General questions I have. Does he always play man to man or does he mix in a zone? Does he run the same system as his father/brother? Does he run the same system he ran at St. B? How animated does he get on the sideline? How hard does he work the refs?
How animated does he get on the sideline? How hard does he work the refs?
BoooooI'd be "PSY"ched if they played Gangnam Style
Good, I would love nothing more than to never see Uconn play zone again.I think the frequency with which he played zone at URI, was about the same as frequency for snow in Phoenix...in fairness... likely contingent on personnel...
Gets VERY animated on the sideline...(scale of 1-10, probably an 8, down from 11 two years ago)...has scaled back working refs, but certainly no slacker in that regard.
Good, I would love nothing more than to never see Uconn play zone again.
I think the frequency with which he played zone at URI, was about the same as frequency for snow in Phoenix...in fairness... likely contingent on personnel...
Gets VERY animated on the sideline...(scale of 1-10, probably an 8, down from 11 two years ago)...has scaled back working refs, but certainly no slacker in that regard.
I don't think anybody's gonna be wowed by his offense. At least from what I saw at URI. Coming in, this is something that I thought was one of his weaker areas.
It's not going to be like Ollie's, mind you, but don't expect a thing of beauty. I imagine what I saw at URI was a function of personnel. Hopefully he tailors it to what he has.
Hurley favors man to man, but at Wagner and in his early years at URI he would switch defenses a lot -- not to the extent JC did when first at UConn, but there were some zones thrown in to change things up.
I don't think anybody's gonna be wowed by his offense. At least from what I saw at URI. Coming in, this is something that I thought was one of his weaker areas.
It's not going to be like Ollie's, mind you, but don't expect a thing of beauty. I imagine what I saw at URI was a function of personnel. Hopefully he tailors it to what he has.
I think we just spent the last few years playing Gangnam stylve because we were on our way to becoming as irrelevant as PSYI'd be "PSY"ched if they played Gangnam Style
If you're equating "pretty" to a motion offense, then no, you won't call it pretty. The offense is based off of spacing and dribble penetration.
Primarily man-to-man with an emphasis on 1) protecting the 3-point line and 2) generating turnovers. This sometimes comes at the expense of rebounding, at which his teams have only been good-not-great. I suspect he signed Yakwe because of his quickness and length – he's a guy who can protect the rim, protect the 3-point line, hedge a pick-and-roll and grab a rebound all on the same possession.General questions I have. Does he always play man to man or does he mix in a zone?
Offensively he ran a motion offense with shared playmaking responsibilities. They were good at generating plays moving toward the hoop, though they didn't generate a ton of open threes. I've yet to see him run a real post offense, though I suspect that's going to be on the menu given how highly he rates Carlton.Does he run the same system as his father/brother?
I doubt it. He's been flexible over the years, willing to tailor his schemes to his personnel.Does he run the same system he ran at St. B?
VERY, and very.How animated does he get on the sideline? How hard does he work the refs?
Music to Chief’s ears.Good, I would love nothing more than to never see Uconn play zone again.
Yeah, I’d imagine that it had to do more with personnel. He also has a really good coaching staff and has already met with Gene and Calhoun and will continue to pick their brainsI don't think anybody's gonna be wowed by his offense. At least from what I saw at URI. Coming in, this is something that I thought was one of his weaker areas.
It's not going to be like Ollie's, mind you, but don't expect a thing of beauty. I imagine what I saw at URI was a function of personnel. Hopefully he tailors it to what he has.
Can watch this game for an idea (shoutout @tcf15)
Side note— I still can’t believe that UConn team wasn’t better. So much talent.