White takes look back, already reworking UF's 2019-20 roster - GatorSports.com
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Florida was one of the slowest teams in the country after starting out the season looking like a pressing, running team.
- On Florida’s style of play.
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. “We finally found the best version of ourselves. We played as well as we could have played at the end of the year, except maybe a few possessions in the Michigan game.”
“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 all had to adapt to a different style. At the end of the day, we were better because of it. It gave us a better chance. Experimented a little in practice and then we had to sell it to our guys.”
As coaches adjusted and asked their players to follow, the Gators were a team of great highs and numbing lows.
“We were like four or five different teams this year,” White said.
He’d like to be just one next season.
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White takes look back, already reworking UF's 2019-20 roster - GatorSports.com
Some exerts
Florida was one of the slowest teams in the country after starting out the season looking like a pressing, running team.
- On Florida’s style of play.
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. “We finally found the best version of ourselves. We played as well as we could have played at the end of the year, except maybe a few possessions in the Michigan game.”
“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 all had to adapt to a different style. At the end of the day, we were better because of it. It gave us a better chance. Experimented a little in practice and then we had to sell it to our guys.”
As coaches adjusted and asked their players to follow, the Gators were a team of great highs and numbing lows.
“We were like four or five different teams this year,” White said.
He’d like to be just one next season.
Comment as you desire.
Since Jitoboh is from Nigeria, I'm sure he hasn't been immersed in basketball like our youth. Meaning he can improve a lot. He suffered through an injury that dampened his stat-numbers.
You don't make giant strides in one off season....it's a year by year process and years missed are gone forever. You also have to love the game and work at it a hell of a lot more than 20 hours per week.
Jitoboh averaged less than 9 rebounds per game in a Christian School league at 6'11".....not a promising sign.
Watching MSU scorch LSU tonight, LSU took their defensive stance. It dawned on me, what happens when the whole team recognizes their opponent has a much better coach than they have?
They all think, "we should've hired Mike White, he beat us 2 of 3 this year with a depleted, mediocre lineup." :DWatching MSU scorch LSU tonight, LSU took their defensive stance. It dawned on me, what happens when the whole team recognizes their opponent has a much better coach than they have?
If he doesnt go pro.....its highly possible we get him as a grad transfer
Would LOVE to land Blackshear as a grad transfer. From Orlando, 6-10, can shoot it...
Kerry Blackshear Jr. College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Would LOVE to land Blackshear as a grad transfer. From Orlando, 6-10, can shoot it...
Kerry Blackshear Jr. College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
This Just in..... Mike White to the Transfer portal. What if MW took Nembhard, Johnson and Locke, plus his four new guys to UGA via the Transfer Portal?