AUDIO: Ken Bone press conference, 12-16-09

by Jeff Nusser on Dec 17, 2009 2:10 PM PST

Ken Bone got back on the phone with reporters yesterday, and touched on a number of topics in his 10 minutes:

The Cougs better not sleep on Portland State (a topic we'll be discussing in the next couple of days). They shoot and make a ton of 3s, and you already know why that's a problem.
Xavier Thames has apparently been struggling with some kind of fatigue issue -- so much so that there have been tests done to get to the bottom of it. No results yet.
Bone is apparently not familiar with the term "barnstorming."
He seemed to backtrack on his implication last week (on his radio show) that the staff is still looking to add a guy to this recruiting class if it will help the team, saying the there are no available scholarships and the staff is focusing on making the young guys who are here better. Interesting, at least to me.
The team needs to defensive rebound better. (Duh.)
He thinks the defense is making strides. There's actually statistical evidence to back up this assertion, and I hope to talk about that soon, too.

There's other stuff in there, too. All in all, an informative 10 minutes.

EDIT: Perhaps I should actually include said audio. Geez ... can you tell I finished grading papers at 2 a.m. this morning? My brain is loopy.

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I don't know if this is been posted yet

But, I have to give a shout out to Nuss. He was mentioned in the Tacoma News Tribune today by Ryan Divish.

http://blog.thenewstribune.com/mariners/

It’s nice having a GM that knows what he is doing.

by Coug1990 on Dec 17, 2009 2:40 PM PST reply actions

Yes. Yes it is

Divish is a cool guy. Excellent reporter. He came on at the TNT after I left, and we kind of struck up a cyberfriendship based on the outlandish stories those who stayed at the Tribune told about me. Hard to believe he still likes me after that!

CougCenter

by Jeff Nusser on Dec 17, 2009 3:24 PM PST up reply actions

It is better that they loved/laughed at you enough to tell stories about you :)

Then not to have remembered you at all.

by Coug1990 on Dec 17, 2009 3:39 PM PST up reply actions

I suppose that is true

My golf drives were legendary. (We golfed A LOT because we all worked swing shift). They used to call me the Nussinator. Too bad only 1 in 10 found the fairway! I was kind of a cocky loudmouth, too — fresh out of school. I didn’t know how much I still had to learn. I would do things a bit differently if I had the chance all over again.

CougCenter

by Jeff Nusser on Dec 17, 2009 3:57 PM PST up reply actions

You are too hard on yourself

I am sure that it wasn’t your golf drives that were legendary, it was you.

By the way, Rivals/Cougzone has Max Forde listed as having verballed today.

by Coug1990 on Dec 17, 2009 9:29 PM PST reply actions

Nuss, can you believe what GMZ has done in the last week?

Trades for Cliff Lee and now trades Carlos “Mr. Buffet” Silva. Unbelievable. The Mariners are now if not the western division favorite, they are at the very least on an even level with the Angels. Wow.

by Coug1990 on Dec 18, 2009 10:15 AM PST reply actions