Comments on: Basketball: Montgomery miscellany

By: Jeff Faraudo

Jeff Faraudo — Thu, 20 May 2010 15:36:36 +0000

Esquire Joe,
Didn’t intend that last part of Montgomery’s quote to be misinterpreted — Robert has it right: Monty simply meant Markhuri faces an ongoing battle with his weight. It was no slam on his ability or potential.

By: robert

robert — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:31:41 +0000

Joe, I just think Monty meant that MSF will always battle weight a bit. Nothing more than that. It happens with players in many different sports.

By: SteveNtexas

SteveNtexas — Thu, 20 May 2010 01:11:08 +0000

Reality check
Top 25 recruiting classes

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By: Esquire Joe

Esquire Joe — Thu, 20 May 2010 01:10:34 +0000

Wow, that last comment really caught me. Jeff, did you intentionally put that at the end, or do you think Montgomery just meant it as a throw-away line?

“He’s always going to have a ways to go” sounds like he doesn’t believe that Sanders-Frison is ever going to reach his true potential. If you think a guy is just a big kid and will be successful even if his weight would be excessive on another player (a la Charles Barkley, to whom, I believe, Monty has compared Markhuri in the past), wouldn’t you say something like “he’s done a lot of work, and I think he’s at the ideal weight now” (or he’s on track to reach his ideal weight, or whatever).

With that last comment, Monty sounded like he doesn’t believe that Markhuri will ever be the player he could be because of his weight, and therefore a bit of a disappointment. Is that reading too much into a throw-away line?