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Eric Cobb Highlights

Matrim55 said:
Let's hope he's our version of UCLA-era Kevin Love. Why not shoot for the moon, right?
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Let's hope he has a late growth spurt, adds 6 inches, and becomes Shaquille O'Neal. But with better free throw shooting.
 
RichZ said:
Enoch got stripped while attempting a move or while going up way too regularly.



The fact that he had no trouble scoring against skinny kids has no bearing on whether or not he'll be able to score against a D1 defense. It doesn't mean he won't be able to score against D1 competition any more than it means he will be able to. Bear in mind too, that a lot of the bigs in the AAC aren't actually adept at playing what anyone would call "D1" defense.
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If you break it down into written logic and concepts, yes, your reasoning is correct in regard to the defense. I am just making my eye-test assessment of what I see from Cobb alone, the way he moves, uses his body, positions his feet, when he is around the basket. I don't think he will be an effective scorer at UConn. I do think he can be a very useful role player though, especially with our lack of experience at that position.
 
pj said:
Let's hope he has a late growth spurt, adds 6 inches, and becomes Shaquille O'Neal. But with better free throw shooting.
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Well now you're just being silly.
 
HuskyHawk said:
They can dunk, therefore they can score. I'll say it now, Larrier won't be at the PF spot all game long. Somebody from that collection of guys we have coming in, plus Diarra, is going to get minutes there. I'm sure the matchup will dictate that in part. We'll see what happens, but we have even less depth on the perimeter, in sheer numbers (not talent), than we do inside.
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Well I bet he starts like last year at PF. We had RP, AG, JA, TL and AB starting. We will see the same to start with Polley and Diarra backing up.
 
I'm going to go with a different guy he reminds me of. I see a little bit of DeJuan Blair - that old Pitt guy who I severely miscalculated in expecting to be an undersized Barkley type NBA player. But, I see a bit of him - that size, ability to get off shots using backboard effectively, and that bulk to help rebounding. Somebody is going to say I'm way off. But, I like what I see.
 
mauconnfan said:
Disagree although it's obvious the D is less than what he will see. Fact is when he makes his move he move people so he clears himself enough to get the shot off. Steve, while having nice moves, hardly ever finished when contested and had his shot blocked quite often when on the low block. He has the tools, but he didn't finish either. Not saying this kid will be better, but there's a chance no doubt.
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Steve also committed offensive fouls very often on his post moves. He would hook a fair amount and arm bar and push off a lot. Many times it wasn't called even though it was pretty blatant. I remember commenting in the chat room during one of the games that he kept fouling on his post moves and was lucky they weren't called. A few minutes later he got whistled. During one of the games I believe I remember Vital pointing out to him in the huddle he was doing it. You could see him talking to Steve and motioning with his forearm.
 
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Scottzer said:
I'm going to go with a different guy he reminds me of. I see a little bit of DeJuan Blair - that old Pitt guy who I severely miscalculated in expecting to be an undersized Barkley type NBA player. But, I see a bit of him - that size, ability to get off shots using backboard effectively, and that bulk to help rebounding. Somebody is going to say I'm way off. But, I like what I see.
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good god if we could get half of DeJuan Blair we'd be WINNING
 
King Husky said:
If you break it down into written logic and concepts, yes, your reasoning is correct in regard to the defense. I am just making my eye-test assessment of what I see from Cobb alone, the way he moves, uses his body, positions his feet, when he is around the basket. I don't think he will be an effective scorer at UConn. I do think he can be a very useful role player though, especially with our lack of experience at that position.
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Having been an undersized 5/4 (more than) a few decades back, I look at his post moves and wish I'd had them. It's been a while since we had a center (or a power forward for that matter) who could cleanly catch a pass (other than an oop above the rim) and immediately create positive space and go up with a shot he's comfortable with. Steve got tentative and either got stripped or traveled, or he tried an awkward shot rather than finding a way to get position for his comfortable shot.
 
RichZ said:
Having been an undersized 5/4 (more than) a few decades back, I look at his post moves and wish I'd had them. It's been a while since we had a center (or a power forward for that matter) who could cleanly catch a pass (other than an oop above the rim) and immediately create positive space and go up with a shot he's comfortable with. Steve got tentative and either got stripped or traveled, or he tried an awkward shot rather than finding a way to get position for his comfortable shot.
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Just like WingU-Conn, I know what you're talking about and agree that I would love to have a player like that. But I don't think Cobb will be that for us on offense. Maybe Diarra could fit that bill.
 
I want to see the bad and the ugly before I make any predictions. Like everyone else mentioned, I wasn't expecting the handle or vision. Cobb looks like he has one move in the post - that drop step to the left. It remains to be seen if it will be effective versus higher end talent but it is a helluva lot better to have one good, go to move rather than an abundance of moves that don't result in buckets, i.e. Enoch.
 
80shusky said:
Steve also committed offensive fouls very often on his post moves. He would hook a fair amount and arm bar and push off a lot. Many times it wasn't called even though it was pretty blatant. I remember commenting in the chat room during one of the games that he kept fouling on his post moves and was lucky they weren't called. A few minutes later he got whistled. During one of the games I believe I remember Vital pointing out to him in the huddle he was doing it. You could see him talking to Steve and motioning with his forearm.
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Vital did that with different players on quite a few occasions this year. Love that IQ and confidence in a freshman.
 
