hawkeye12345
Well-Known Member
It's the system.
And to be honest with you, I can't even tell you what the "system" is. This I do know. When you watch the players play they have a little more talent individually than most of us are giving them credit for. They seem to be held back with this stupid a$$ dribble around the perimeter, try and use a high screen, short pass, dribble more around the perimeter, shot clock running down, huck up a shot from beyond the arc and nobody is in position to get a good offensive rebound. Well, atleast nobody but Fuller.
We run a pick and roll but we never, and I mean never, give the ball to the rolling player. Kenyon Murray hit it on the nose when he said something along these lines, 'bigs in the Big10 have more athletic ability and are able to step out and defend this play'. I took away that this might work in the mid-major level, but not on the big stage night in and night out which I agree with.
This is league of athletic 6'9 and taller players - just like every other major conference.
And here is my final rant of the night:
For those of you that have the game on your DVR, go back and watch the first 5 minutes of the game and watch Lick. What do you see? You see a coach sitting on the bench with his head resting on the palm of his hand and his elbows on his knees, sitting. Almost not even interested in whats going on in the game. No enthusiasm, no emotion, just, ho hum, another college basketball game. How many D1 coaches do you know that show such a lack of emotion and interest in whats going on?
And to be honest with you, I can't even tell you what the "system" is. This I do know. When you watch the players play they have a little more talent individually than most of us are giving them credit for. They seem to be held back with this stupid a$$ dribble around the perimeter, try and use a high screen, short pass, dribble more around the perimeter, shot clock running down, huck up a shot from beyond the arc and nobody is in position to get a good offensive rebound. Well, atleast nobody but Fuller.
We run a pick and roll but we never, and I mean never, give the ball to the rolling player. Kenyon Murray hit it on the nose when he said something along these lines, 'bigs in the Big10 have more athletic ability and are able to step out and defend this play'. I took away that this might work in the mid-major level, but not on the big stage night in and night out which I agree with.
This is league of athletic 6'9 and taller players - just like every other major conference.
And here is my final rant of the night:
For those of you that have the game on your DVR, go back and watch the first 5 minutes of the game and watch Lick. What do you see? You see a coach sitting on the bench with his head resting on the palm of his hand and his elbows on his knees, sitting. Almost not even interested in whats going on in the game. No enthusiasm, no emotion, just, ho hum, another college basketball game. How many D1 coaches do you know that show such a lack of emotion and interest in whats going on?
