Cook
- Richmond, VA
Also a fan and mostly AC defender, but I also thought one of his answers in that press conference could have been concerning. The question was unfair and awkward, so I give AC the benefit of the doubt.One last thought on today....
I've defended Curbelo on this site and largely love what he brings to the court. However, what was wrong with him the last 2 days?
1) He was eating a sandwich in a 5 minute press conference, which I felt was disrespectful. Can't wait 5 minutes???
2) He got into with the refs BEFORE the game.... About "gear"? Why?
3) He was doing headstands on the court pregame. (Don't know the timing of it, maybe it was a concussion thing, and I get being loose,) But this is puzzling. Why not prep in some other way that is more productive?
4) Got into it with the coaches (allegedly) at half-time which led to him basically being unofficially suspended for the second half.
Not the definition of 'locked-in'. More of a distraction. Again, I am not trying to rail on a guy, but I would love to know out of curiosity what was happening? Maybe tired of the criticism? Something in his personal life? Hopefully he was just out of sorts and can regroup in the off-season.
On the other hand, if we're being critical, he basically doubled down on just doing what he wants to do, how he wants to do it, and that he's going to play high risk no matter what. That could be seen as a lack of awareness and/or lack of willingness to accept coaching or a different perspective that could actually help him grow and get better.