Today was the perfect example...

[ctchamps]

But you don't develop your offense by wasting 25 seconds of the shot clock and watching a guy go 1-on-1 and forcing a bad shot.

You develop your offense by -- hold on a sec, this is complicated -- actually running your offense.

Our "strategy" down the stretch was at best a waste of time and at worst an absolute killer of offensive momentum heading into the next game.

There were a lot of games in that eleven game win streak last season that were won by this philosophy. I don't like watching this style any more than people in this thread, but this is JC's philosophy and he has three NC's. I have zero.

What the coaching staff may determine is that this years group can't be counted on like KW to dribble or pass on the perimeter for 25 seconds and then make a shot or get to the foul line like KW did last season. But it is my guess they are trying to decide that and are willing to sacrifice some minutes at the end of blow out games to determine this. At least that's my attempt to understand the rationale for their decision to slow things down with eight minutes to go when they were playing very efficiently on offense prior to that. If you have a better explanation why they chose to do this I'll be glad to read it.

 

[champs99and04]

Lazy? I have a NY resolution for you. Stop being a hater.

He's right though. This team does get lazy and satisfied when they get a lead. I realize you can't win every game by twenty, but there is definitely a change in the way the team plays after a certain point. I'm not worried about it too much, because yesterday was a pretty easy win, but it is something to keep an eye on moving forward.