The House of Blue

If he's a Cyborg then we need to adjust his power level.

Poythress was getting excited after dunks in the Maryland and Duke games.

^^ I don't think so... easy to connect the dots to what it was for by reading the post game quotes. How can you push a kid to raise their heart rate without monitoring and holding them accountable?

It's like going to the gym for any of us and not tracking any of the workout data. You think you had a tough workout, but how would you know without the data? Just because you broke a good sweat and feel tired?

Poythress' body language is remarkable for it's negativity. There is only one thing stopping him from being unstoppable - himself. Physically, the guy might be the most complete player to come along in a long time. He has all the tools to be elite.

He seems to be thinking too much, like when he started to dribble and then decided to pass, and then he walked. Too much thinking, he needs to just play and let the game come to him. For his talent upside, the little things have hurt him, stepping on the inbounds line several times, charging and lowering his shoulder, and he better not hang on the rim after a dunk like he did the other night because at away games they will call that a TO everytime.

We need to get his sister on his tail, no joke, when they were young his sister beat him all the time in the b-ball games they played in their neighborhood until he got tired of being kidded by the other kids and thats what he and his sister says jump started him to be the player he was in HS, that and growing several inches and sculpting his body by working out. He has everything a player needs to be a great player except the fire in his belly. I hope the light comes on and we see the monster that we all know he can be.

If they was checking his heart rate, they would do it in practice where they are really pushed. Your heart rate does not necessarily indicate whether you're pushing yourself or not. Peoples hearts beat at different rates. You could be busting your butt and your heart rate still might not be as high as someone elses'.

we wore them when i was in college in the late 1990's for the coaches and trainer to know how much effort your putting out and how much more they can push you. it was the same unit we all saw on tv last night. they had a formula on what each person's max heart rate was and were weren't suppose to push beyond that for a sustained period of time. it made us work harder, b/c the coaches could tell your effort.

Alex' personality reminds me so much of Darius Miller. Such a nice guy, he lets it hold him back somewhat. I love his game and can tell he is a great kid, but if he remains on the shy side on the floor, he may be here for the whole four years. I wouldn't mind that, and he would get his degree, but he could be passing up on a chance of a few million bucks.

It's cleared... now. Thanks.

"To help me do this, each player is now practicing and playing in games with a device that measures their exertion rate, sport zones, caloric expenditure and heart rate."
-CoachCal.com

The world of sports and in every aspect of life is becoming more and more high tech and specialized. This, besides being a physiological thing could also to some extent be a psychological ploy on Cals part to get the players to play harder knowing that he now has scientific tools to show each of them how much they are putting out during practice and games. Very smart on Cals part and just shows why he is the best.