The next offseason for Cougill

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FreddyBrown

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Brennan has excellent skills, great hands, and his footwork, quickness and ability to run the floor are underrated by a lot of people. However, to be the best he can be, he obviously needs to get stronger and lose the nonproductive weight.

He'll have more competition for PT next season with the addition of Larson and Archie and further improvement from Brommer (assuming he stays).

If I'm Brennan Cougill, I look at the landscape and conclude that at least for the purpose of my college basketball career, and perhaps for any prospect I might have of making money at the sport at some level, this offseason is hugely important for me. He's a smart kid and he'll probably recognize all that. I know he worked hard last Summer but I hope experience will be the best teacher as to what he needs to do and the next offseason will be even more productive for him.

Will he have the drive and the discipline to do follow through? I hope so, because I believe if he does he could be a truly outstanding player in the Big Ten.
 
FreddyBrown said:
Brennan has excellent skills, great hands, and his footwork, quickness and ability to run the floor are underrated by a lot of people. However, to be the best he can be, he obviously needs to get stronger and lose the nonproductive weight.

He'll have more competition for PT next season with the addition of Larson and Archie and further improvement from Brommer (assuming he stays).

If I'm Brennan Cougill, I look at the landscape and conclude that at least for the purpose of my college basketball career, and perhaps for any prospect I might have of making money at the sport at some level, this offseason is hugely important for me. He's a smart kid and he'll probably recognize all that. I know he worked hard last Summer but I hope experience will be the best teacher as to what he needs to do and the next offseason will be even more productive for him.

Will he have the drive and the discipline to do follow through? I hope so, because I believe if he does he could be a truly outstanding player in the Big Ten.
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He should hire his own strength and conditioning coach. However in my experience as a shooter with a classic form, changing your body can have a major effect on your shooting, usually for the worse.
 
Fred I agree with everything you said. Brennan has a nice upside but this is going to be a juge off season for him. 6 months of lifting, shooting and tennis would serve him well IMHO.
 
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Ahhh...tennis! I never felt in better shape than when I had the tennis bug! Some may laugh, but you get 2 guys matched up who don't have big serves and are equally matched as well as competitive, it makes for some LONG rallies!
 
Yeah it does and those long rallies really get you into shape. Everytime I see Brennan jump out on some one away from the basket only to have them go around him before he even lands, I think what an off season of tennis could do for him.
 
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Yeah it does and those long rallies really get you into shape. Everytime I see Brennan jump out on some one away from the basket only to have them go around him before he even lands, I think what an off season of tennis could do for him.
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Not to mention it really works to improve your lateral quickness as well as your reaction and anticipation.
 
Absolutely. Tennis is a huge reason Ryan Bowen carved out a career in the NBA. It was his latteral quickness , reaction hustle and conditioning that seperated him from so many others.
 
Soccer and tennis were big for Ryan Bowen...learn from the jedi,Brennan..and get a tennis racket. And that is just for his spare time,after lifting, drilling,and scimmaging 4-5 hours a day...Lauderdale of OSU should be his model..dropped significant weight early on in college,and is a monster now.

To be fair, I think that Brennan did an outstanding job this summer and fall, and I was impressed with his physique at the start of the season,but I think his back problems slowed his fitness regimen. Incorporate some back strengthening excercise also,Brennan.
 
IATrainMaster101 said:
Yeah it does and those long rallies really get you into shape. Everytime I see Brennan jump out on some one away from the basket only to have them go around him before he even lands, I think what an off season of tennis could do for him.
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I agree with you and all, but I just wanted to point out that your avatar makes your fitness advice sound hilarious.
 
clicheusername3 said:
He should hire his own strength and conditioning coach. However in my experience as a shooter with a classic form, changing your body can have a major effect on your shooting, usually for the worse.
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I believe that is also why Ron Jeremy chose not to lose his weight.
 
FreddyBrown said:
Brennan has excellent skills, great hands, and his footwork, quickness and ability to run the floor are underrated by a lot of people. However, to be the best he can be, he obviously needs to get stronger and lose the nonproductive weight.

