Popular Post HoosierPal Posted October 7, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 7, 2018 Instead of reusing the old thread, I started a new one for 2018-2019 interviews. Today Mike Kelly (yes the Mizzou play by play man) interviewed Coach Ford on KMOX. It may have been the best interview I have heard in some time. Really good questions by Mike Kelly and Coach Ford provided some different information. Kelly "Anymore broken backboards" Ford "No just one so far, but I am anticipating more. Now everyone is trying to break one. Once a guy breaks one, eveyone else feels like they need to do it as well." Kelly "As you watch Bess and Gordon, what grabs your attention about them. Ford" Leadership. Bess leads by example. He is not a rah rah guy. Goodwin is more of a rah rah guy. Even French is showing leadership. We expected him too because he saw so many minutes. I told him he is like a junior with his minutes he played last year. And we need all the leaders desperately because we have so many new guys. We have four guys that were in uniform with us last year. We are having to teach so much, and it is unusual for a team with so much expectation that our practices are so slow. We are having to teach everyone all the plays, all the techniques, all the terminology....how we like to feed the post, how we use a screen." Kelly" Goodwin had a terrific assist to turnover ratio" Ford" Yes he had a great season, played a great point, played the two guard in the second half of the season when we moved Roby to point. He understands his strengths and weaknesses and can effect the game in so many ways. He worked hard on his shooting in the off-season and should be a better out side shooter. Kelly" How has Goodwin grown through the adversity he had last season?" Ford "Interesting, he has grown up a lot. He sat back and learned and appreciates the opportunity to play basketball. He's not afraid to talk about it either. You can't live in the past, you can learn from it but you use the past to help you move forward.' Kelly "Isabell, a guy I watched in Missouri, what does he bring to your roster?' Ford " Brings experience and is a proven scorer. For a 5'11" guard he averaged 8 rebounds. We're not going to ask him to do that. I think we have rebounding covered. His points we can use. He can create his own shot. We have to find that combination where he is making his teammates better, where he is playing in the concepts of the offense, to play with other guys. He is so used to controlling the game on his own, and shooting any shot he wants to, he has to find that fine line of finding his shots in the offense. It has been a long time since he has played with good players. It is a two way street. He has to figure these guys out and our players have to figure him out. It is a work in progress. Ford "Isabell has been very coachable. He came here to learn more about being a point guard and become more of a leader and be known as more than a scorer. He has been asked to adapt to what we are doing. It is going to take time. He has missed three weeks with a hamstring and has hurt his wrist. Once he gets healthy, once he gets to watch film, he will be a big difference maker. Kelly "What is the biggest adjustment Gordon will have to make from playing in HS to playing in the A10?" Ford "As with any freshman, the physicality of the game. He won't be able to dominate simply because he is bigger and more physical than his opponent. He and Thatch have played hard every second. He is playing against Foreman, French and Welmer every day in practice, and they are making each other better." Kelly "I think this team has a shot at the NCAA Tourney" Ford "I don't get people picking us first in the league. We only have four returning players. I don't get that. We have a long way to go to be that type of tourney team. Do I think we have the ability to be that time of team. I think we have that. We put together a very difficult OOC, particularly on the road. We will be tested, but maybe it is time to start talking about making the NCAA tourney. We didn't talk about that with the other two teams." Zink, SLU_Nick, Old guy and 24 others like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Tx, great recap. Going to be interesting to watch Isabell and how he responds to a different role. Don't want to see him lose the scorer's mentality, but neither do I want to see him become Malik 2. As we've all noted; a lot of good pieces to work with, getting them to work as one finely tuned unit is the trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Hoosier Pal, I listened to the interview and it was very good, you got all the salient points. Thank you for posting this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Speaking of posting anyone have a audio link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bauman Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 1 hour ago, HoosierPal said: For a 5'11" guard he averaged 8 rebounds. So T Isabell has shrunk from 6'1" to 5'11"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 2 hours ago, bauman said: So T Isabell has shrunk from 6'1" to 5'11"? The older we get the shorter we get. Quality Is Job 1 likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 That is true but it happens because the intervertebral discs shrink with age. You have to be pretty old before you start shrinking. jimbofive, HoosierPal, Quality Is Job 1 and 2 others like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 1 minute ago, Old guy said: That is true but it happens because the intervertebral discs shrink with age. You have to be pretty old before you start shrinking. You do realize that I was just kidding don't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG BILL FAN Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 3 hours ago, almaman said: Speaking of posting anyone have a audio link? Audio https://21133.mc.tritondigital.com/OMNY_SPORTSONASUNDAYMORNING_P/media-session/4e7ed71c-3ef4-4b41-b901-664e436ad2b7/d/clips/4b5f9d6d-9214-48cb-8455-a73200038129/f322c401-27db-4b6f-b26a-a78e00b668f2/f174f70d-7ce5-44d6-9dd1-a97201181c01/audio/direct/t1538931657/October_7th,_2018,_11-12pm.mp3?t=1538931657 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Old guy said: That is true but it happens because the intervertebral discs shrink with age. You have to be pretty old before you start shrinking. Succinct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 1 hour ago, BIG BILL FAN said: Audio https://21133.mc.tritondigital.com/OMNY_SPORTSONASUNDAYMORNING_P/media-session/4e7ed71c-3ef4-4b41-b901-664e436ad2b7/d/clips/4b5f9d6d-9214-48cb-8455-a73200038129/f322c401-27db-4b6f-b26a-a78e00b668f2/f174f70d-7ce5-44d6-9dd1-a97201181c01/audio/direct/t1538931657/October_7th,_2018,_11-12pm.mp3?t=1538931657 Thank you for posting the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted October 8, 2018 Author Share Posted October 8, 2018 5 hours ago, bauman said: So T Isabell has shrunk from 6'1" to 5'11"? As Paul McCartney sang, 'That's what the man said, you got to listen to what the man said." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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