longislandcuse
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We havent had a "great" team since 2009. The only thing holding Syracuse back from that is Syracuse. Are they going to be a "great" team?...Its up to them.
Jimmy Dykes on SportsCenter
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Jimmy Dykes has a different way of saying things. Not a real fan of his but some of the way he puts things is unique to him. He's kind of like a southern Walt Frazier but in a different goofy way. He's also been compared to Fred Williard’s Buck Laughlin (the Dog Show Commentator character)
“Good coaches find problems. Great coaches fix problems. That's what I am seeing out of Tubby. He's getting close to maximizing his talent because they are not the most talented team in the league.”
"Kent State, these guys are a bunch of ballers."
“Other than Morris and Rondo, every other team in the country has players like Kentucky has.”
Kansas fans have this to say about Dykes after he seeded BYU over the Jayhawks
"Jimmy Dykes was dropped on his head as a child.
Repeatedly."
"Don't pay any attention to that knob. He is basically Digger Phelps Jr when it comes to KU."
"Jimmy Dykes is a colossal douchebiscuit, he's like this every year."
Those were the mild comments.
Tennesse Fans say
"I'm not a big fan of his because he always comes up with some of the goofiest terminology and then wears it out. Last season and his "VIOLENT CUT" phrase everytime Jodie Meeks touched the ball.) "
"His schtick seems to be to invent some basketball lingo and then try to theme the game around it like shawdow defender"
A Kentucy Fan came up with some 'Jimmyisms" like “socks in box,” “guard the yard,” and “own the nail”
Another pointed this one out "Bomani just Boom Roasted the Black Eyed Peas"
Another said
"As much as Dykes makes my ass hurt, I’d love to hear him and Raftery call a game together. Can you just imagine?"
It continues
"I like Jimmy D alot but once he gets something in his head and repeats at least 50 times throughout the night. The nail, the nail, the nail, the nail is all we heard last night. Dear Jesus, Jimmy we understand the first 10 times about getting to the nail."
This guy makes two points
Two things in particular frustrate me about Jimmy–
1) He picks a central theme for every game, and then he absolutely will not deviate from it…even if the events of the game unfolding in front of him prove that his theme was completely off-base. And he brings it up again…and again…and again. But everybody hates that about him.
2) More infuriating to me is, he acts like this is “inside baseball” kind of stuff, the kind of stuff that coaches are actually saying to their players. Can you imagine Cal saying anything about “owning the nail” or using that as a motivator? No, I can assure he never has and probably didn’t realize or care that there was a nail in that location of the floor. The free throw line extended–made up. He makes it up, and acts like it’s insider terminology. It’s not. It’s just fluff to make him sound like he knows something you don’t. When you undress what he’s saying, it’s really just something incredibly obvious (i.e., owning the nail really just means successfully driving to the hoop through the middle and also getting to the free throw line; we all know those are good things).
Another guy says
"It’s all about controlling the nail. It’s all about controlling one third of the court. It’s all about getting your seat on the plane.
Jimmy Dykes — doing his part to dumb-down basketball concepts to the point of incoherence.
I’m sure he’s a very nice person.
Then there is this
"Didn’t Dykes use a graphic and talk about the court in quadrants or something. Wish I could find that. Dumbest thing I had ever heard until his discussing the nail. and how about the elevator screen, What"
“Good coaches find problems. Great coaches fix problems. That's what I am seeing out of Tubby. He's getting close to maximizing his talent because they are not the most talented team in the league.”
"Kent State, these guys are a bunch of ballers."
“Other than Morris and Rondo, every other team in the country has players like Kentucky has.”
Kansas fans have this to say about Dykes after he seeded BYU over the Jayhawks
"Jimmy Dykes was dropped on his head as a child.
Repeatedly."
"Don't pay any attention to that knob. He is basically Digger Phelps Jr when it comes to KU."
"Jimmy Dykes is a colossal douchebiscuit, he's like this every year."
Those were the mild comments.
Tennesse Fans say
"I'm not a big fan of his because he always comes up with some of the goofiest terminology and then wears it out. Last season and his "VIOLENT CUT" phrase everytime Jodie Meeks touched the ball.) "
"His schtick seems to be to invent some basketball lingo and then try to theme the game around it like shawdow defender"
A Kentucy Fan came up with some 'Jimmyisms" like “socks in box,” “guard the yard,” and “own the nail”
Another pointed this one out "Bomani just Boom Roasted the Black Eyed Peas"
Another said
"As much as Dykes makes my ass hurt, I’d love to hear him and Raftery call a game together. Can you just imagine?"
It continues
"I like Jimmy D alot but once he gets something in his head and repeats at least 50 times throughout the night. The nail, the nail, the nail, the nail is all we heard last night. Dear Jesus, Jimmy we understand the first 10 times about getting to the nail."
This guy makes two points
Two things in particular frustrate me about Jimmy–
1) He picks a central theme for every game, and then he absolutely will not deviate from it…even if the events of the game unfolding in front of him prove that his theme was completely off-base. And he brings it up again…and again…and again. But everybody hates that about him.
2) More infuriating to me is, he acts like this is “inside baseball” kind of stuff, the kind of stuff that coaches are actually saying to their players. Can you imagine Cal saying anything about “owning the nail” or using that as a motivator? No, I can assure he never has and probably didn’t realize or care that there was a nail in that location of the floor. The free throw line extended–made up. He makes it up, and acts like it’s insider terminology. It’s not. It’s just fluff to make him sound like he knows something you don’t. When you undress what he’s saying, it’s really just something incredibly obvious (i.e., owning the nail really just means successfully driving to the hoop through the middle and also getting to the free throw line; we all know those are good things).
Another guy says
"It’s all about controlling the nail. It’s all about controlling one third of the court. It’s all about getting your seat on the plane.
Jimmy Dykes — doing his part to dumb-down basketball concepts to the point of incoherence.
I’m sure he’s a very nice person.
Then there is this
"Didn’t Dykes use a graphic and talk about the court in quadrants or something. Wish I could find that. Dumbest thing I had ever heard until his discussing the nail. and how about the elevator screen, What"
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So when does our team apply for practice??
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