I see some Eric Hayward in him. Has decent hands and can carve out space which should result in more rebounds. His passing really stood out also.
 
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Scottzer said:
I'm going to go with a different guy he reminds me of. I see a little bit of DeJuan Blair - that old Pitt guy who I severely miscalculated in expecting to be an undersized Barkley type NBA player. But, I see a bit of him - that size, ability to get off shots using backboard effectively, and that bulk to help rebounding. Somebody is going to say I'm way off. But, I like what I see.
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This was my exact comparison - D. Blair - not today, but could be.
 
Just from watching the film, I don't care who its against, he does things AB could only dream of doing
Not going to say he is going to be All Conference but he just may be the most versatile big guy UConn has had in a while
We'll see
 
It's a crap shoot until he gets to UConn and practices with his teammates and see what happens. He has some skill but again the competition is suspect at best.
 
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Things I liked:(albeit in a highlight tape)
Passes well
Anticipates well
Spacial awareness
Good IQ
Outlet passing(can't run if you don't rebound and outlet- I miss those days)
Lighter on his feet than I thought
Plays with energy

A pleasant surprise. I'll be pullin for the big fella!!
 
Here are some facts: UConn has won with the likes of Brimah/Nolan, and Olander/Okwandu.

They did their marginal thing while the Kembas, Lambs, Napiers and Danielses went crazy. Glue guys like Roscoe, Giffey, Kromah, and Boatright did their part.

Looking at Diarra, Carlton and Cobb, they should be able to do what Brimah/Nolan/Olander/Okwandu did, and perhaps more.

The sad thing is that they need seasoning. But, the fact is, so do Larrier and Gilbert. By some miracle, I hope the only seasoning they need is November/December/January, and that Adams is ready to go by game 1.
 
pj said:
Lots of guys have had far better skills (Kentan Facey, Deandre Daniels, Juwan Durham, etc) but big man skills don't always translate into a lot of game usage because the guards/wings are usually better at most skills. I'd expect the same to be true of most of Cobb's skills. Cobb will from time to time give us the surprise and-one the way Brimah did against St. Joe's, and that's pretty good as long as he can defend, rebound, outlet pass, screen, anticipate play and get to the right spot on the floor.
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Daniels had the skills, the other two ?
 
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Cobb appears to have lots of natural ability and if he works hard in practice, S&C, and the classroom he will
get better & better the more he plays. Which brings me to another subject, CV's work habits. Reportedly CV
was a gym rat last year and worked very very hard on all aspects of being a student athlete. Whaley expressed a desire to work hard and improve and if Cobb and Whaley and others get on the " CV plan " the sky's the limit. I think KO should make CV and JA captains next year as that would give those two some confidence and focus and responsibility and I think both could be terrific leaders.
 
pj said:
Facey and Durham have considerably more skills than Cobb. Many of those skills didn't show in our games, but if you ever saw them practice, they were there.
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Facey, a better athlete for sure but better skills, not sure about that? passing - nope. Ball handling, doesn't look like it. Get up for an offensive rebound, yep no doubt. Defensive rebound, block out - not so much. Scoring, probably.

Facey's athletic ability was really good and he finally figured out how to get a shot off and had a run where he made a lot, but then missed a lot again. It took the 4th year so I think we need to see more. Again, 2 totally different players who rely in different sets of skills and who makes the biggest impact in the end, we will wait to see.
 
mauconnfan said:
Facey, a better athlete for sure but better skills, not sure about that? passing - nope. Ball handling, doesn't look like it. Get up for an offensive rebound, yep no doubt. Defensive rebound, block out - not so much. Scoring, probably.

Facey's athletic ability was really good and he finally figured out how to get a shot off and had a run where he made a lot, but then missed a lot again. It took the 4th year so I think we need to see more. Again, 2 totally different players who rely in different sets of skills and who makes the biggest impact in the end, we will wait to see.
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Facey is an excellent shooter. Hard to tell who has better dribbling and passing from highlight videos. Here's a high school Facey video from 2013 (2-3 years younger than Cobb in tcf's video) and he rarely takes more than one dribble and never passes, but you can see that he shoots better than Cobb and moves well:

 
pj said:
Facey is an excellent shooter. Hard to tell who has better dribbling and passing from highlight videos. Here's a high school Facey video from 2013 (2-3 years younger than Cobb in tcf's video) and he rarely takes more than one dribble and never passes, but you can see that he shoots better than Cobb and moves well:

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I don't need a HS video pj to know Facey wasn't at all a good passer and couldn't dribble it more than once. We haven't seen Cobb shoot but maybe he is. Remember as good as Kelis Fisher was for a stretch he couldn't make a shot for 5-6 games again late. While his improvement was really good and I have nothing but good things to say about it, he wasn't overly skilled but he was a great athlete which made up for his lack thereof. Just me!
 
pj said:
Facey and Durham have considerably more skills than Cobb. Many of those skills didn't show in our games, but if you ever saw them practice, they were there.
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Brilliant. Wish I could give more than 1 like.

We should have a like allotment system. You get 3 per day, use them as you wish.
 
mauconnfan said:
[Facey] wasn't overly skilled but he was a great athlete
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I must have been watching a different guy. Facey's singular skill was having a nose for the ball. As in Marcus White level. Dribbling, shooting, screening, defending . . . all suspect. Enjoyed his 4 years here, but don't believe "great athlete" comes close.
 
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