Whaley: “Coach doesn’t want me to be ‘The Wrench’ anymore...

[Watchdog]

Whaley's the "compass". Leads the way next year...........

 

[XLCenterFan]

He deserves to play in front of packed Gampel crowds

He's the type of kid that would actually be better with crowds. He will feed off of the energy and we will feed off of his effort. Perfect reciprocity.

 

[Watchdog]

Veg-o-matic!

I prefer "bass-o-matic". Plus, people from NC like to go fishing.

Bass o matic Mac

www.youtube.com

 

[Chin Diesel]

If you haven't used a wrench as a pry bar or a hammer you aren't trying.

 

[8893]

He deserves to play in front of packed Gampel crowds

He's the type of kid that would actually be better with crowds. He will feed off of the energy and we will feed off of his effort. Perfect reciprocity.

Easy guys! @superjohn reads these threads!!!

 

[Hoops01]

Not trying to call you out, But Whaley is outstanding at this. Yeah, he gets burned every now and again too, but his patience on shot blocks is something you can’t teach easily.

I would guess more then half of his fouls last year were due to ball fakes by his own man. Dont want this to be a negative on Whaley, great shot blocker but most are on help defense, yes he blocks his own man but he fouls more then he blocks those, IMO anyway. He is more then quick enough and has outstanding timing combined w athletic ability to not commit to the block more until his man has committed to the jump shot

 

[Mazhude]

If you haven't used a wrench as a pry bar or a hammer you aren't trying.

"If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball..."

 

[HuskyFich]

I wonder it Bryce Hamilton mirrors his game like James Harden at all, lol.

looks like a quality piece for sure!

 

[HobokenHusky]

Something tells me that nickname is probably taken by a member of another balling community.

Was going to say, “Swiss-army” might be a bit less ......... ambiguous.

 

[UCLJ0211]

SAK - Swiss Army Knife

Not sure how one would feel with “Sak” as a nickname

 

[superjohn]

Not sure how one would feel with “Sak” as a nickname

We had people on here calling him poppers and gerbil.

 

[Chin Diesel]

How does The Safety Wire Plier sound?

Technically the sole purpose of this tool is to snip and twist lock wire for nuts, bolts or other hardware you don't ever want to come loose. Reality is these things were great general purpose dikes, could be used as a wrench to pry off tight hardware, made a heck of a hammer when you needed some sort of stuck or broken valve, motor, generator, thingamajing, or whatchamacallit to start working again. Huge advantage was the ability to lock the handle like lock pliers freeing up a hand.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Also, brought this one up a few years ago in a thread of favorite or most versatile tools.

The Dead On.

Pretty much everything you need to manually smash in nails or to rip, pry, shred, puncture, or demolish. Also has a bottle opener.

 

[CL82]

Not sure how one would feel with “Sak” as a nickname

it would probably drive a lot of people nuts, but it seems like a natural choice for someone who takes care of the ball.

 

[BGesus4]

We had people on here calling him poppers and gerbil.

Poppers was a nickname he gave himself

 

[SubbaBub]

I prefer "bass-o-matic". Plus, people from NC like to go fishing.

Bass o matic Mac

www.youtube.com

sledge-o-matic

 

[UCSouth]

it would probably drive a lot of people nuts, but it seems like a natural choice for someone who takes care of the ball.

You said nuts to sak...?

 

[gtcam]

Just elated to have him back - don't care what his nickname is - still love Pork chop
Man do I wish CV could have another year

 

[UCDaveD]

This place is the worst with nicknames.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

I thought Porkchop was by far the best.

Too bad he didn't like it.

 

[Get a Job]

We had people on here calling him poppers and gerbil.

It's Squirrel, thank you very much!

 

[nomar]

Something tells me that nickname is probably taken by a member of another balling community.

 

[UconnU]

Coach is essentially asking him to extend his range.

 

[Kenny11]

I’m so glad to have the WAP back. (Whaley And Polley)

 

[UConn Dan]

The Dremel