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In the Journal Incquirer artitcle about RB, Shabazz discusses RB propensity to talk smack and run at the mouth:
Napier said Boatright’s personality is fine with his teammates, because he went about introducing himself the right way.
“Ryan’s from Chicago — even more, he’s a street basketball player, that’s what he was raised as,” the sophomore said. “Him telling everybody ‘You can’t guard me,’ or stuff like that, it’s not disrespectful, it’s just to get everybody else going. Where he comes from, when you play street ball and you go by somebody and you lay it up, you tell them, ‘You got to put in the work, or you better shut up.’ That’s lettin’ them know that you want them to keep pushing hard. We don’t look at it as disrespect, we look at it as he’s hot, trying to get us going, and we all come back at him.
“Ryan’s talkin’ trash, it’s never negative, it’s always positive. He lets people know it. He just didn’t come straight here this summer talking smack, he let everybody know what type of person he was by his personality and when he got comfortable with us, which we wanted him to do, and he put in the work, and he started telling us how he feels. That’s a great thing — you don’t want to play on the same team with somebody and misunderstand him, you want to know what to know what they’re talking about all the time.”
I expect there will be some fans who will be upset with RB. His personality will be either foreign to these people or unacceptable. And they will try to compromise Ryan, by getting people to join them in marginalizing Ryan. If the team struggles these individuals will point out team chemistry issues surround RB. This article says otherwise. The coach and team are perfectly comfortable with who Ryan is. Any projection by a fans discomfort towards Ryan onto the team will be a fabrication.
I'm really pleased the way Shabazz handled the interview. He really has a handle on personalities. And he is diplomatic how he approaches the media regarding his players. That will serve the team well and gain the respect of his team mates.
Link to article: http://www.journalinquirer.com/articles/2011/10/17/sports/doc4e9c4f34043b0095228037.txt
Napier said Boatright’s personality is fine with his teammates, because he went about introducing himself the right way.
“Ryan’s from Chicago — even more, he’s a street basketball player, that’s what he was raised as,” the sophomore said. “Him telling everybody ‘You can’t guard me,’ or stuff like that, it’s not disrespectful, it’s just to get everybody else going. Where he comes from, when you play street ball and you go by somebody and you lay it up, you tell them, ‘You got to put in the work, or you better shut up.’ That’s lettin’ them know that you want them to keep pushing hard. We don’t look at it as disrespect, we look at it as he’s hot, trying to get us going, and we all come back at him.
“Ryan’s talkin’ trash, it’s never negative, it’s always positive. He lets people know it. He just didn’t come straight here this summer talking smack, he let everybody know what type of person he was by his personality and when he got comfortable with us, which we wanted him to do, and he put in the work, and he started telling us how he feels. That’s a great thing — you don’t want to play on the same team with somebody and misunderstand him, you want to know what to know what they’re talking about all the time.”
I expect there will be some fans who will be upset with RB. His personality will be either foreign to these people or unacceptable. And they will try to compromise Ryan, by getting people to join them in marginalizing Ryan. If the team struggles these individuals will point out team chemistry issues surround RB. This article says otherwise. The coach and team are perfectly comfortable with who Ryan is. Any projection by a fans discomfort towards Ryan onto the team will be a fabrication.
I'm really pleased the way Shabazz handled the interview. He really has a handle on personalities. And he is diplomatic how he approaches the media regarding his players. That will serve the team well and gain the respect of his team mates.
Link to article: http://www.journalinquirer.com/articles/2011/10/17/sports/doc4e9c4f34043b0095228037.txt