I heard from a source that Sanchez told the team he would not install any offensive system until they figured out the defense first. Heās proving a point that defense alone can keep you in the game even without an offensive system of any sort.
Once they buy in to the defenseā¦he will begin working an installing an offensive system with sets and plays to runā¦but not until then.
Okā¦I made all of that upā¦but you gotta admit it makes more sense than believing we are actually running a college offense of any kind at this point, right?
He IS calling set offensive plays. They guys just arenāt executing. That is why Milos sat out the second half. He didnt set the pick right, he asked him if thatās what he was taught to do, Milos said no. So he subbed him out, and with Mangum setting strong picks the way he was, Milos didnt see action again.
Bottom line is, Sanchez isnt taking crap from anyone. Playing 21 goes to show that all you have to do is listen to the coach, and do what he tells you. He jumped Mangum for setting weak screens, and we he started playing well, he was rewarded and we scored. He is constantly on the guys for not shooting, and slowing down the game when they shouldnāt.
Like I said after the OSU game, itās going to be a long year, but Ron will have us where we need to be sooner than later.
Anyone on here sit behind the bench and can hear what and how Ron Sanchez is talking to the players? From across the court it appears like he is coaching the players every chance he gets but with a stern tough love type of approach. Is he cussing? Berating? Coaching them up? I like the actively coaching during the game, reminds me of lutz.
I sit behind and he jumps them for not doing the simple things. When he is about to let them get back in, he reminds them what they did wrong, and to correct it. No cursing, just real stern. He coaches offense in almost every huddle, but preaches strong D constantly.
Ugly, ugly, ugly basketball game.
At least we figured out a way to get the W.
I understand we are going to have a lot of growing pains, and thatās okā¦
Iām trusting Hill, Sanchez and the āplanā, but an average fan that may have
been at last nights game just to have a peekā¦
may never come back.
Seriously though, watch off the ball next time. We run a high ball screen to one side, the screener cuts and is not open. We swing the ball to the other side. Same screener sets high ball screen on other side and repeats. Mangum set about 1000 screens last night. We repeat it over and over. That is litterally all we are doing on offense right now.
I am not so much worried about the offense. If we can keep teams under 40 we will be in any game. That will be unreasonable for most of the season, but we already know it is going to be a long season. The important thing for me is to see improvement from the players. Take Davis for example. I know that he can score, but this season will do as much for him reaching the professional levels as the past 3 combined. He is learning how important it is to play defense and how much effort it takes.
Davidson is going to be a tough game. 1st road game for the freshmen and it will be a hostile environment. At least it will be closer to a high school sized gym like they have been used to.
We all knew when we hired Sanchez that we were going to have ugly games just like UVA is known. I think most of us agreed that we would rather win 52-50 than lose 94-90. I agree that our offense is inept currently, but our defense is at a level never seen by a Ninersā team. I hated that we could not get a shot off last night, but it was great basketball on the defensive end watching the other team not being able to get into their offense till the shot clock was under 10 seconds.
This is going to be the only way we can stay in most games, so if is kinda of like a birdie on the golf course when you hit the ball into the wood, then chip out, and then hole it from the fairway, It still have a birdie on the card like we were able to put a W beside last nightās game.
Average fan has not been coming to our games in 5 years.
Win more than you lose and fans will return. We all knew year was going to be a struggle. Solid D should keep us in every game and as soon as Ron can trust our D to be there every game Iām sure the offense will evolve. I talked to him at the coaches caravan and asked about offense. He said contrary to popular belief at Virginia we didnāt tell kids not to shoot. We just told them smart shots and no turnovers. He said we will run when we can but not at the expense of the game getting away from them.
Longwood did a good job staying in Davisā face all night. Often they double-teamed him whenever he touched the ball. Their stud, Isaiah Walton, averages 19.2 points per gameāwe held him to 12. Both teams seemed determined to make the other players beat them, and luckily we did.
The Davidson game will be a great teaching experience for Sanchez.
Unless something changes between now and then, McKillop will eat us alive with the high pick and roll
and back screens. Our bigs are struggling with switches on D.
