Shabazz questions Teammates Heart

[SlicinNDyson11]

Should Shabazz have said this to the press? Obviously no, but this needed to be said because to be honest his comments are spot on. I'll support this team through and through but they are very soft this season, we got outrebounded by Marquette yesterday. With Drummond and Oriakhi in the paint we should never ever be getting outrebounded by a team whose tallest player is 6-7. Rebounding is a measure of heart and toughness and yesterday Marquette had far more heart and toughness than we did. Other than the run to start the 2nd half this team never responded to the runs Marquette put together and continued to play even with them for a long period of time, this team seems to lack a sense of urgency and needs to realize that when you get punched in the mouth you got to punch the other team back not play even with them for five more minutes. Shabazz has been playing his best basketball of his UConn career these last three games, as much as people want to jump on him for these comments is he really wrong? The kid has tried to get into this team on the court and nobody responds, hes clearly frustrated and i feel this is almost a last ditch effort to get his teammates to step up. Either this tears the team apart or the other players finally hear what Bazz is trying to say. Either way I'll be watching this team the rest of the way hoping for a turnaround.

 

[UConn990411]

good post and i have already repeated this many times that Shabazz should have never been appointed captain. His awful personality, demeanor, negative attitude, is hurting the team.

You forgot to mention that hes to blame for Calhoun's bad back as well.

 

[huskymagic]

Should Shabazz have said this to the press? Obviously no, but this needed to be said because to be honest his comments are spot on. I'll support this team through and through but they are very soft this season, we got outrebounded by Marquette yesterday. With Drummond and Oriakhi in the paint we should never ever be getting outrebounded by a team whose tallest player is 6-7. Rebounding is a measure of heart and toughness and yesterday Marquette had far more heart and toughness than we did. Other than the run to start the 2nd half this team never responded to the runs Marquette put together and continued to play even with them for a long period of time, this team seems to lack a sense of urgency and needs to realize that when you get punched in the mouth you got to punch the other team back not play even with them for five more minutes. Shabazz has been playing his best basketball of his UConn career these last three games, as much as people want to jump on him for these comments is he really wrong? The kid has tried to get into this team on the court and nobody responds, hes clearly frustrated and i feel this is almost a last ditch effort to get his teammates to step up. Either this tears the team apart or the other players finally hear what Bazz is trying to say. Either way I'll be watching this team the rest of the way hoping for a turnaround.

I actually agree with Shabazz and I support his statements but you dont say that kind of stuff again to the media. That doesnt help the team or himself. I give props to Shabazz because he is fighting and showing some toughness. Shabazz is right because guys like Lamb and Drummond are lottery picks and are not playing like they have something to prove, they are just there not giving their max effort because they know they will be making millions soon. If I was napier after the game in the locker room, you start throwing chairs, throwing towels having an emotional heart to heart with the team telling everyone to not think of just themselves and their futures but the future of all the players, coaches, and the future of the university. This is UCONN and we are too good to be playing like chumps. You have to get into some people's faces and tell them the hard long truth. Keep this kind of stuff in the team and in the locker room not in the media.

 

[SlicinNDyson11]

I actually agree with Shabazz and I support his statements but you dont say that kind of stuff again to the media. That doesnt help the team or himself. I give props to Shabazz because he is fighting and showing some toughness. Shabazz is right because guys like Lamb and Drummond are lottery picks and are not playing like they have something to prove, they are just there not giving their max effort because they know they will be making millions soon. If I was napier after the game in the locker room, you start throwing chairs, throwing towels having an emotional heart to heart with the team telling everyone to not think of just themselves and their futures but the future of all the players, coaches, and the future of the university. This is UCONN and we are too good to be playing like chumps. You have to get into some people's faces and tell them the hard long truth. Keep this kind of stuff in the team and in the locker room not in the media.

You're right as i said i didn't like that Shabazz said this to the media, but hes a sophomore hes young hes gonna make mistakes. I think some people have to remember Shabazz at this point has got to be extremely frustrated, hes attempted to lead this team time and time again but it seems nobody wants to listen to him, what he said was exactly what Coach Calhoun would be saying after this game. I almost feel Shabazz is doing this as a final attempt to salvish the season, he feels it is slipping away and hes hoping his teammates will respond to the challenge he made publicly. I could be wrong but I think Bazz is attempting to make his message as loud and as clear as possible and if nobody's listenting to him a lockerroom talk will do nothing. As much as I don't like these things being said to the media I feel that it had to be said and this team needed to publicly challenged because obviously things being said in the lockerrom are not getting through to this team.