Whether Woodson deserves credit or not, TJD's numbers this past year were 21 points, 11 boards, 4 assists, and 3 blocks per game. The idea that a "better coach" would have boosted TJD to something greater than first team AA is laughable.
Woodson making a splash in the old transfer pool!
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The obvious answer is the significant increase in TJD's passing ability out of the post and in transition. How many centers averaged 4 assists a game? Edey does a nice job passing out of the post and averages 1.5 per game. TJD averaged 2 per game as a junior and made that big jump in his senior season. Seems pretty far fetched to assume coaching played no part in his development as a big man distributing the ball.
As for his mid range game. That's like asking why doesn't Edey shoot from the midrange. The answer is because his value is in the post.
I believe that was largely the function of recovering from a lower back injury. He tried playing with it, then missed games because of it, then trended healthier after missing games.
Not discounting TJD’s passing abilities because he is an excellent passer. But there are two parts to an assist. If Purdue’s shooters would have made more shots I’m sure Zach‘s assists would have been close to TJD’s. IU shot a higher pct. than Purdue.
I heard his coach didn't care for his work ethic.
That's probably why his mins were going down.
Hope he brings that effort to Whoville. Let that
cancer start to spread in the locker room.
