Re: Red Berenson Retirement Watch
No, you are not a troll. People that perpetually post crap about "retirement watch" and "contract expiring" are like stopped clocks. Sooner or later the time will be correct (at least twice a day) and they will go "aha, I was right".
Every team has a few kids that for whatever reason can't be motivated at the collegiate level then leave for what they think are greener pastures and ride buses for the next ten years. It is not a coaching issue and I refuse to accept that mentality. I can't even agree that the coaching staff "knows" this when they recruit these kids. They change after being in the program-some grow others regress. Comparing young men from 15-20 years ago isn't even the same as the mentality of the athlete today. I look at Berenson and don't see one difference in how he ran his program then and now. Sooner or later fans need to understand that it isn't just x's and o's- and that the responsibility is on the athlete to balance the rigors of D1 academics, athletics and social interaction.
Originally posted by MoFan
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Every team has a few kids that for whatever reason can't be motivated at the collegiate level then leave for what they think are greener pastures and ride buses for the next ten years. It is not a coaching issue and I refuse to accept that mentality. I can't even agree that the coaching staff "knows" this when they recruit these kids. They change after being in the program-some grow others regress. Comparing young men from 15-20 years ago isn't even the same as the mentality of the athlete today. I look at Berenson and don't see one difference in how he ran his program then and now. Sooner or later fans need to understand that it isn't just x's and o's- and that the responsibility is on the athlete to balance the rigors of D1 academics, athletics and social interaction.
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