Quote:
“There was a place of confusion between the young guys and the old guys, them not adjusting fast enough, us wanting them to adjust too fast. And then after that, it was more like them actually fluorishing and doing really good and us still being used to the typical different type that we were raised. When I came here if you were the 15th guy, the 14th guy, you just gotta wait your time. Now were seeing guys that are coming into the league right away making an impact.”
I’ll paraphrase now because I can’t listen to it at the moment but you can listen here: https://spotify.link/v9TA8PbDYDb
He then talks about how he himself (and guys like him) have to be more realistic in that he can’t look at someone like Scottie and demand the same things, and that over time he understood better, but that some players can’t handle that younger players may not be as good as older ones yet, but have more potential than them.
He also does point out that some of the guys who received criticism last season are so used to being told they’re perfect by all of the people who always surround them, so they had to get over themselves a little bit to accept the critiques.
It’s just interesting how forthcoming Chris was with it lol, he could’ve said a bunch of other reasons but he immediately came out with this. I know we’ve all kind of sussed out that there was a Fred/Pascal vs. Scottie/the younger guys problem, but it’s nice (or at least validating) to hear it be confirmed by an involved party.
by anchatol
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Gotta give it to Boucher. These are very mature takes. You can tell he is a reflective person.
man i love boucher
This was a great interview. Boucher is a good dude.
Thanks for the context and summary you put together. What he’s saying is really wise. Chris has really grown up. Respect that a lot. It’ll only make him a better player because he has a genuine focus now.
Fred’s head got way too big last year.. for somebody shooting low % 30s
Very strong take and well summarized
Fred being gone is the best thing to happen to the team because of exactly that he could not handle that Scottie as a younger guy was on a higher trajectory than him even if he isn’t an all star from the jump
Nick Nurse last season, anytime that FVV was on the court…
> He also does point out that some of the guys who received criticism last season are so used to being told they’re perfect by all of the people who always surround them, so they had to get over themselves a little bit to accept the critiques.
The only person that fits this description is Scottie (maybe Fred??). Honestly I was confused trying to understand who he was talking about when I listened to the interview