Originally Posted by m21eagle45
Why do you keep making this about race? It has absolutely nothing to do with race! I don't care if they are black, white, yellow, purple, red, blue or green. This is 100% strictly off what others and myself have seen. The article clearly shows that DD just was never interested in playing defense. Then he learned to focus and do it. He didn't have to improve his speed, quickness, or athleticism to do it.
For RM, he would have to improve in all 3 of those areas to be able to be a better defender. I don't think he is slow and unathletic because he is white. I think he is slow and unathletic based off of him getting blown by when he was in good defensive position, being extremely late on rotations, being extremely slow to recover, and not being able to keep guys in front of him. Has nothing to do with race or effort, and has everything to do with his physical abilities.
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I've already explained why it's about race. It's because if DD was a white sophomore, and got beat on every single drive (which he did as a sophomore), the answer would NOT be that he's slow. But not RM. It's not about being smart (as his coach said) or late reaction to situations (as his coach said) or poor positioning (as his coach said), it's because he's slow.
Food for thought: maybe it's about positioning, being smarter, and being in better position. You know, the stuff his coach said. Then your "eyes" would tell you he's not nearly as slow as you think he is.
Is he as quick as DD? Highly doubtful, DD is 6'4" and RM is 6'8" so he's got the deck stacked against him. All I'm saying is his coach -- the guy who sees him in practice every day and gets paid millions to coach -- said it's about being smarter and better positioning. I don't recall his coach (but use the Google to correct me here) saying "RM is at a big disadvantage because his foot speed is poor." Maybe he did.
Originally Posted by flyerfan4life
If you don't see that Mikesell gets beat off the dribble by virtually EVERYONE due to his lack of lateral quickness, you aren't watching.
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There it is, the natural end to debate. It's the UDPride equivalent of Goodwin's law.
