Timmeh Wishes His TrOJans 'Could Be All Like Darren Collison'

by Nestor on Aug 9, 2008 9:59 AM PDT Comment 7 comments

Well well well.

Angelo Johnson is leaving the Trojan basketball team because Timmeh couldn't guarantee him a starting spot next season. Here was Timmeh's reaction:

Johnson's departure leaves Hackett and sophomore Donte Smith as the top point guard options. There's also freshman Romeo Miller and junior walk-on Ryan Wetherell, who don't really figure to get much playing time.

Floyd said he was disappointed in Johnson's decision. "In this age of instant gratification," Floyd said, "all these guys want to start, want to play. ... We wish they could all be like Darren Collison and wait a year for their turn."

Tim Floyd, the guy who brought OJ2 to college basketball is lecturing about "instant gratification"? I will leave others to insert the appropriate punch lines.

But the comment re. Collison is probably the first time ever I have heard this guy acknowledge the reality after never backtracking about his comment re. Arizona being the "measuring stick" in Pac-10:

Better late than never. I guess.

GO BRUINS.

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DC or..

...Malcolm Lee or Jerime Anderson or Russell Westbrook or…

All guys who have or will have to “wait their turn”. No sense of entitlement in Ben Howland’s program. When will Timmeh learn, it isn’t really the kid, it’s the program. It’s the coach that doesn’t take shortcuts and recruits players with the right mentality. It’s about the right attitude. Timmeh and his goons don’t have it.

by Tydides on Aug 9, 2008 12:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

"it isn't really the kid..."

I agree with you Ty, and I know what you’re saying about the program. And maybe Floyd’s quote shows he’s getting a little glimpse of understanding, himself.

But all the same, DC has shown that he’s a pretty amazing kid in his own right, and I am so happy and thankful he’s back for his senior year. His presence/experience/leadership/mentorship will be huge for the freshman. It works both ways – both DC and the program benefit from each other’s presence. Floyd should be so lucky someday as to have someone even close to DC.

greg in denver

by gbruin on Aug 9, 2008 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That was taken the opposite way it was intended

In no way do I diminish the all around package that is DC, what I’m saying is that he’s hardly alone on our team in terms of combining great talent and great character. Looking at it this way, it becomes clear that it’s the program. It’s a positive feedback cycle, as great players like DC build up the program, the program becomes more attractive to recruits like DC. This is why it was so vitally important to bring in a class like Howland’s first with Afflalo, Farmar, Mata-Real, and Shipp. Timmeh can’t possibly expect to build a program in our image when he continues to scrape the bottom of the barrel in terms of character guys.

by Tydides on Aug 9, 2008 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

No, no!

I agree with both of your posts, Ty. I was just looking to give DC some extra love.

You’re exactly right when you say it’s a positive feedback loop- a great program brings in great kids – which make the program better – which brings in more great kids – and so on and so on (and I’m looking forward to Neuheisel’s program doing the same thing!!). And that’s exactly what CBH has developed, and why we are getting great players who are also great kids.
KL proved he was a great character guy, but DC will get extra praise from me just for sticking around an extra year, especially when he didn’t have to (and, yes, I do know how completely selfish that is).

greg in denver

by gbruin on Aug 11, 2008 2:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Im with Ty

You want your guys to be like DC, its tough to say that one day, and then the next give a scholarship to a player like Romeo, just so you can get his buddy DeRozan. I doubt Howland would even consider doing that. Like Ty Said you gotta have a coach with the right attitude to go get character guys like DC, Westbrook, etc. instead of guys like OJ2 and this clown who is leaving because he doesn’t want to compete. Give me a break. But hey I’m not losing sleep over this, the more dysfunctional their team becomes the more I enjoy it.

by uclabruin34 on Aug 10, 2008 1:59 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

character

Yep. It’s all about getting players with character.

All timmeh recruits is characters.

by UCLAbruin920 on Aug 12, 2008 10:19 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, Well, Tim...

...what goes around comes around. Take some advice from Coach Wooden when you’re recruiting, take a look in the mirror, and for God’s sake, take some damned responsibility for what you’ve “built” there.

And, Tim…Leave DC out of your musings. You’ll never have a player like him in your program. You have to have character to help build character. And you, sir, do not have it. Your players owe you nothing, because you give them nothing.

Love My Bruins

by Bruingirl83 on Aug 12, 2008 12:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs