This tidbit was already posted under the NCAA basketball thread. Along with stuff on Chaundee. It should stay there.
Thanks. Shows how disconnected I've been from basketball for awhile, used to be I'd know where Chaundee went and where Woods went and every other detail of stuff going on.
“It’s a winning culture,” Sarr said. “Not knocking on my old school or whatever, it’s just different. Kentucky has a successful history. It’s a great program. It has high expectations, and you can feel that as soon as you step on campus and as soon as you start practices."
https://www.kyforward.com/wake-forest-transfer-olivier-sarr-glad-to-be-part-of-winning-culture-at-kentucky-in-final-season/
"At Wake I feel like I was in shape but Michigan shape is different," Brown said. "Some stuff I’m able to do now and stuff I’ve done in practice, I wouldn’t be able to do it a year or two ago. Last year my body was so stiff and everything, he’s been doing a great job telling me what stretches I needed to do. We run an NBA-style offense and Coach Howard likes to run, run, run. I’m like, yo, we really don’t stop running. I think definitely my game has increased."
https://247sports.com/college/michigan/Article/michigan-wolverines-basketball-chaundee-brown-strength-and-conditioning-jon-sanderson-wake-forest-155080777/
Calipari making them play it out down 10 with 20 seconds left. Makes them stay on the court and suffer coaching them up the whole time. He may be a scumbag but Cal can coach and Sarr was smart to transfer to boost his visibility and NBA chances.
Manning and team would have been headed toward the bus ten minutes earlier.
LOL
Kentucky is a top-5 CBB program with a national championship and three Final Fours in the last 10 years. Wake is 131-187 in the last 10 years (including this year). And you're mad at him for alluding to that?
And you're mad at Chaundee here for ... saying that Ryan Horn and the S&C program wasn't good for him? That's where you want to stake your flag?
LOL
Kentucky is a top-5 CBB program with a national championship and three Final Fours in the last 10 years. Wake is 131-187 in the last 10 years (including this year). And you're mad at him for alluding to that?
And you're mad at Chaundee here for ... saying that Ryan Horn and the S&C program wasn't good for him? That's where you want to stake your flag?
Yeah, there is nothing wrong with these quotes. If anything they reflect on the program and culture Manning had in place than on Wake as a whole.
I think part of the ire in situations like this is, as a player, you should commit to a school, not a coach. They suffered through years of Manning and the Miserables, and then left once Wake actually hired a competent coach who desperately (at least it seemed) tried to keep them at MSD.
I get it and agree with this. But this is where you look at the programs and teams they went to, factor in that Chaundee and Olivier were a combined 35-58 in three years, and realistically look at what Wake would be this year even with them (maybe a tournament team, probably not cracking top 4-5 of the ACC).
Also I always liked the sound of "Danny and the Miserables" better. (haha)
“It’s a winning culture,” Sarr said. “Not knocking on my old school or whatever, it’s just different. Kentucky has a successful history. It’s a great program. It has high expectations, and you can feel that as soon as you step on campus and as soon as you start practices."
https://www.kyforward.com/wake-forest-transfer-olivier-sarr-glad-to-be-part-of-winning-culture-at-kentucky-in-final-season/
"At Wake I feel like I was in shape but Michigan shape is different," Brown said. "Some stuff I’m able to do now and stuff I’ve done in practice, I wouldn’t be able to do it a year or two ago. Last year my body was so stiff and everything, he’s been doing a great job telling me what stretches I needed to do. We run an NBA-style offense and Coach Howard likes to run, run, run. I’m like, yo, we really don’t stop running. I think definitely my game has increased."
https://247sports.com/college/michigan/Article/michigan-wolverines-basketball-chaundee-brown-strength-and-conditioning-jon-sanderson-wake-forest-155080777/
Saar being Saar. MIA tonight. 6 points, 4 fouls.