Sh..... don't wake him up.Kind of pointless going on about who should start⌠Briscoe, Green, or Henry we lose. Doesnât make no difference anymore.
Was watching espn last night and saw a short piece on a guy who I canât stand,but respect as a coachâŚBob Knight.He kept talking about how important it was on offense for a team to have lots of movement.I was thinking how little our players move on offense.
I know we have a preponderance of off. challenged players,but it strikes me that our off. coaching is lousyâŚwe do not often put them in a position where they can be successfulâŚmostly its just passing the ball around the perimeter for most of the shotclock.
I need to see a lot better offense,even with the players we have and bring inâŚto convince me that Major is a coach who can take us to the top quarter of our conference.
Our offense generates lots of open looks. We just donât hit them.
First off, I've always preached movement on offense, because it makes things happen. But for some pychological reason, as ineptness creeps in, players tend to stand around even more. Just the opposite should happen. I sit in the stands sometimes screaming MOVE, MOVE, damn it MOVE. It's easy to defend if your man just stands around. Our woeful shooting, I believe is the virus that breeds poor movement.
I've seen most home games over the last 30 years and trust me, this bunch is not as bad as some of you make out. There's more potential in this group than the last 3 or 4 years with Bobby. They're young, inexperienced, and only played together one year so be patient. Good things are on the horizon.I do agree we are getting open looks. Unlike Bobbyâs offense which was really all ball screens, mostly isolating 3 players on one side of the floor we are using the entire floor and swinging the ball for open looks. I would like to see more baseline movement, better use of the high post and more cutting to the basket. We arenât bad at the offense - just bad at hitting shots. When you miss layup after layup and open J after open J it isnât the fault of the offense.
Having another threat to score in the post would be a big help. Either that, or a lights out shooter.
Both, of course, would be prefered.
[quote=âJ Felt, post:64, topic:26379â]Our offense generates lots of open looks. We just donât hit them.[/quote]I agree. The only player that doesnât get many open looks is Braswell, because the other team is often doubling him when he gets the ball (and shading over when heâs posting up). Everyone else is primarily shooting wide open jumpshots. They just rarely hit them.
Itâs hard to successfully run cutters into the basket off the high post when defenses are packing it in as much as they do against the Niners. You need one or two players positioned on the wings to shoot a long jumpshot and punish the D for laying off them to clog the lanes. We really need a sg and/or pg that can hit that open shot from the wings. When Briscoe is hitting (or Barnett is on fire), then the offense works well because things open up for Braswell and cutters. Without that, then it stagnates and leads to turnovers when they force things inside. Iâm not sure how you design an offense to beat a solid packed-in defense if you donât have consistent outside shooters.
^^^ You canât. If we are not hitting long jumpers and outside shots then we have no chance to win. I have seen Williams, Deuce, JB, Mayfield, Henry, Nickerson all have multiple wide open shots a game and just miss them. It is hard to watch. I now feel better with Bras shooting a three than most other guys.
The last few posts have been spot on. We are getting good shots but it's gotten so bad they're hesitant to take'm wide open. Any hesitation drastically affects shots. It's as if " OMG I'm wide open oh sh....!!!! You can't hit 10% with that mind set.I shouldnât lump Barnett in with that. When heâs in for home games, he is an outside threat. Road games drop his percentages to an almost comical degree.
Out of curiosity, I looked up his home and away percentages. For the season to now, Barnett is shooting 56% from 3 at home (35-62) and 24% on the road (14-58). He really has a tough time adjusting to away baskets it seems. That helps explain to a large degree why our offense struggles so much in road games. Itâs not just the refs calling the game differently, itâs also his shooting.
Itâs also why Iâm more hopeful for these next 3 home games. If Barnett is up to his usual home routine, he could really carry the offense.