Brooks' new article with some nice insight on Coach Tad and his system(and the frosh)

[Darth Snow]

http://www.cubuffs.com//ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=208242225

“I told all four of them that the reason they’re here is because they’re so interchangeable,” he told me after an hour-long strictly fundamental, introductory workout at CU’s practice complex. “Defensively, that’s going to give us a lot of flexibility. They’re all long, all athletic and can all cover a lot of ground. I think it will allow us to extend our defense and press a little more. It’s going to allow us to be more of a switching team and not to have to worry about matchups so much – if they can all prove that they can guard at the Division I level.”

In time, Boyle hopes each of his 2013 “quads” will “start to understand that they can guard maybe four positions on the floor, that they can play four positions on the floor. We play four-around-one motion. I’m not expecting any of them to be (post players) like Josh Scott or Wesley Gordon or Ben Mills. But I think they can all be versatile, terrific players. Versatility and the ability to play multiple positions is something we look for. I’m excited.”

[Carlon] Brown, who was headed to Portland for a minicamp at the end of this week, had this observation of the new foursome: “I haven’t seen any of them play yet, but they’ve all got good overall skills. That doesn’t surprise me; coach doesn’t recruit anybody who can’t do everything.”

It's thin gruel, but if that's all we get in June, I will take it.

 

[absinthe]

interesting to see him call Gordon a post player, been lots of speculation there.

 

[torero]

My favorite part of the article is that Fletcher wants to be called Fletch.

 

[Goose]

interesting to see him call Gordon a post player, been lots of speculation there.

He also calls Mills a post player. So I think it's not a term that carries a whole lot of weight.

 

[buffaholic]

interesting to see him call Gordon a post player, been lots of speculation there.

There has? he is all post in my opinion.

 

[Goose]

There has? he is all post in my opinion.

There was a lot of talk last summer about him working on stretching his game out to the 3 point line so he could play the 3 at times.

 

[wyobuff]

interesting to see him call Gordon a post player, been lots of speculation there.

I asked specifically about gordon when I talked to tad at ptarmigan. He said that gordon would play the 4 or 5, depending on who else was on the court (for CU & opponent)

 

[Medford M.]

There was a lot of talk last summer about him working on stretching his game out to the 3 point line so he could play the 3 at times.

I'd love for him to have that in his game. I doubt he'll play any 3, but there's nothing wrong with having a 6'8" 240 power forward who can pull his man away from the basket.

 

[absinthe]

There has? he is all post in my opinion.

yeah Whelan and a few of the other writers who go to practice a lot have been talking about it, apparently he's so athletic that he can range from 3-5 and thought we might see him as a plugin for the Dre wing/forward position.

 

[rolandftw]

Would think Gordon would see some time at the center position, unless Boyle was okay playing Ben Mills 10 minutes or so a night.

 

[sackman]

He also calls Mills a post player. So I think it's not a term that carries a whole lot of weight.

I see what you did there.