His high school tape? How he played when he was in there?

Doesn't mean he's not any good, just wouldn't peg him as high likelihood of dawg.

halfastros81 said:

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Anyone think McDermott could be a dawg?

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Maybe like a Tavario Miller type, but a pseudo dawg.

Right now, at his best, I'd see him as like a Savion Flagg type player which is more crafty than Dawg-y yes?

Not saying he will end up the same, but I see the discounting of McDermott here as eerily similar to how that Dominican transfer kid from Mississippi State with unimpressive stats a few years back was sort of overlooked by many.... untill he eventually gained legendary "Perro" status.

I think McDermott will be one of our best rebounders this year.

BTHO off-season!

Is Bucky himself eligible to be a Dawg?

Now this is a good question. Coaches can definitely be dawgs, but I think the jury is definitely out on Bucky.

When I think of what makes a dawg coach, I'm thinking of coaches that get buy-in, their teams play hard, they tend to be better than the sum of their individual parts, etc.

Like Pearl and Sampson are definitely dawg coaches. I'd argue Buzz is definitely a dawg coach. Probably too much of a dawg coach to be honest.

Like with players, it's important to remember that "dawg" does not necessarily mean "good." It's a little hard to be a dawg if you aren't at least some level of good, but the reverse is not true, you can be very good with minimal levels of dawg-ness.

I continue to struggle with defining a "dawg".

I thought it was effectively being a pain in the opposing team's butt because of persistence and tenacity in a way that leads to significantly improving your team's chance to win. Is that it or is it something else?

This actually gave me an idea, we need Method to complete a Dawg/Good player matrix of our well known recent-ish players before the season starts to help people understand.

I'm more of an idea guy. Not a numbers guy.

But I'll do it

That description helps.

Understood .

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DAWG = Disciplined Athlete With Grit

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a player who combines focus and discipline with toughness and determination--someone who can make challenging plays look effortless while remaining composed and in control.

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I agree with the first one, not sure about the 2nd definition.

The term originated with Coach Jim Harbaugh.

You can't define a real dawg. There's definitely an element of "know it when you see it" to the whole thing.

There's also "dawg mentality" and physically being a dawg. Elite dawgs have both.

Good example here is Acie. Elite dawg mentality, but not physically a dawg, so overall dawgness is docked a bit.

Most of the dawgs we are talking about aren't necessarily disciplined. That was an obvious attempt to make an acronym work.

Definitely.