Another postseason interview with Trae's father

[OUHoops]

https://soundcloud.com/woosahrj/interview-trae-youngs-father-rayford-young-oklahoma-and-the-nba

 

[inoref]

Dad being kind

 

[Price is Right]

Dad being kind

Very kind. Made good points about the defense Trae saw the second half of the season too.

 

[afaSooner]

Trae's dad tells it like it is. Trae will have to consider all the backlash he received locally (OU fans) before deciding to come back or go to the NBA. If the $$$ didn't seal the deal, your whining probably did. I still can't believe, although I should expect it, many OU fans began complaining about Trae being "part of the problem".

:facepalm

If I were Trae I would regret not going to a blue blood while also being irritated that my dad was right ONCE AGAIN. But Trae wanted to be a savior for OU basketball while also accomplishing his own personal dream of playing in the NBA. But what does he get in return when things aren't so peachy? A serrated edge right in the back by the very fans that were cheering him on early in the year. :facepalm

I still feel Lon gave into the concerns of Trae shooting too much when we'd lose and as a result put the reigns on him which only made things worse for the team. This team was at its best when the other team had to employ trick defenses, as Rayford explained, to stop him which once the Sooners made it easier to defend Trae by asking him to tone it down... it was GAME OVER and we only won a few more games after that BARELY. I bet if you could go back in time and tell Trae to not change a thing, we win at least 5 or 6 more games than we did.

 

[WTSooner]

lol

 

[vbdad]

The family has complained about all the negative things they heard at games by our fans. I don't buy it for a second. I never heard anybody in Norman getting on TY. Also there was tremendous support for him all the time. I don't know a single person who thinks we didn't need him playing all of the time. It was the national guys who started to question him after all of the shots at OSU.
LK never tried to reign him in from shooting. He did try to keep coaching him. A little hard to do when TY is always looking in the stands at dad.

 

[TINY]

I think trae’s dad was vocalizing the bad things other school’s fans were saying about Trae, I.e. tech, osu, West Virginia etc. He said when his other son grows up he will remember the disgusting fan bases and their personal insults towards his brother. I don’t think Trae nor his dad have a problem with ou fans. Now the local media is a completely different story. Rayford is in good company with his negative feelings toward the local rags.

 

[perryj74]

Trae has caught plenty of heat on this board

 

[TINY]

Trae has caught plenty of heat on this board

I’m not sure that trae’s dad frequents this board, but if he does I hope he understands that some posters are just brain dead.

 

[SoonerinNC]

It is a sign of the times. Unfortunately, the internet seems to have freed up people to ignore the responsibility to be civil, respectful and fair. Add to that a press that appears to be willing to sacrifice all ethics in order to be the most sensational and purveyors of hype and their personal agendas.

Trae is an exceptional player and the media overhyped him to the point of rediculous. Then when the wheels fell off some turned on him while others including posters on this board started blaming the other players for the problems. I was once criticized for saying that Trae had a few freshman moments in a game by one who later has been fairly critical of Trae. I just read an article that stated that the pro scouts don't like Trae and think he is at best a backup point guard in the NBA.

Suddenly Kruger was faced with trying to build an offense with four one on one players (Trae, McGusty, Doolittle and the center by default) with a background of people playing the blame game and finger pointing. Hard to believe that in that environment it would not bleed into the team chemistry. Clearly Kruger was unable to fix the problems. Doubtful that anyone could.

The only thing that is important is that Trae does what is best for him. Unfortunately he needs time to think things through and he will probably have to make the NBA decision before he has enough time. He obviously loves the game and has unique talent. But he appears to no longer have fun playing.

 

[opsooner]

Only listened to the first half of that. What I got out of that part was that Rayford had said he wants Trae to think about coming back because he didn’t want Trae to announce he was leaving in the last post game presser.

Well, that’s not exactly what he said but that is my interpretation.


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[coolm]

you know ... there are a few of us who think Trae is the most talented kid since sliced bread and still are not sure he was the best option for OU.

I wholeheartedly believe this season set back a few of these kids ... or at least stagnated them. Trae was so good he'd be no more than a 1 and done'er and we aren't at a spot to take that chance.

 

[NickZepp]

I don't see how anyone can blame Trae for most of our roster not getting better and many players getting worse.

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[DenverSooner]

They didn’t get worse. They got bad attitudes.