With or Without

So everyone thinks that we will have a worse team next year?

s9er it is not from a transcript but it is what he said, I believe that it was after the Miss. St. loss, maybe someone else here on the board can verify this but I’m pretty sure that was it.

[QUOTE=kpplaya27;149461]s9er it is not from a transcript but it is what he said, I believe that it was after the Miss. St. loss, maybe someone else here on the board can verify this but I’m pretty sure that was it.[/QUOTE]

Lutz also called Coleman out for not knowing the scouting reports, it sure hasn’t hurt his time on the court. Taking a coaches comments after a loss as a blanket statement is a bit much.
If you can watch these games and tell me that we make the attempt to get the ball to Curt enough I’d give your argument more thought. Also, apparently Curt is going to have to snap during a game to properly show his furstrations to get rid of the “lax” tag. Watch the GW game Saturday, we will have a stretch where jack up 3’s for a stretch and don’t even give Curt a look (it happens every game minus Rutgers), tell me he doesn’t look frustrated.

I agree with you, I think that we have horrible shot selection from our guards. My point is that Curtis doesn’t help things out when he takes plays off on offense, doesn’t post aggressively. Jason Williams pointed that out a couple times last night.

[QUOTE=kpplaya27;149471]I agree with you, I think that we have horrible shot selection from our guards. My point is that Curtis doesn’t help things out when he takes plays off on offense, doesn’t post aggressively. Jason Williams pointed that out a couple times last night.[/QUOTE]

I just think it is frustration on his part. Sort of like a WR who doesn’t bust ass on a route b/c it’s a run play.

If we had a true point guard that could penetrate and dish, Curts offensive numbers would be better than they are now. I wish we could see Curt and Carlos Williams on the court together.

Next season = rebuilding year

what makes you think we will have to rebuild next year? we’ll probably have one of the best backcourts that we’ve ever had and we should be fairly deep too.

The key is WHEN he gets the ball in the post. He doesn't assert himself much down low(sleepwalks) and the other times we don't get him the ball. He is the best talent we've had in a while but his turnovers and lethargic attitude hurts us some too.

If he wasn’t so lethargic he’d average 20 rebounds per game instead of 13.

I’m sorry he sleep walks make that 30 rebounds.

No how about 35. Yeah 35.

I assume you’re being sarcastic. If you are you might be the only person I know that doesn’t think that about Curtis. He was diagnose with a sleeping disorder and his laziness has been a knock on him his entire career. He’s done better in most areas, just not consistently on the offensive end. He disappears sometimes.

So everyone with narcolepsy is lazy…

Are you serious??

Lazy doesn’t get you chiseled like a rock. Lazy doesn’t get you praise from two of the toughest coaches in America (Kelvin Sampson and Phil Martelli). Poorly Coached? Yes. Does he have great instincts in the post? No. However that doesn’t make him lazy. I haven’t seen many Niners with the exception of Eddie that have worked as hard as Curt.

Lazy on offense, what do you not understand about that. Everyone knows that he takes plays off, superstars can’t do that. That is my point.

i think he’s one of the biggest hustlers on the team, give or take I think I’d like to keep one of the only four players in uncc history to go over 1500 pts

Lazy on offense, what do you not understand about that. Everyone knows that he takes plays off, superstars can't do that. That is my point.

How do you make that assumption when you don’t know his role in the offensive plays? If Coach Lutz saw it he’d blast Curtis out. I’ve never seen him or heard him speak of such a thing.

My 2 cents. You come on this board flaming Curt from your first post on. Hmmm…personal?

I don’t have anything against Curtis Withers. I think I’m stating the obvious when I say that he takes plays off, thats all. Bobby Lutz did say that about him. I’m actually a big fan of his, I just think that when he has those lapses that it kills his draft status.

I’m speaking for kpplaya27 by the way.

The announcers for the St. Joe’s game were getting on Curtis Withers - saying he was getting frustrated and not hustling enough. I don’t think there was anything personal going on there.

Withers is an unselfish guy, perhaps even to a fault. And he doesn’t exactly run from one end of the court to the other all the time. But when you look at the box score at the end of the game - that’s one helluva productive player.

I agree, I will reiterate. Curt is a double double master. He just isnt the emotional team leader that Eddie became last year. At times he seems like he tries to be but he doesnt seem vocal enough to his teammates (demanding the ball in the post is one example). The guy is obviously very talented and the Niners are most definitely better with him than without. That doesn’t mean we wont be as good next year.

I think that next year we will have a better overall team. Backcourt will be dominate and frontcourt will be good enough. I agree w/kpplaya27, curt is a great talent but takes plays off, coach lutz was disappointed w/him early in the year.

This is comical.

You two must be twins or something because you’re the only two who think that we will be a better team without Curtis Withers.

First. Bobby has never…EVER…publicly called out Curtis for dogging it on plays. If anyone not named kpplaya/fakeCLT49er/curtisstolemygirlfriend wants to say other wise than so be it.

Second. Nobody and I mean nobody goes out and runs their balls off every play. Could you imagine what would happen if Curt did. Instead of playing 30-35 he’d only be able to go 25. It’s called pacing yourself.

Third. You guys don’t take into consideration the flow of the offense. Just because he doesn’t post strong and dunk the ball on every play doesn’t mean that he’s dogging it. It means that the play is not designed for him. Some of you guys have called him out for weak picks. He’s not trying to pick the guy. He’s trying to make his defender step out on the guard allowing Curt to shoot to the basket forcing the defender to run back allowing the ball to be rotated and Curt to post. Could he set a harder screen yes…but he’ll get called for a foul if he’s out their crosschecking the guards.

Fourth. No coach measures intensity based on what a guy does offensively. It’s the steals, blocks and rebounds that measure how hard a guy works. Curt does all these things, he runs the floor and he never complains about his role. If you guys think Curt is “dogging” it, then you’ve never played and sometimes I wonder if you’ve ever seen a game of basketball in your live.