He is a winner and obviously he has a great deal of experience competing in a big-time atmosphere. He will give us some help in the backcourt. Colorado has shown it could be a team to reckon with in the conference this season, but until they can handle the Kansas Jayhawks, the Buffaloes will always be looking up at the top of the league standings. In the league opener, Kansas defeated Colorado for the 21st consecutive time, dating to March 1991. Coach Ricardo Patton's squad is still young though and should continue to get better.
Football coaches can get away with some coachspeak because of the technical nature of the game.
After all until writers break down the film, as we all do on a weekly basis, a coach's postgame comments are often difficult to question. Even after film analysis, if a coach says a player lined up in the wrong gap and that is why he got beat, we have to take his word for it. But basketball is a little easier to break down. When a guy shoots, if he is not fouled or the shot is not blocked, he either makes it or misses it. That is pretty much all there is to it.