Give it up, guys. BC basketball players were terribly out of shape from 1997 to 2010 and we all know who was to blame.
You should have seen this guy when he showed up on campus. He was lean and twice as muscular as when he left.
And, this guy. When he arrived in Chestnut Hill, he weighed 45 pounds. By the time he left, he was a fatty.
Troy Bell was the top athlete in the 2003 NBA draft. "Results of the physical testing done at the NBA's Chicago combine are in, and Boston College's Troy Bell is at the top of the list. Among all players tested, Bell ranked second in vertical jump (41 inches), second in the 3/4-court run (3.06 seconds) and bench pressed the 185-pound bar an impressive 17 times. His combined total score of 299.0477 ranked him far and away the best athlete in the draft. The next closest player was Ohio's Brandon Hunter who scored 290.1428." If only he had entered the draft straight out of high school, his career would have lasted.
Jared Dudley was a fat, out-of-shape kid when he arrived and he turned himself into an NBA caliber athlete. I could go on. For every Spears and Sanders, there are just as many players who turned themselves into exception athletes. I'm not going to credit Skinner with this, just as epstein is trying to discredit Skinner and heap praise on Donahue. Ultimately, it's on the player to put in the effort to make himself better. If Danny Rubin bulks up or Gabe Moton improves his vertical, that's great; good for them. If they don't, I'm not going to get on Donahue because his players don't buy into the system.