Hawkins

[Ewekon]

He has guts, confidence (maybe a bit much), athleticism, good form. And he must come back. Just a very, very young man. Coming back = good news.

 

[husky429]

He has guts, confidence (maybe a bit much), athleticism, good form. And he must come back. Just a very, very young man. Coming back = good news.

His confidence is hardly "a bit much". He is a confident shooter but gets down on himself way too much after misses or TOs. His mentality is what keeps him from playing late in games more than his lack of handle.

 

[Umami Zen]

Would like to see Hawk teach Polley some of his up-fake moves.

 

[8893]

He has guts, confidence (maybe a bit much), athleticism, good form. And he must come back. Just a very, very young man. Coming back = good news.

Did anyone ever think there was a chance he wasn't coming back?

 

[CL82]

 

[navery12]

Where is he coming back from, the Bahamas?

 

[huskiesouth]

Coming back from persistent ankle injuries?
Or early lack of confidence and bad turnover?
Or returning next season - we haven't started conference play yet his freshman year, he just got here, surely that can't be what poster is discussing.

 

[QDOG5]

 

[McLovin]

We open the Big East slate Saturday on national TV, in case anyone would rather talk about that.

 

[CL82]

 

[Kitaman]

We open the Big East slate Saturday on national TV, in case anyone would rather talk about that.

Your at the wrong place, but you know that already.

 

[dennismenace]

 

[Kenny11]

I think he's on the 2-3 year plan.

 

[MTBingNinja]

Hope to see him finish his drives to the basket, a bit out of control and tries to put unnecessary english on the ball. He’ll come around, he’s exciting to watch. His confidence goes up when he makes a few baskets, it’s teaching him to keep his attitude up when he misses a few consecutively.

 

[TeasedDonut]

Love Hawk but wouldn’t exactly list ‘guts’ among his biggest strengths.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Love Hawk but wouldn’t exactly list ‘guts’ among his biggest strengths.

Why not?

 

[ConnEd]

J Geils Band - Come Back

 

[karstenkibbe]

 

[TeasedDonut]

Why not?

Just think he tends to pout and get down when he makes a mistake. A player like Adama makes a mistake and says “give me the ball again and I’ll show you”. Hawk will get there soon. He has great confidence when his shot is falling.

 

[Obrero]

His confidence is hardly "a bit much". He is a confident shooter but gets down on himself way too much after misses or TOs. His mentality is what keeps him from playing late in games more than his lack of handle.

Disagree, a lot. Hawkins’s handle is atrocious. His deficient mentality is a side effect of that, and the first time his lack of confidence showed up was after that bad turnover in OT against Auburn.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

"Atrocious" is Boneyard hyperbole at its finest. There's nothing we do better than vacillating between exaggerated praise and exaggerated criticism, sometimes day to day.

 

[Umami Zen]

Hawk is growing up in front of us. He's still a young kid. IMO-He has set very high standards for himself and he has been humbled a few times at this level of play-Perhaps more than he had expected.

BE play will be a different level of intensity than he's seen so far in his CBB career.. I believe he'll get it figured out sooner rather than later and be a significant contributor by Tournament time. Danny is showing confidence in his game despite bumps along the way. Give him credit for having onions.

 

[Staven]

He's a young man that needs more experience playing at a higher level and sure he has issues with his handles and turnovers but once all that comes together he will be just fine. I'm excited for this kids future.

 

[cullaville]

I think I saw them with Kenny Loggins at Jorgensen in 1978, maybe 1979

 

[bendm]

bouk makes hawk look skinny, he needs another year to grow, if nothing else.