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Message: [QUOTE="JordyG, post: 3305004, member: 6819"] If you noticed at UT standing around for the ball [B]was[/B] the offense, and so it was at NC. Neither school employed a motion offense, while UT's concept was the worst, using an archaic double post, dump it in tactic in the quarter court, and press/transition on the inbounds. No one set screens and helping on defense was optional. In fact, Holly's teams were one of the worst when in came to switching and getting back onto your mark. No one learned the little things like how to pass to a cutting team mate, how each person needs to receive the pass where they like it, effective motion away and toward the basket, how to attack a zone through either ball reversal or flooding the zone (and since Holly like Pat abhorred the 3 long shots for most where not an option), how to set a screen, how to cut off a screen, how to use your spots on the floor and on and on. Yeah, she shot poorly from 3, but Holly hated the 3 and Diamond was practically their only option. Holly's offense was dump it in and when that failed, create for yourself and your team mates. As Allan Iverson once said, "30 seonds on the clock, I pass it to one guy, he passes to another, he passes to another, 10 secs left on the clock the ball comes back to me. What do you want me to do?" Diamond frequently found herself in that situation at UT. I mean, Geno teaches there are 7 options off of every offensive position for Pete's sake. Yes, she's a better pro, but not necessarily because it suits her game, but because she's received better coaching, for the first time, and constructive criticism on her game. When she was in college I constantly criticized her jump shot. I believed that in all the four years she played she never had a consistent jump which constantly changed her loft and release point. Watch her now and that's changed. No one doubts Aubrey's talent. No one questions the fact that at UConn she's going to get the coaching she needs and every opportunity to fulfill her potential. But to deny my initial conceit that she is indeed raw seems nonsensical to me. In my eyes most players come out of HS raw, and few show polish in most areas. As I've said, time will tell. [/QUOTE]

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