'Regular Season Rick' strikes yet again...
And Mad-Doggie, shouldn't you be on a rubber-dollie board, patting each other on the back for your great season and coach?
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Moving right along...
Cliff notes on Gator Basketball to end the season:
The Florida coach,
was open about a wide variety of subjects during the mass interview with local media.
Team roster turnover will be severe this coming season.
7 Ships gone, plus the 2 walk-ons.
It will be a very different team out on the court next season.
Newbees in the post will include these two freshmen, a 4-5 star and a 3-4 star.
C/PF Omar Payne 6-10 225
~ Both should load up their dinner plates,,, then switch!
C Jason Jitoboh 6-11 270
“We now have plenty of size, guys
we just gotta get better up front.
We’ve gotta get healthy up front.
I can’t imagine anybody in the country has had more injuries than us up front. I’m not making excuses, but we have to get healthy up front.”
On the 4 who transferred out,,,
“None of them (this week) were a surprise." (playing time became an issue, and with the incoming class, it was only going to worsen for them next season)
White made it clear
he’s looking for certain personalities as much as anything. “Transfers, high school guys, we’re open to any type of guy out there who is a good fit,” he said. “You hope they would accept the role, hope they would
put winning above any personal aspirations.
Character guys who fit our (Gator-Team) culture.”
“Our culture wasn’t as good this year as it has been the last two years, especially two years ago
(Elite-8) ” he said.
“We had some unhappiness in the locker room. It’s typical of college basketball, guys on the bench are frustrated. ~~~
“But off the court, zero issues.”
On Florida’s style of play.
Florida was one of the slowest teams in the country after starting out the season looking like a pressing, running team. White figured out that
this team couldn’t play fast and there was a better answer, even if it wasn’t as much fun to watch.
“We figured out how to play finally and that’s on me,” he said. “There are so many different ways to do it,” White said. “Just look at the teams in our league and how different they are. When I first got here, I had a style of play I would have liked to have played. Faster, up tempo. This year, I’ve never even been on a staff that played nearly this slow.
~ “We were like 4 or 5 different teams this year,” White said.
He’d like to be just one next season.
With the new roster it will be -- but if you're over-weight and/or out of shape, don't expect to see the floor much... Next season I expect them back to Mike's usual up-tempo style of offense, mixed in with his usual high pressure defense. -- iG
