Archie Goodwin
By LARRY VAUGHT
He was a highly recruited player who could have had his pick of almost any school in the country. However, even if Kentucky fans didn’t know it, Arkansas guard Archie Goodwin never really considered signing with anyone else.
“It was a very easy decision for me to come to Kentucky,” said Goodwin, part of UK coach John Calipari’s latest No. 1 recruiting class. “I looked at the way that the system runs and is incorporated and it fits me just fine. Coach Cal was looking for a guy that will get it done and I will do that.”
Goodwin’s stepfather, Datron Humphrey, says few people know that Goodwin followed Calipar’s coaching career when he was the head coach at Memphis before coming to Kentucky.
“Everybody wants to play for Cal, but if you are good enough he will look at you,” Humphrey said. “He will find you. You do not have to look for him. Archie kept working hard. When he got knocked down, he got back up and went back to work.”
Humphrey thinks Kentucky is as good a fit for Goodwin as the player does.
“He liked that up and down tempo. He feel in love with that,” Humphrey said. “I pretty much thought the same thing. With the dribble-drive offense that coach Cal has and how aggressive he (Goodwin) is on the dribble it should be a pretty good fit.
“To be perfectly honest, it was Kentucky all the way for him without a doubt. Being from Arkansas, he had to keep it politically correct and keep Arkansas in the picture. But it was nothing against the folks here. He grew up watching coach Cal and that’s just how it happened. Kentucky was always first with him.”
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It will be interesting to see if the tandem of Goodwin and Harrow is faster than Wall and Bledsoe. Based simply on high lite reels, I would have to give the nod to the W/B combo for open court speed, and the quick on quick nod to Goodwin and Harrow. Goodwin is just down right slippery, and Harrow’s stop/start moves guarantee that he will be living in the paint. It will be a lot of fun seeing how Coach Cal utilizes all this speed…as usual, can hardly wait for the season to come back around.
No doubt about it………Archie will be “Good-in” for us!
This Kentucky fan in Maine look’s forward to seeing Archie Goodwin in action. He sounds like a great kid.
Goodwin is quick and athletic, and he will become a solid defender. Goodwin still has some work to do with finishing more consistently at the rim, but he will certainly be able to use his athleticism to become an effective finisher in Coach Calipari’s dribble drive system. The primary question with Goodwin’s game next season will be whether he can hit the perimeter jump shot. Someone besides Kyle Wiltjer will have to score from the perimeter, and I think it is far from certain at this point whether Julius Mays can do that consistently against SEC defenders. (Mays couldn’t do it against ACC defenders.) So Goodwin will have to provide some perimeter offense from the wing. Otherwise, opponents will just sag defensively….or play zones….and block the passing and driving lanes to the low block. That’s why Goodwin’s offensive development is hugely important next season.
all us uk fans have to now is just wait..a final four for us??..you bet…..another national championship…..more than likely….i predicted a national title for us as soon as i found out who we recruited last year……am i willing to that again……YOU BET I AM…GO BIG BLUE AND BRING HOME #9..!!!!!
NERLENS NOEL………..ANTHONY DAVIS #2… ENOUGH SAID… LOOK OUT COLLEGE BASKETBALL WORLD…..KENTUCKY IS COMING TO TAKE ANOTHER TITLE……..AND I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT ANYONE IS GOOD ENOUGH TO STOP US……