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Day 1 of Summer Workouts complete Video

JimOllie said:
My friend is a student manager who is present during the workouts. He said not to be surprised if Cobb starts at Center.
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Quite frankly, Cobb is skilled and country type strong. Carlton has some height inches on Cobb and some length. Carlton views himself as a center in a traditional sense.
I don’t think Cobb invisions himself as a center but more a point forward or pg in his dreams (LOL).
My wild guess is Carlton at center with the St John’s grad transfer off the bench. Cobb perhaps at PF but he could be part of the center rotation as well.
If Gilbert is game healthy then we go smaller. The guy at the end of the bench is Diarra.
Given a lack of natural shooters, if Prolly develops that could change a lot of rotations.

Another wildcard is - does Hurley like William’ s nasty side or will he see that as undisciplined?

Believe me, there are more questions than answers at this point.
 
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Looks like they were playing a little pickup blue vs grey. CV, Smitee, Jump, Polley and Carlton vs JA, Sid, Whaley, Cobb and ?
 
Cobb looks like a whole different body, man impressive if the young man gets it now. So much there to work with if he can move his feet better, not many bigs on the team get the game as good as him or have the skills to be a difference. We will see but looks like a good start. Sid also and his ability to get to the rim while Coach has offered he likes his stroke. Key is Jalen, all pumped up from his stop on that D drill they were having and that's really good to see.

New feeling in Storrs, been a while.
 
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DaveHuskiesFan said:
Cobb looked awesome in this video.
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First dunk I've seen from Mr.Cobb. Getting off his feet, jumping this year. Should translate into rebounds.

Hurley coaching a mile a minute. Emphatic.

Jalen's gonna be a star this year with ball movement and team offense. Opposing defenses won't be able to load up on him.

Alterique with the keys. Anyone that does't think he is starting is just plumb crazy.

Man, it's only June.
 
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Son of Robert said:
First dunk I've seen from Mr.Cobb. Getting off his feet, jumping this year. Should translate into rebounds.

Hurley coaching a mile a minute. Emphatic.

Jalen's gonna be a star this year with ball movement and team offense. Opposing defenses won't be able to load up on him.

Alterique with the keys. Anyone that does't think he is starting is just plumb crazy.

Man, it's only June.
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I must be crazy because I honestly think the starting backcourt will be Adams and Vital. I see Gilbert playing meaningful minutes off the bench while he shakes off a couple seasons of rust. Vital averaged 15 ppg last season. I just cant see him not starting.
 
Huskybass said:
I must be crazy because I honestly think the starting backcourt will be Adams and Vital. I see Gilbert playing meaningful minutes off the bench while he shakes off a couple seasons of rust. Vital averaged 15 ppg last season. I just cant see him not starting.
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I'm guessing Vital starts game 1 and Gilbert starts by the first conference game
 
Cobb was always highly motivated to play offense. His problem was he didn't move his feet on defense.
 
JMick said:
I'm guessing Vital starts game 1 and Gilbert starts by the first conference game
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Not with the way Hurley refers to Vital. He said shooter and defender. That doesn’t sound like a starting role. Hurley loves Alterique. Rique starts. Vital definitely finishes games though. You need his heady play and FT shooting.
 
With all due respect to Christian, in no universe does he start over Alterique, assuming Alterique is healthy. Maybe in a 3 guard lineup Christian might start, but Sid Wilson and Tyler Polley have more length and are tough competition.
 
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pj said:
With all due respect to Christian, in no universe does he start over Alterique, assuming Alterique is healthy. Maybe in a 3 guard lineup Christian might start, but Sid Wilson and Tyler Polley have more length and are tough competition.
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he's coming off of multiple shoulder surgeries and is basically two years removed from competitive basketball. He will have made one hell of a recovery if he's starting game one. Hopefully it happens but I wouldn't be counting on it.
 
