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Originally Posted by Bill Self Press Conference
I think that Perry is just a fraction away from doing the things that we had envisioned him to do. I think one thing he has to do, he's just got to go be a player. He's got to go be a player that's aggressive and believe that he's a player. He needs to believe that he's the best player on the floor every night he takes the floor, because when he plays well, he is, and he's proven that.
I think he goes through -- I think Perry is going through a little bit of a situation where maybe we're winning and maybe it's okay for him to defer like he has in years past, because the end result has been okay. And that's no good for us. He's got to be a guy that is the most aggressive guy looking to score every night that we play. Even if he misses shots, he makes things happen if he's aggressive.
I don't think he's far off at all, and certainly his talent level is as good or as better as it's of been since he's been here. I just think there's a little bit going on with him from a confidence standpoint, or maybe from a mental standpoint that maybe he's rationalized that it's okay to be the way I am because the team is doing well, and I don't think it is.
I think he's got to be our go to guy, and I don't think he's far off. Wouldn't be surprised at him having a big game and a series of big games very soon. He remembers his misses where some guys don't remember their misses. He remembers his screw ups because he's conscientious, like you would want your son to be; where a lot of coaches, just assume not coach your son. They would rather have some guys that, you know, they can't remember their bad plays.
And I think that that's something that he's got to get better at. I think he's almost too sweet and too nice a kid at times when things are not going well and he rationalizes, well, we are doing fine, so it's okay to miss. But one thing that I worry about with our entire team is our body language. I don't think we have been a great body language team and I think Perry is one of those guys that can improve on that.
I think plays affect him too much. Perry to me is this, okay. You know how we say, coaches all the time, that sometimes winning never feels as good as losing feels bad. I think sometimes with players, sometimes they -- hey, making good plays, never feel as good as when you screw up. And I think that as a player, that's a bad way to be. Hey, don't remember your screw ups and every great play is an energy boost.
I think when there's expectations on you with things like that and things go well, well, this is what I'm supposed to be doing, as opposed to, man, this is great, God, I've never had so much fun. I think this that's kind of -- that's probably a bad analogy but I think that's something that's very correctible and I really see him taking off the last half of our season.
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