I think what chov1125 says above describes it perfectly. Jayson was accustomed to being the alpha dog, his teams best player, even the best player on the court probably every game. Its what made him a top 2 or 3 player in the country. I doubt Jayson ever had a game in high school like he had against NC State where he looked that bad and could do little right. It just started happening for him when he started letting the game come to him instead of him being the one who had to save the team. Some of his earlier miscues had to be him not realizing he has other teammates who can help lead the team. I think Jayson would realize now that when he's not shooting well its time to back off and let other players lead. Its called gaining maturity and learning from your mistakes.
Maybe not get mad at Tatum but we as fans should have been mad at the coaching staff for allowing him to play hero ball not team ball. Tatum is playing much better now because he is playing team basketball, passing, rebounding (fantastically btw), taking good shots (mostly) not contested awful fadeaways that lead to the opposing team getting an easy 2 points 90% of the time, and buying in on defense. I am very impressed with his turnaround and credit the young man for listening to the staff and not just flipping them the bird and playing however he wanted. I hope this trend continues, Duke is a much much better team than they were this time last month.
Do you think the staff wasn't working with him? It doesn't happen overnight. Jayson stop playing hero ball, snap your fingers, and boom he's good to go. It's a process, it takes time. Much of which is in the offseason- we are doing this on the fly. The staff deserves credit for their patience as well as Jayson.
Fair enough but they both deserve criticism as well then. Messages were sent to Allen and Kennard by benching them, Tatum didn't get that message until he fouled out and the staff had no control over that. I just don't like seeing guys come on here now that Tatum is playing better and a different style of ball saying "i told you so" when the criticism at the time was valid.
Right, but they were due to shot clock. I don't feel like he is forcing his shots anymore and is instead taking much better looks whether that be open 3's or driving and playing inside more. I don't want Tatum chucking as many threes going forward as he did in the UVA game but he was hot and was knocking them down as the shot clock expired.
