Thorburn had a nice article on Trent Beckley in today's Boulder Daily Camera. Beckley's a 6'10", big body grinder from Vail who is a RS-Junior former walk-on to the program. He sat out last year due to a stress fracture in his spine.
The following quotes make it pretty clear what Beckley's role is this year:
Beckley
"Rebounding was definitely an issue last season and it was hard to be on the bench watching your teammates getting out-rebounded and out-hustled, knowing that's what I bring to this team is the enthusiasm," Beckley said. "I'm not saying they didn't go about it the right way, but that's kind of what I bring is the intensity and energy. Sometimes we lacked that."
Bzdelik
"Trent has great passion, a huge body, he's someone people forget about when they talk about our basketball team," Bzdelik said. "He's a five-foul guy with a wide body who plays with passion and can hold and contain position in the post. And he can rebound.
"It's just a matter of playing under control. That's his area of need, so to speak."
Thorne
"Trent brings a different type of attitude to the big-man core, a will and a want-to," Thorne said. "He`s very big and he plays very fierce. He just needs to calm himself down and go out and do it on the floor."
The following quotes make it pretty clear what Beckley's role is this year:
Beckley
"Rebounding was definitely an issue last season and it was hard to be on the bench watching your teammates getting out-rebounded and out-hustled, knowing that's what I bring to this team is the enthusiasm," Beckley said. "I'm not saying they didn't go about it the right way, but that's kind of what I bring is the intensity and energy. Sometimes we lacked that."
Bzdelik
"Trent has great passion, a huge body, he's someone people forget about when they talk about our basketball team," Bzdelik said. "He's a five-foul guy with a wide body who plays with passion and can hold and contain position in the post. And he can rebound.
"It's just a matter of playing under control. That's his area of need, so to speak."
Thorne
"Trent brings a different type of attitude to the big-man core, a will and a want-to," Thorne said. "He`s very big and he plays very fierce. He just needs to calm himself down and go out and do it on the floor."
