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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 3376652, member: 1414"] Lots of good comments in here so far. I agree with a lot of it. Calhoun rarely ran what I’d consider pretty offense. Beautiful offense is what we used to see out of Princeton and still see on occasion from some high major clubs. I watch enough KU games to know that Self runs some nice offense at times. It is largely a system designed to beat defenses without having superior athletic talent. We see other teams run it against us often enough. I think our problems stem from several factors. [LIST] [*]Carlton is slow, can’t jump and is an old school back to the basket center. Nothing in Hurley’s offense is designed around such a player. So we either waste him and don‘t feed him (UNH) or we change the offense and feed him often. [*]Lack of motion. Our players have a tendency to stand around and stop moving. They especially do this when we are focused on feeding Josh the ball. Our weave is ineffective and our high ball screen never turns into a pick and roll. Our screeners leave too early and roll too slowly. [*]Our two most dynamic players are freshmen and both are deferential. [*]Our PG and senior SG are not shooting as well as they can and too often must make something happen late in the shot clock because nobody else has made themselves available for a productive pass. [/LIST] There is no easy solution. In general I think we need to overload the interior when we are trying to use Carlton. Post Akok on the opposite side and force the defense to collapse hard. It will take three guys to guard those two down low. We will get either inside layups or open looks from 3. Dribble penetration cannot be the go to with Josh on the court. With Josh out, I think we spread the floor, attack the rim and look for kick outs or cutters to the basket. It’s probably what Dan Hurley wants to run. Like Nova of a few years ago. [/QUOTE]

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