Given the propensity of the board to frequently discuss what they don't like about Coach Weber, I thought I'd turn it around a bit and tell you what I like about having him as our head coach:
- Understands offense. He took a talented group of juniors and seniors left here by Coach Martin and taught them how to read defenses and react accordingly to enable guys to know in advance where they are going to get their shots. It's then on them to practice shooting those shots
- Solid, hard-working recruiter. I remember when all of the coaches before him were here, I'd go out to the recruiting search database and look to see who we were recruiting and I don't remember seeing the quality of recruits that I now see listing K-State as a destination. Bruce always seems to be in on these guys early and recognizes the talent before anyone else including the rivals guys
- Develops players without demeaning them. I can't imagine the words that DJ would have heard his freshman and sophomore seasons or that Kamau would have heard for the shots he took or the turnovers he committed from our prior coach. It tore at the previous players confidence and as a result we lost games we shouldn't have. You think Will Spradling would have been afraid to take that 3 against Wisconsin if Weber was his coach. I'll put it this way, he nailed it against KU in OT when they got off to a great start. And don't say that it was his youth when you're not granting Weber that excuse
- Emphasis on playing team defense as demonstrated by their play, their results, and even the assistant coaches he employs which brings me to the next thing I like
- Great assistant coaches. Frazier, Brooks, and Lowery are 3 of the best. I love their enthusiasm during games and their celebrations with the players. These guys must also be terrific recruiters
- Sets up plays to score out of timeouts
- Not afraid to dismantle a team when he recognized his recruiting mistakes even if it costs him his job ultimately due to the impatience of fans when he could have let the inmates run the asylum to get wins even if it reflected poorly on K-State
- His honesty when answering questions. Look it gets him in hot water in a year when he's not winning because it sounds like whining and like he's making excuses and no good coach does that. They don't. Huggins didn't. Neither did Martin or Kruger or Self or anyone...except Weber. He does it win or lose and everyone was okay with it when we won a Big XII championship, but if you lose, no one wants the truth if it isn't wrapped in a pretty package with a pretty bow. Weber is not pretty with the truth. Frank wasn't necessarily pretty with the truth either but he was tough in how he presented it. Weber isn't. He's just honest. I'm okay with that.
