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Message: [QUOTE="REB1094, post: 4506973, member: 12147"] Trying to answer all the questions here - What is it about the half that results in such poor playing? [LIST] [*]Other teams adjust. We do not. [/LIST] Are there any set plays that could be run to get points to end scoring droughts? [LIST] [*]Yes, but other teams have them scouted to a tee. We're either going high-low to Sanogo, run Hawkins off a screen, flare for Karaban, or clear out a side and feed Sanogo. If you swarm the offball screens and double Sanogo, we have nothing [/LIST] Does the team have them? [LIST] [*]Yes [/LIST] Do they need more? [LIST] [*]Yes [/LIST] Who are the most aggressive players when we need a basket? [LIST] [*]Nobody, that's the problem. I'd like this to be Hawkins or Newton but Hawkins struggles with ballhandling and Newton lacks confidence [/LIST] What can be done? [LIST] [*]In my opinion, either ditch the rotation and play the best 5 (Jackson/Hawkins/Karaban/Sanogo/Clingan), if that doesn't work then force guys to be more aggressive and adjust to game flow instead of going through set play motions, if that doesn't work then ditch the playbook and re-create it (this would essentially be waving the white flag on this season, so absolute last resort) [/LIST] Can existing personnel learn new tricks? [LIST] [*]The players probably because they're young and still learning. The staff has to put aside egos for it. Short answer is only if they allow themselves to [/LIST] How can you get players to buy into being a different kind of player? [LIST] [*]Give them something in return (more playing time, more shot attempts, free Wings Over for a month) [/LIST] Is it the substitution patterns that kill momentum when it is happening? [LIST] [*]Early in the season our substitution pattern is what destroyed defenses and helped us pull away. Now it seems like players get pulled for doing good things (ie - Hawkins getting pulled when he was on fire because he stepped out of bounds once. Clingan getting pulled most games when he's controlling the paint) [/LIST] How can team improve on turnovers? [LIST] [*]I don't know [/LIST] Are they trying a strategy that isn't good? [LIST] [*]Probably [/LIST] Or are they just getting tight? [LIST] [*]That too [/LIST] How come we can't get as many foul shots as the other teams? [LIST] [*]Because we foul a lot and BE refs are not consistent [/LIST] What are they doing to get so many more, can we do the same? [LIST] [*]Finding and abusing mismatches. We can do the same, for some reason we don't [/LIST] Thanks for tuning in :) [/QUOTE]

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