I feel like Iāve watched us bring the ball over half court then just dribble or pass back and forth until clock is around 12 seconds for most of our season.
Yea they will press an obvious advantage like a 2-1 break but the half court sure seems to be about working the clock down.
Too often it means we end up with a Rushed shot often times
By shep as he tried to create something from nothing.
As far as kids learning the system if Brice and Jahmir and Shep are still learning this system we need to pick a different system. We canāt be running something that take 2-3 years for kids to learn.
I donāt see how you can have a system designed to look for the best shot that doesnāt run offensive sets. We run a mover blocker, and most of the time, other than swing passes on the perimeter and some slashers, we have our 5 running the softest picks in the history of human kind at the top of the key and no other screens. You are never going to be in the best shot position this way, because you are not created diversion and misdirection for the defense. We only tend to get really good looks if their defense completely breaks down. We are easy to guard even by inefficient defenses because we do the exact same thing every time and frequently end up in scenarios with the ball in our hands and time winding down because we donāt have any sort of set plays.
I hope they continue to play 2 bigs together like they did in the second UAB game. Two bigs should be able to do a better job as the blockers setting screens. Our guys are not great at setting screens but 2 half ass screens are better than 1. It may not work against every opponent but we did look much better with those lineups so I hope they try that more.
What Iāve seen when they do what you mention (and youāre right that they do this quite a bit) is players receiving the ball and looking for an open back door cut, then passing it around the perimeter to look from a different angle. But they keep doing this until late in the shot clock, when things seem to slow, and then there is some standing around and watching. Seems like we need to shift to other ways to strain the defense earlier in the shot clock so thereās time to get an OK look, rather than keep waiting for the easy look to appear. And if we are going to isolate late in the clock, then we need to be sure the ball is in Youngās hands the majority of the time (or Williams if heās hot).
Youāre right that Young and Shepherd (and Supica) should know the system by now. I would just say that Williams still seems to be getting comfortable about when to shoot it after hardly playing last year, and the new guys seem hesitant. Not sure if thatās the offensive system, or some other issue (harping on mistakes, overall lack of confidence, fatigue, bad matchups, etc.). I would guess the coach is emphasizing patience, so that may have a lot of guys hesitant to make strong moves. Thereās patience to pass up tough shots earlier in the shot clock, and thereās passing up a good opportunity, may be hard to learn the difference and to learn when a tougher shot is still appropriate.
And as I said above, it may be that we really shouldnāt be running this offense if itās going to take so long to get comfortable.
From what I understand we run a Princeton style that is similar to mover blocker in some aspects, but is not the same. I also understand that the offense was actually brought from coach Kimble. It is what they run at William & Mary during his time there. So what you call an offensive set, is just a different variation of the the Princeton offense in the offense that Charlotte runs. There are a few variations such as bringing the center to the top (we run 85% of the time) and others where you donāt. There is a lot of information on this out there so I wonāt spend time explaining the picks and taking or donāt taking them.
The problem is not learning it, it is learning how your teammates react in it. Since the cutter chooses to go or stop depending on the defenders position the passer has to decide and react quickly. This is why the passer is late on the cutter and holds the ball often. The longer they play together the better, but transfers are killing that continuity.