He'll have more competition for PT next season with the addition of Larson and Archie and further improvement from Brommer (assuming he stays).

If I'm Brennan Cougill, I look at the landscape and conclude that at least for the purpose of my college basketball career, and perhaps for any prospect I might have of making money at the sport at some level, this offseason is hugely important for me. He's a smart kid and he'll probably recognize all that. I know he worked hard last Summer but I hope experience will be the best teacher as to what he needs to do and the next offseason will be even more productive for him.

Will he have the drive and the discipline to do follow through? I hope so, because I believe if he does he could be a truly outstanding player in the Big Ten.
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I agree with everything you said.

Except for the first thing you said.

Brennan has EXCELLENT skills.

I would definitely not say Cougill has EXCELLENT skills.

Unless we are talking about his obvious ability to defend his area at the buffet table.

He has a really nice touch on his jumper, and shows flashes of being active in the paint.

But, to say he has excellent skills is like saying Lickliter is an excellent coach.

Neither are true, IMHO.
 
How much of Cougill have you seen? We know he's an excellent three point shooter. He also has a variety of offensive moves down low and has excellent touch around the basket. He's an excellent passer. He demonstrated all of those skills regularly before he got to Iowa.

He rarely gets the ball in the low post at Iowa. It's difficult for him to have the chance to show what he's capable of doing. He's also a freshman, and sometimes it takes a while for the skills to be demonstrated.
 
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jparmley3 said:
I agree with everything you said.

Except for the first thing you said.

Brennan has EXCELLENT skills.

I would definitely not say Cougill has EXCELLENT skills.

Unless we are talking about his obvious ability to defend his area at the buffet table.

He has a really nice touch on his jumper, and shows flashes of being active in the paint.

But, to say he has excellent skills is like saying Lickliter is an excellent coach.

Neither are true, IMHO.
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Cougs does have excellent skills. You really need to stop saying negative things about the student/athletes. Your little quip about the buffet table is high school BS.
 
blkngoldUofI said:
Cougs does have excellent skills. You really need to stop saying negative things about the student/athletes. Your little quip about the buffet table is high school BS.
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Sorry if that offended you.

But, come on, excellent skills?

Excellent skills would be the best of the best.

DeMarcus Cousins at UK (Freshman) has excellent skills. He is same height and weight as Brennan. Averages 14 and 10.

If BC was 'excellent' in ability and skills, he would be playing more and doing more.

Maybe an offseason workout and the drive to succeed will be fruitful for he and the Hawks.
 
"Skills" in a coaching sense refers to specific elements of the game that are taught by repetition and drills. Having the athletic ability--size, strength, stamina, quickness, etc.--to make use of the skills is another thing. There are a lot of very athletic players who don't have good skills.

Brennan is blessed with excellent skills. He has some skills that are every bit as good as Cousins'. Cousins is a phenomenal athlete with great size and strength who overpowers people around the basket, but he isn't the passer or shooter that Cougill is. It's the strength, quickness, and stamina to make better use of his skills that Cougill needs to improve on. He'll never be close to the kind of a player Cousins is, but Cousins is probably going to go in the top five of the NBA draft after one year of college.
 
Did you say that Cougill's quickness is under rated?

Really? That is like saying the quickness of a glacier is under rated. Brennan does have some ability, but he is hampered by the fact he is about as fast as a puddle going up hill.
 
jparmley3 said:
I agree with everything you said.

Except for the first thing you said.

Brennan has EXCELLENT skills.

I would definitely not say Cougill has EXCELLENT skills.

Unless we are talking about his obvious ability to defend his area at the buffet table.

He has a really nice touch on his jumper, and shows flashes of being active in the paint.

But, to say he has excellent skills is like saying Lickliter is an excellent coach.

Neither are true, IMHO.
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He does have excellent skills for a big.
Soft hands, great passer, great shooter, plus a high BB IQ.

Cougill has issues on the boards and on D, but he does have excellent balls skills for a big.
 
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