Hofstra’s Charles Jenkins has the coach-speak down

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October 27, 2009

Junior Hofstra guard Charles Jenkins has been a major contributor to
the Pride since his freshman year. He averaged 15.0 points per game in
2007-08, and 19.6 points per game in 2008-09. He’s going to be an even
bigger part of Hofstra’s team this year, which will be his second as a
captain, and he’ll need to get help from guard Nathaniel Lester and
center Greg Washington if Hofstra are going to put together another
20-win season.

But even if Hofstra fails, Jenkins will lead the country in the
all-important category of "quotes that sound like they’re coming from a
middle-aged assistant coach." From Defiantly Dutch (via CAA Hoops, who noticed the cadence):

“He’s
a great point guard,” Charles Jenkins said. “He’s got great vision for
the game. His court vision is amazing. He makes the right plays. He’s
still learning how to get shots because of his size…[and] he’s going to
have to learn what passes not to make, but once he polishes those
things off, he’s going to be a great addition to this program.”

[...] Like
the practices that preceded it, the Blue/Gold Scrimmage was predictably
unpredictable. “We still made a couple mistakes up there that are going
to get brushed up,” Jenkins said. “We’ve got two or three more weeks to
polish those up."

“It’s
like a new environment,” Jenkins said. “Last year we had a lot of
veterans on the team that were already adjusted to the program. This
year, you’ve got a lot of freshmen that are going to take a little bit
more time than it took the veterans to mold, just as far as the offense
and the defense and how physical the nature of college basketball is.
But I think as time progresses, we’re going to be a very good team.”

There are other quotes in Defiantly Dutch’s story, including one from
head coach Tom Pecora. But if you didn’t know the difference, and had
no way of looking up on the Googles which person was a junior in
college and which person was the full-grown adult male head coach, you
could be easily convinced that Jenkins is running the show. His
coach-speak is pitch perfect. It takes coaches decades to develop that;
Jenkins is a prodigy in the form.

Whether that’s good for Hofstra or bad (though convincing leadership
from your junior captain is never a bad thing) is beside the point.
Right now, it’s just sort of awesome.

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