Brandon Garrison
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If he doesn’t understand that by now then Pope really doesn’t understand the assignment or can’t get kids who do.
Lack of effort and bad timing even when he does try.
He’s 6’10 with above average athleticism. There’s ZERO excuse for his lack of blocks. It literally doesn’t matter if a 5’9 guard drives on him. They’ll shoot a layup and he either won’t even try to block it or he will miss the ball. It’s pathetic.
As a freshman he averaged 1.5 blocks per game in 22mpg. He gets here and has averaged 17.3mpg last year and this year but only averaged 0.6 blocks per game last year and 0.3 bpg this year. That’s ABSOLUTELY lack of effort. Theres literally no other excuse for how block production has basically ended.
He’s 6’10 with above average athleticism. There’s ZERO excuse for his lack of blocks. It literally doesn’t matter if a 5’9 guard drives on him. They’ll shoot a layup and he either won’t even try to block it or he will miss the ball. It’s pathetic.
As a freshman he averaged 1.5 blocks per game in 22mpg. He gets here and has averaged 17.3mpg last year and this year but only averaged 0.6 blocks per game last year and 0.3 bpg this year. That’s ABSOLUTELY lack of effort. Theres literally no other excuse for how block production has basically ended.
He is the lone exception. Amari won defensive player of the year like 3 straight years before UK. He wasn’t a bad defender here but he wasn’t 3x DPOY caliber either. Oweh was mainly known for his defense at OU. Wouldn’t know that since he got here. Garrison was actually a pretty decent defender at OSU, especially for a freshman. Here he is one of the worst defenders you’ll ever see.
Quaintance will be the true test. If he ends up being bad or just an average defender here then it’s definitely a Pope issue.
if it happens its his choice. Pope might tell a kid its best to move on at the end of the season but he'd never throw a kid off unless he was toxic to the team. Garrison has motivation issues but I don't think he is at the level of being toxic.
BG played with fight tonight! I was extremely proud of his overall effort!! The kid has the athletic ability to do well but it’s up to him to do so.
BG has had effort issues this year, and has struggled to find his role. Tonight was it. It’s what he was last year. He needs to be a high energy guy off the bench that makes his money on defensive end, hustle plays, and offensive rebounding.
He deserves some credit tonight.
He deserves some credit tonight.
That block was nasty for a dude with only 3 all season. Happy to see Garrison respond against Indiana and have a good game. That poster late in the game was icing on the cake.
Proud of how Garrison responded tonight! Dude can be a beast when he sets his mind to it. I want to see Mark Pope and Brandon Garrison turn into red-assed sumbitches for the remainder of the season!
Garrison outed himself and can’t revert now. You can’t be that active and then go backwards without it being obvious.
He said “go sit down” and then he said it again. It was easy to read his lips.
Really proud of him. Honestly thought he might pout and quit the team but instead it seemed to light a fire in him. Hopefully it keeps up because we really need this from him.
