Iowa's Woodbury Developing At His Own Rate - thegazette.com

[sportstalent]

Honestly, the learning curve is right where I thought it would be. I was very skeptical he'd make any impact this year. Big men rarely contribute much as frosh - even highly recruited ones - the adjustment to D1 is much tougher than for G/F positions. Many examples of NBA big men who did very little as college freshmen. Including Lohaus and Jepsen.

Now someone's going to say "but... but... Greg Oden!"

What about Kevin Love..lol, just kidding...

I agree with you, Woodbury is about a point and two rebounds off of what I anticipated, but if he was on the floor more maybe he would get there.

The learning curve is not going to be that big, kid is a freshman C, which is one of the hardest positions to come in and be really good right away.

Guys like Ryan Kelley and John Henson were considered top 5 players as F/C and neither made a significant impact on their programs until their Senior years.

 

[ILHawk]

What about Kevin Love..lol, just kidding...

I agree with you, Woodbury is about a point and two rebounds off of what I anticipated, but if he was on the floor more maybe he would get there.

The learning curve is not going to be that big, kid is a freshman C, which is one of the hardest positions to come in and be really good right away.

Guys like Ryan Kelley and John Henson were considered top 5 players as F/C and neither made a significant impact on their programs until their Senior years.

I don't disagree with your hopefulness. the question remains, "should he be starting?". the team isn't doing well at the beginning.

 

[RocknRollface]

Honestly, the learning curve is right where I thought it would be. I was very skeptical he'd make any impact this year. Big men rarely contribute much as frosh - even highly recruited ones - the adjustment to D1 is much tougher than for G/F positions. Many examples of NBA big men who did very little as college freshmen. Including Lohaus and Jepsen.

Now someone's going to say "but... but... Greg Oden!"

Hes made a big impact this year.

He is allot more developed than those two and should start making a decent offensive impact by next year, not year 5.

 

[Billso]

Hes made a big impact this year.

He is allot more developed than those two and should start making a decent offensive impact by next year, not year 5.

Hard to argue "big" impact given the vanishing minutes, but I agree strongly with your second line. I attended every home game in the years Les and Brad played, and those two were memorable freshmen: like giant, ungainly baby deer. Tripping over their own feet, with hands of stone, sometimes even laughed at by the crowd. Yet they turned out fine. By contrast, Woody's court sense and passing ability alone, right now, are well ahead of them.

He's gonna be a good'n, I have zero doubt.

 

[hawkinn3]

Caring what other people think of you is quite normal, claiming you don't seems to be the thing to say when anyone critiques anything about an athlete.

 

[ILHawk]

He's gonna be a good'n, I have zero doubt.

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