality right now for the officials because they're checking on - if you cut, you're getting chucked. Still, I've got to spend more time with him in the post myself, and I will. But we'll watch the tape and try to learn. So now he grabs the ball, and it's like that. He was, except the guy displaced him and moved him back. Well, he's got to go straight up and down. If a guy backs under him and he goes to rebound, that should not be a foul. It's what I've said and I'll continue to say, his advantage is 255. He came over twice and said, the dude's grabbing my arm.
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I mean, it's what it will be and deal with it. In the eyes of others, that's a disadvantage. JOHN CALIPARI: That he is going to get fouled and grabbed and pushed. What do you hope Oscar (Tshiebwe) learns from the last two games about foul trouble?
You may be the top of the scouting report. He slips to the basket, lobs, guys trying to help on him. When he sprinted, everyone else ended up being open because they tried to stop him.
#I'm the guy who does his job free#
He sprinted to get himself free to make shots. Rip Hamilton, skinny dude that could score and catch it and shoot, and they all said, we're going to keep him from doing it. I gave him, I said, go look on YouTube and look at Rip Hamilton. You've got to work harder than they're working to keep you from scoring to score. What does that mean? You have to work really hard to get plays now. You know what that means? They're working hard not to get you shots. JOHN CALIPARI: It was better, but here's what's happened. Cal, how much is Kellan (Grady) still trying to figure out his role versus what he did at Davidson, and how close is the second half to what you kind of see for him? I watch him, and he's got a smile on his face. He worked at the University of Mass.īut I'm proud of him. His dad was in our gym all the time when we practiced. No, I didn't spend a whole lot of time with him when he was the ball boy. You're doing some things, but your team's fighting like crazy. And how hard is it when you're losing games? That's a real coach. They're going to have a breakthrough, and they'll go on a run of games. Second thing he did is he put a couple things in, wrinkles defensively, that bothered us and really got us out of rhythm in the first half.īut the hardest thing for a coach and something that shows me that, one, he's a really good coach and he's connected to his team. If you watch the game, you said, dog gone it, they played harder. I've said this before, when a team is struggling a little bit - and I'm watching their tape. JOHN CALIPARI: Let me start by saying (Albany head coach) Dwayne (Killings) did a great job, had his team ready. Story Links University of Kentucky Basketball Media Conference Monday, NovemLexington, Kentucky, USA John Calipari Press Conference