NikeHawk21
Well-Known Member
I’ll start with the two most glaring.
1. Rebounding / boxing out. This was the most frustrating one to me. Nobody would box out anyone. Still haven’t seen Cook block out since he’s been here. We gave up over 10 offensive boards in each game. When you’re a bad defensive team, it’s not a good idea to give your opponent 10+ extra possessions. I really thought with Garza & Nunge and an off-season in the system we would really improve in this area. But to be honest rebounding is primarily about wanting it more and getting good position, and those are both things we can control, just not sure our players or coaches have shown they care to at this point. Baer should help some.
2. Defense. Pretty apparent we still have a long way to go in the area. No need to get into an argument whether it’s the guards or posts fault primarily as they both stink. Also not sure the press is effective at all but Fran is too stubborn to adjust. Again Baer should help some, but still a LONG way to go to even be average on D.
Those are the biggies. A couple others.
-Turnovers. There were way too many of those those week and they were primarily the variety that ends in a dunk the other way.
-Bohannon needs to get the ball out of his hands more. That’s not all his fault either (Fran’s system) but he probably pounded the basketball on the dribble 4,000 times the last three games. Throw it ahead. Have others bring it up the court if they get the board or are an easier outlet. We are not effective when he is dribbling the ball at the top of the key being hounded.
-FT shooting. Really hurt us in the second game for sure.
1. Rebounding / boxing out. This was the most frustrating one to me. Nobody would box out anyone. Still haven’t seen Cook block out since he’s been here. We gave up over 10 offensive boards in each game. When you’re a bad defensive team, it’s not a good idea to give your opponent 10+ extra possessions. I really thought with Garza & Nunge and an off-season in the system we would really improve in this area. But to be honest rebounding is primarily about wanting it more and getting good position, and those are both things we can control, just not sure our players or coaches have shown they care to at this point. Baer should help some.
2. Defense. Pretty apparent we still have a long way to go in the area. No need to get into an argument whether it’s the guards or posts fault primarily as they both stink. Also not sure the press is effective at all but Fran is too stubborn to adjust. Again Baer should help some, but still a LONG way to go to even be average on D.
Those are the biggies. A couple others.
-Turnovers. There were way too many of those those week and they were primarily the variety that ends in a dunk the other way.
-Bohannon needs to get the ball out of his hands more. That’s not all his fault either (Fran’s system) but he probably pounded the basketball on the dribble 4,000 times the last three games. Throw it ahead. Have others bring it up the court if they get the board or are an easier outlet. We are not effective when he is dribbling the ball at the top of the key being hounded.
-FT shooting. Really hurt us in the second game for sure.