3/4ths of the coaches in this league would easily have our team in the top 3 this year. We have insane talent. Myles rice was amazing last year. Woody wants him to give it to Ballo at the top of the key.
I question the idea that our talent is insane. We have more talent than last year, but the same level of coaching.
Coaching will trump our talent this year.
Cav,
This team won’t make the ncaa this year
Isn’t it insane, giving the ball at the top of the key to Ballo to start the offense? Just makes my blood boil.
No it's not insane, it's a Princeton high post set, generally going into a sideline zoom, with other options available and it's not the whole offense.. lmao. Some of you are hilarious, you ask for movement and off ball screening and when we run something with movement and off ball screening, you complain, just to complain, without even understanding what you're complaining about.
We run that set but when we throw to the post nobody moves. The female announcer in Bahamas pointed it out a number of times.
I think our defense is really why we suck so much. Our constant over helping and switching is so bad. We are lost always. Everyone has to be on the same page, and we aren’t even reading the same book.
There's movement while the set is run. No one needs to move on the post entry pass especially when they're the guy on the 3 line with their defender 10' away from them. The ball needs to move.. The problem isn't the set, it's too much emphasis on big to big passing, or post scoring, instead of inside out passing. We need more balance.
It’s positioning …watch how many times the wing defender is in a position that is not fundamentally sound. Ass facing lane as opposed to baseline. Elementary stuff.
We need an inside out game or a cutter moving to the ball. We have zero offensive rebounding also with the way we stand around the perimeter
A lot of teams do it and Ballo proved early against Gonzaga that he was effective. The action before entry is awful and our gaurds can't consistently create a good entry angle. And there is that part where Ballo and our gaurds routinely get outrun to the other end.
There's a two cutters on that play, plus a weakside shift, and multiple other options.
I don’t see them making it either. The whole non conference schedule was dependent on a good showing in the Bahamas and we shit the bed. Nothing is going to change as far as how we play. Occasionally we will out talent someone, but we will never be able to beat good teams consistently with Woodson on our sideline. I would guess we are looking at a .500 record in the B1G.
Sorry I disagree. It’s not effective. Just a few times as a trial, I like to see MaBako, a wing and three guards run a five out offense. Doesn’t have to be all the time. Of course it’s never going to happen. We’re going to dribble dribble dribble force it down low and more plodding dribble dribble dribble.
transition to what? looking for the best place to go stand
If your sliding your feet.Or let's say running beside your defender..
Personally I am just a little below "wishful thinking". Teams can change over the season but IU teams are consistent under Woodson. I see a lot of B1G teams that are going to give them trouble. This IU team is still not tough enough to win a close ballgame on the road in the B1G. I think they will find UCLA and Oregon to be a lot more athletic than B1G teams they have played in the past.
Like I said the other day, IU will get an upset win or two this year like always, win a few games in a row to get our hopes up and then lose 5 in a row to drive us insane. At the most they are a bubble team come March.
You forgot the stand, stand, stand and then hand it off to the player next to you drawing your defender to the ball. Teams will take away Reneau and Mgbako's 3 point shots, then what?
He said at the beginning of the year that he wanted to get out and run more this season. Can't do that unless you play good D and rebound. That's just as frustrating to me as all the talk about free flowing modern offense. He just talks to talk at this point.
At this point, I honestly think he's just really, really bad at teaching/implementing these things. You can tell they're trying different things, especially offensively. But the ball dies, waaayyyy too much. My best educated guess is with the defense being as poor as it is, that in practice they're pretty effective with getting good looks with the various offensive stuff we run, within a couple passes. So there aren't a lot of teaching moments naturally available for the offensive side. So when opponents in games do take away some things, they really aren't equipped to keep the ball movement going...and it degrades down to ISO ball, long jumpers off the dribble, late shot clock attempts, etc...
We've seen the ISO, long 2s late in the clock, and standing around watching the post for the last 3 seasons. I'm afraid it's not a bug in the system that needs to be corrected; rather, it's a feature.
I suppose one could be talking about just players when using the word “talent”. Coaching will determine how successful a team is with the talent.
Our post play has been a black hole for the offense. TJD improved in that aspect, but passing out of the post is poor. What percentage of post player assists are to another big, seems high to me? The post to post assists may result is some good shots (lob / dunks), but they don’t make the offense more dynamic.
I've yet to see UCLA, Wash, Ore, or Nebraska play a minute. I've caught at least stretches of everyone else. It looks to me like the conference will be tough, and the Zags gave everyone the blueprint for defending us.
