It’s that time of year when what happened last week or this season, is irrelevant other than for seeding purposes. The guiding principles are the following:
1) Prepare for each long weekend like it is a season.
2) No celebration night after the first win of the weekend, only celebrate the night of the second night victory for that one night.
3) A new season,should bring new ideas. The time of debating the Double Big is over, time to implement it when it is most needed. Only a major paradigm shift will win it all for us, time to roll the dice regardless of what we should have done months ago.
4) No standing out of bounds before receiving a pass. Whoever does that should immediately be shown the bench. Allowing it, is an indicator that it’s ok not to have our heads in the game.
5) Andre starts the game on the baseline and let’s the game come to him on offense. No more schemes that put him on the 3 line pretending he’s going to open up the lane. Free him to do all the wonderful things he does (defensive stopper, rebound, assists, layups, push the ball). Also, a good 3 will come later in the flow.
5) Know who your First Team Big East guys are and run plays for them to get them going. Put our 90% foul shooter on the line and our 58% FG guy in the paint dominating.
6) Play the zone that may comfort Danny to play Double Bigs. Do I sound like George Blaney talking to Coach Calhoun regarding a zone?
7) Act like you have been there before. No fancy French pastry passes. A good pass is a simple catchable one that leads to a score. Know your teammates sweet spots, hands and vision. A fancy high velocity pass out of bounds doesn’t achieve our mission.
8) Move the ball, more your body and set sound screens. Know the shot clock as well.
9) Read the refs early, what they allow and what they will call. Make adjustments. Reaching is no excuse for fundamental defensive positioning with your feet. Keep the guy between the knees. Try to avoid mismatch gifts our high hedge defense gives our opponents. No two guys on one, while we leave a better shooter open. We should only switch from our man, if we have to. Mr Sanogo?
10) Enjoy and have fun! Love and respect the game.
1) Prepare for each long weekend like it is a season.
2) No celebration night after the first win of the weekend, only celebrate the night of the second night victory for that one night.
3) A new season,should bring new ideas. The time of debating the Double Big is over, time to implement it when it is most needed. Only a major paradigm shift will win it all for us, time to roll the dice regardless of what we should have done months ago.
4) No standing out of bounds before receiving a pass. Whoever does that should immediately be shown the bench. Allowing it, is an indicator that it’s ok not to have our heads in the game.
5) Andre starts the game on the baseline and let’s the game come to him on offense. No more schemes that put him on the 3 line pretending he’s going to open up the lane. Free him to do all the wonderful things he does (defensive stopper, rebound, assists, layups, push the ball). Also, a good 3 will come later in the flow.
5) Know who your First Team Big East guys are and run plays for them to get them going. Put our 90% foul shooter on the line and our 58% FG guy in the paint dominating.
6) Play the zone that may comfort Danny to play Double Bigs. Do I sound like George Blaney talking to Coach Calhoun regarding a zone?
7) Act like you have been there before. No fancy French pastry passes. A good pass is a simple catchable one that leads to a score. Know your teammates sweet spots, hands and vision. A fancy high velocity pass out of bounds doesn’t achieve our mission.
8) Move the ball, more your body and set sound screens. Know the shot clock as well.
9) Read the refs early, what they allow and what they will call. Make adjustments. Reaching is no excuse for fundamental defensive positioning with your feet. Keep the guy between the knees. Try to avoid mismatch gifts our high hedge defense gives our opponents. No two guys on one, while we leave a better shooter open. We should only switch from our man, if we have to. Mr Sanogo?
10) Enjoy and have fun! Love and respect the game.
