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Ian Pike Hammer
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I know there are several coaches on this forum and since we don't have a capable one heading our men's bball program, it looks like we'll have to supply our own. Let's address a few defensive issues:
1. Giving up lay-ups/OPEN LANE
Against Purdue, we gave up way too many lay-ups. Fran, did you notice that? College players don't miss but maybe 1 out of 20 lay-ups, and therefore it might be a good idea to take them away from our opponent. I can't count how many times I saw an open lane yest, to the point where it was just pathetic! Here's a possible solution: stick someone's 6'11" ass under the hoop and KEEP THEM THERE! Stop running them north and south, then east and west. I can't see how a 6'1"guard driving the lane has a chance agaitst someone twice his size. The only way this is possible is if the lane is vacant. Why is the lane always vacant? I don't see any other team who continually leaves the hoop unguared as much as we do! With our size, we should be in the top 10 nationally in blocked shots, unless there's no-one protecting the rim. Go to a freaking 2-1-2 zone or a 1-3-1 and leave somone under the freaking hoop!!!
2.Man-to-man. How many damn times did we "switch" and end up giving up a "screen and roll" basket. Leave the switch completely and make every player responsible for their own opponent. You can double team the screen in times of need, but you then must prevent the pass in the lane to the screener. Going through the screen is the most common way to defend it. Even diving under the screen has got to get better results than what we are seeing right now!! What is so hard to understand about that? Do we not have players with good bball IQ's or it is it some hard to understand defense you're teaching? Stop "out thinking yourself and get back to basic, fundamental defense! WTF are you doing Fran??
It's pretty damn obvious that EVERY B1G team has the blueprint for how to beat us by simply driving to the lane for lay-ups and dunks. This is a carryover from LAST YEAR and has never been solved. If you can't figure out how to stop this most simple of offenses, TURN IN YOUR RESIGNATION, please!
I've been a life-long Hawkeye fan but now I'm sick to my stomach of your failures!
Feel free to give Fran a few coaching tips of your own.
1. Giving up lay-ups/OPEN LANE
Against Purdue, we gave up way too many lay-ups. Fran, did you notice that? College players don't miss but maybe 1 out of 20 lay-ups, and therefore it might be a good idea to take them away from our opponent. I can't count how many times I saw an open lane yest, to the point where it was just pathetic! Here's a possible solution: stick someone's 6'11" ass under the hoop and KEEP THEM THERE! Stop running them north and south, then east and west. I can't see how a 6'1"guard driving the lane has a chance agaitst someone twice his size. The only way this is possible is if the lane is vacant. Why is the lane always vacant? I don't see any other team who continually leaves the hoop unguared as much as we do! With our size, we should be in the top 10 nationally in blocked shots, unless there's no-one protecting the rim. Go to a freaking 2-1-2 zone or a 1-3-1 and leave somone under the freaking hoop!!!
2.Man-to-man. How many damn times did we "switch" and end up giving up a "screen and roll" basket. Leave the switch completely and make every player responsible for their own opponent. You can double team the screen in times of need, but you then must prevent the pass in the lane to the screener. Going through the screen is the most common way to defend it. Even diving under the screen has got to get better results than what we are seeing right now!! What is so hard to understand about that? Do we not have players with good bball IQ's or it is it some hard to understand defense you're teaching? Stop "out thinking yourself and get back to basic, fundamental defense! WTF are you doing Fran??
It's pretty damn obvious that EVERY B1G team has the blueprint for how to beat us by simply driving to the lane for lay-ups and dunks. This is a carryover from LAST YEAR and has never been solved. If you can't figure out how to stop this most simple of offenses, TURN IN YOUR RESIGNATION, please!
I've been a life-long Hawkeye fan but now I'm sick to my stomach of your failures!
Feel free to give Fran a few coaching tips of your own.