Going Forward

[krinklecut]

Seriously though, better TO management and more consequences for bad decision making on the court. Rip a player out after a bad mistake. Make them want to impress you.

 

[Hugo]

Move the ball and cut down on one guy dribbling the ball and going nowhere until there's 7 seconds left on the shot clock. Move the ball side to side, use back screens to free someone up, and please throw the ball into the post a couple of times to keep the D honest. Have the bigs actually look to shoot or maybe even pass back out to someone outside. Keep the ball moving and the D guessing to open things up. And try to grab an offensive rebound at some point.

 

[Sphinx]

If you thought the case against KO was groundless, read this thread. It is the detailed indictment.

 

[Kitaman]

Reduce the 3 point shots, especially if the player(s) is missing them. Green light only Vital all others get leashes.

Also start subbing when mental mistakes and lack of hustle occurs to send message, no ego is bigger than the team.

Get Jalen to run this team and not wait until desperation to 'take over'. He's our best player and its okay to ride his back.

End the celebratory and in-game yappin, we need to let our work speak for itself. Humility needs to be injected and awareness.

Find a way to eliminate slow starts with positive adjustments. Easier said than done, but if your gameplan ain't working in the beginning change it. If you are relying on outside shooting go inside. If one player is cold find the hot one.

Stop Larrier from dribbling so much, and relatedly stop the ball pounding by our guards. The top of the key seems to be our ball magnet on offense, its so strong the ball gets stuck there for 10-15 seconds.

Identify each players strength (the staff already knows it) and use it continually. In college no need to have multi-dimensional skills particularly for the younger players (freshman and sophomores). For example if Larrier is a catch and shoot guy then continually put him in position to catch and shoot. If Carlton has good footwork and a baby hook then get him in position to use it.

Ok its now time for me to check out of this Holiday Inn, the maid is knocking.

 

[Guapo]

Great posts so far, everyone.

Thank you.

 

[gtcam]

Larrier is the perfect player for this.

As was DHam and, to a lesser extent, Shonn Miller; but he seems so reluctant to run that offense, doesn't he?

He might get banged into and perhaps get hurt
He's saving himself for all the teams with lottery picks??!!

 

[Guapo]

He might get banged into and perhaps get hurt
He's saving himself for all the teams with lottery picks??!!

He's showing them plenty in all those isolation sets

 

[Tenspro2002]

Which is dumb. I remember a game at XL against Stanford back in November of 2013 where we were undefeated and up 10 at half. Dawkins then came out with a wacky 1-3-1 zone where the hole was right at the free thow line. Ollie for some unknown reason didn't tell them to put Daniels in the middle and so we continued passing around the perimeter the whole half. We score about 12 points that half and lost by 10. From that point forward, people have played zones on us a lot more because they know Ollie can't adjust to them.

That was the first time I really questioned KO as a coach.

It looked dumb a few months later, but more appropriate in the years that followed.

 

[gtcam]

Micro level? Stop pretending like a win in overtime vs a 1-4 Ivy team is somehow a blessing from god and a good win for the UNI is a start...Deep down Ollie knows that is BS but he has peddled that BS long enough to where he is starting to believe it IMO.

Teach the kids how to box out. Though I saw a few impressive rebounds from the guards and MD.
More of an inside/out game.
Stop settling for 3s.

That Ivy league team played a few very high ranked teams closely this year and is not the easiest to match up with - good thing their guard had an off night
inside/out isn't going to work until the bigs learn that type of game- never used that in HS
boxing out is an art - AB played 4 years and didn't do it, Miller was a tough player but he didn't have the technique at all - it is an essential part of the game and one I would like to see also
Settling for 3's is maddening but at times it the only option unless AG, JA or CV are driving - just do not have the experience or in some cases, the skills of the bigs and wings to generate an offensive flow that would shake things up - at least right now
Its frustrating.......................................................

 

[8893]

I want to see Ollie standing more, prowling the sideline, yelling from the box at both players and refs.

Thank you.