02-02-2021, 11:04 PM
(02-02-2021, 10:57 PM)mavsluvr Wrote: But you can drop the kid in the deep end and tell him to swim to shore or be grounded, and if he doesn't have the ability/knowledge to do it, you just end up with a drowned kid.
So shift the drowning image to a metaphor. I think in this case it could be GOOD for Luka to "drown" and in the process find humility and the core of who he should be as a player and leader.
(02-02-2021, 10:57 PM)mavsluvr Wrote: they still need to know when they need to give him a helping hand.
Absolutely, and I have no doubt they are coaching and working with Luka behind the scenes, but publicly and in front of the team backing him.
(02-02-2021, 10:57 PM)mavsluvr Wrote: labelling people based on relatively little information, we do run a risk of being wildly wrong. He's not grown yet, for sure, but I actually think he's generally pretty mature, by the standards of a 21-year-old guy.
100% agree on both.
I am not suggesting we just "label" him, but I don't have much to go on other than people from Europe who have followed him more closely.
I also think Luka is very polished and mature for a 21 year old and then in other ways I think he is like a 8 year old. Such is life for all of us. I am NOT picking on him by any means.
NOTE: I LOVED his last three post game interviews.... 1) where he said the team was terrible and wasn't giving the right effort and 2) and 3) where he said he loved the effort and was confident the right effort would get the right results and that this adversity would lead to great things.