I d love to see clingan/Adama for 2-3 min a half

[JustbrewitMan]

I deliberately waited a couple of days to let this thread get filled out with funny posts. Great read over Friday AM coffee.

That said, I think it would be hilarious if we did this in-game and one of them accidentally posted the other up on offense since they’re so used to doing it for hours each week during practice.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

I read the title and see 2 responses I could offer. One is arguably obnoxious, which I'd rather not be, and the other relies upon a combination of inference & fact. I think both would be accurate if I offered them. Neither is what I want to be doing right now.

What a dilemma.

Maybe we just have different definitions of the word “multiple”.

 

[willie99]

13-0, ranked 1 or 2 in the country

I can't top that. Going to let Dan coach the team. My job is the ride the officials

 

[Get a Job]

I read the title and see 2 responses I could offer. One is arguably obnoxious, which I'd rather not be, and the other relies upon a combination of inference & fact. I think both would be accurate if I offered them. Neither is what I want to be doing right now.

What a dilemma.

Which one of the responses was, "Oh yeah, I guess you're right. At least once per half is indeed multiple times."? You should have gone with that one

 

[tzznandrew]

They are largely different issues. But I think many who want the double big are trapped in an old-style thinking, and as evidence for that I suggested —and I quote myself—"many of the same people" couldn't see Jackson as an offensive initiator. They are "married" if you insist in that each take stems from a similar way of viewing the game—one that hasn't been relevant in at least a decade.

 

[ARIDE]

It’s a novel idea

Would have like them together against GT in a zone..GT can't shoot outside..game may have been a big blowout if we force them to take more 3's or deeper shots.

 

[Scrappy3]

I only suggested this for x that karaban was not producing. He’s had 2-3 games where his shot goes off and he isn’t defending up to par.
It also rewards the players by allowing Adama to show off his burgeoning mobile 4 skills and giving clingan more opportunity which he has earned. It’s not really a double big concept—it’s putting Adama in the mobile 4 position for 2-3 minutes.
It would give us another situational look just like going small last game

 

[August_West]

Would have like them together against GT in a zone..GT can't shoot outside..game may have been a big blowout if we force them to take more 3's or deeper shots.

Hurley would just as soon wear a dress on the sideline than play a zone against a team that has lost 21 straight league games. He'd have to turn in his man card.


I don't question your premise in a general sense. Georgetown would be a great team to zone. Syracuse crushed them. I just don't think we are going to see much zone this year at all. We are too good defensively in some really high level areas and Hurley, like Calhoun, holds his nose when forced to play zone. He's all about toughness and man to man.

 

[Rico444]

I only suggested this for x that karaban was not producing. He’s had 2-3 games where his shot goes off and he isn’t defending up to par.
It also rewards the players by allowing Adama to show off his burgeoning mobile 4 skills and giving clingan more opportunity which he has earned. It’s not really a double big concept—it’s putting Adama in the mobile 4 position for 2-3 minutes.
It would give us another situational look just like going small last game

Problem is, I don't know how much success Adama has on the perimeter when he's being defended by a stretch 4 instead of a center.

 

[Scrappy3]

Problem is, I don't know how much success Adama has on the perimeter when he's being defended by a stretch 4 instead of a center.

He’s a very good player— I would never worry who’s guarding him

 

[August_West]

He’s a very good player— I would never worry who’s guarding him

Adama is a center in college. Start and end.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Problem is, I don't know how much success Adama has on the perimeter when he's being defended by a stretch 4 instead of a center.

I think any opposing team would be very happy to face a UConn lineup where Sanogo’s default is to play on the perimeter as opposing to ragdolling their center in the post.

 

[MuchoDogYears]

At tourney time playing them together for a short stretch might be a necessary adjustment.

Can’t wait til then to get this lineup working, give it a go during the season in spots where it makes sense.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

At tourney time playing them together for a short stretch might be a necessary adjustment.

Can’t wait til then to get this lineup working, give it a go during the season in spots where it makes sense.

I feel like I need someone to tell me what team and lineup we'll be facing where this is going to make sense. If Samson Johnson comes back with anything close to the level of play that was expected of him this year, I feel like an already tiny use case for the AS/DC lineup gets even smaller.