Lots of people have lists. My turn:
- Hobbs is a fun coach. He's hard, but wise. I wish he coached me. At life.
- "If a teammate say it, you must obey it." Today was about communication.
- As the team ran lines (for not setting up a drill properly) Xavier Alexander was first each time and Cheyenne Moore was last (read into this as you please).
- I liked the floorplay I saw from Herm, the postplay I saw from Katuka.
- Hollis and Diggs are ready to roll.
- Hobbs mentioned a lot of players hobbled by recent injuries including a few surprises (Jabari, Katuka, Diggs, King, Moore) who all appear to be recovering. King did not practice, when I asked him about his knee he said it was coming along. Reese arrived late after a class.
- Hobbs said that ideally, he wants to play 10-12 deep with players on the court in 4 minute bursts. Wow, talk about 90 miles an hour 40 hard. Should be exciting often (and infuriating at times).
- Hobbs watched film from the early years of Omar, Mike, Pops, and Alex to remind himself (and us) that quality basketball takes time and . . .
- Patience, Hobbs' new favorite word.
- This is Reese Rice's year. Hobbs' goal: 4th NCAA, one for each yearly serving of Rice
- Hobbs gave high marks for the noise and excitement of the student body during games
- Lots of scheduling questions from the fans (including one of my own)
- Hobbs: Hard to schedule majors at Smitty. The first question Hobbs asks about a potential away game: "what is the opponent's winning percentage at home." This is the major factor.
- Hobbs says that there were literally no other games that we could schedule this year (presumably that met the above criteria).
- Essentially (my inference), if another GW was out there (small arena, 1 home loss in last two years), Hobbs would not schedule them.
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