JimOllie said:
Regardless of who starts, both will see minutes so I don’t see it being an issue for Carlton. Even if Cobb does start the year, Carlton is almost guaranteed the starting spot the following two years.
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I guess Dan Hurley will not concentrate a lot on recruiting any bigs because Carlton is guaranteed the 5 in his last two years?
And if you were Carlton not starting wouldn't bother you?
Interesting, we'll see
 
gtcam said:
I guess Dan Hurley will not concentrate a lot on recruiting any bigs because Carlton is guaranteed the 5 in his last two years?
And if you were Carlton not starting wouldn't bother you?
Interesting, we'll see
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Not at all what I'm saying. I don't see any big man we are recruiting for 2019 starting over Carlton as a freshman. And no, if Cobb keeps looking as good as he does in those workout videos I do not think it will bother Carlton. Guys need to buy into Hurley and understand that whoever starts is whoever Hurley thinks gives us the best start to games.
 
Chief00 said:
Quite frankly, Mr Magic Cobb needs to learn his role on offense too.
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Rebound and throw an outlet pass instead of dribbling up court himself. As well as posting up, rebounding weak side instead of floating on the perimeter. Also a pretty nice passer so working the inside out game with Eric is possible. Agree
 
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Chief00 said:
Quite frankly, Mr Magic Cobb needs to learn his role on offense too.
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mauconnfan said:
Rebound and throw an outlet pass instead of dribbling up court himself. As well as posting up, rebounding weak side instead of floating on the perimeter. Also a pretty nice passer so working the inside out game with Eric is possible. Agree
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In the vid, we see Cobb throwing down a nice dunk and hitting a silky smooth J from 3.

If Hurley is the great coach that we all hope (know?) he is, you'd think he would have already laid down the gauntlet about players not doing things in practice that they shouldn't be doing in games.

So, it seems that Hurley may expect him to play a Inside-out role. I'm fine with that as long as it's under control and within the flow of a structured offensive set.
 
BTW I don't think anyone's commented yet on KW putting a nice move on IW for the jam. They all look like they're going at it hard.

Exciting times!
 
JustbrewitMan said:
In the vid, we see Cobb throwing down a nice dunk and hitting a silky smooth J from 3.

If Hurley is the great coach that we all hope (know?) he is, you'd think he would have already laid down the gauntlet about players not doing things in practice that they shouldn't be doing in games.

So, it seems that Hurley may expect him to play a Inside-out role. I'm fine with that as long as it's under control and within the flow of a structured offensive set.
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Yeah agree. Like Berry at URI who stepped out occasionally but knew his role, Eric can be a key component with some focus. You have to assume the focus has begun just by looking at the change in his body right and that's a damn good thing.
 
JustbrewitMan said:
In the vid, we see Cobb throwing down a nice dunk and hitting a silky smooth J from 3.

If Hurley is the great coach that we all hope (know?) he is, you'd think he would have already laid down the gauntlet about players not doing things in practice that they shouldn't be doing in games.

So, it seems that Hurley may expect him to play a Inside-out role. I'm fine with that as long as it's under control and within the flow of a structured offensive set.
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LOL - Quite frankly, I was referring to his desire to be the point guard at times. I don’t have a problem with Cobb taking outside shots in the flow of the game, I do object if he is taking a very quick shot because he made the last one or he just wants to shot.
Over-all I like Cobb and see an upside. I wish KO used him more last year. Basically, for Cobb it was a wasted year until Hurley kicked his butt in March.
 
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Chief00 said:
LOL - Quite frankly, I was referring to his desire to be the point guard at times. I don’t have a problem with Cobb taking outside shots in the flow of the game, I do object if he is taking a very quick shot because he made the last one or he just wants to shot.
Over-all I like Cobb and see an upside. I wish KO used him more last year. Basically, for Cobb it was s wasted year until Hurley kicked his butt in March.
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Right. Quite frankly, we definitely agree that we shouldn't be seeing "Cobb the PG" and "Cobb with the heat-check 3" during games this year; if we do, I'd expect/hope to see it followed immediately by a "Hurley hook"
 
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