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<blockquote data-quote="lv20gt" data-source="post: 671921" data-attributes="member: 2299"><p>First off, I think people are remembering the first year offense a little favorably. It had an identity, but it wasn't overly efficient.</p><p></p><p>Second, when it comes to scheme, Basketball is much less of a defined sport than football. Football the offense can call set plays every single time, because there is a definitive beginning and end and for the most part the defense is the one reacting. The defense can dictate that you do some things and not do others, but that's a relatively small number of things. The opposite is true in basketball for the most part. The way the defense is defending greatly determines what the offense has to do and so offense in basketball is more about concepts than a hard and fast scheme. There are obvious exceptions but that's true in general. There's a reason Cuse runs zone against everything while a team that runs the weave only does it for part of a game. </p><p></p><p>Third, and broad scheme we did implement would probably be very reliant on our three year starting PG. Take away Lammers from that first year's team and we suddenly don't run that scheme anymore. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Devoe may have came up as a point guard but he doesn't have the mentality or instincts of one. A play early yesterday that made that clear is when Banks got the ball 30 feet away from the basket and was looking for an release Devoe tried to set up a back cut. Conceptually it made sense due to the way the defense was playing him, but the situation on the court dictated that Devoe fight to get the ball not run a back cut. The same is true for Parham. How often this year has Moses gotten a rebound and both guards started streaking down the sideline looking to catch the defense before they are set for a good shot and nobody coming back towards Moses to get the ball. Far too often and that demonstrates a SG's mentality rather than a PG. </p><p></p><p>A PG will leak out in that situation, but only when he knows it's safe for an outlet pass to be thrown to him. If the pass isn't open, he shouldn't be streaking down the court. But too often Bubba and Devoe do just that and then people yell at Moses for making a stupid pass when it leads to a turnover. Now when Jose is back, yeah, those two should go set up for shots and Jose should be the one worrying about getting open and be the one Moses (or Banks or Cole) look to outlet to. Until then though, they need to have an understanding of what the team needs of them. And yes, both have the skills to be a PG. It takes more than ball handling to be a PG though, and it's showing with the small things. </p><p></p><p>It would be a very different situation had Jose gone pro or something last year and we had to plan around him not being available. But that isn't the case. We look like a team that is missing a veteran PG. Maybe that's because we are just a bad offensive team with poor offensive coaching. Or it could be because we're missing a 3 year starting PG. If only we had the opportunity to wait and see which of those might be the case before making broad generalizations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lv20gt, post: 671921, member: 2299"] First off, I think people are remembering the first year offense a little favorably. It had an identity, but it wasn't overly efficient. Second, when it comes to scheme, Basketball is much less of a defined sport than football. Football the offense can call set plays every single time, because there is a definitive beginning and end and for the most part the defense is the one reacting. The defense can dictate that you do some things and not do others, but that's a relatively small number of things. The opposite is true in basketball for the most part. The way the defense is defending greatly determines what the offense has to do and so offense in basketball is more about concepts than a hard and fast scheme. There are obvious exceptions but that's true in general. There's a reason Cuse runs zone against everything while a team that runs the weave only does it for part of a game. Third, and broad scheme we did implement would probably be very reliant on our three year starting PG. Take away Lammers from that first year's team and we suddenly don't run that scheme anymore. Devoe may have came up as a point guard but he doesn't have the mentality or instincts of one. A play early yesterday that made that clear is when Banks got the ball 30 feet away from the basket and was looking for an release Devoe tried to set up a back cut. Conceptually it made sense due to the way the defense was playing him, but the situation on the court dictated that Devoe fight to get the ball not run a back cut. The same is true for Parham. How often this year has Moses gotten a rebound and both guards started streaking down the sideline looking to catch the defense before they are set for a good shot and nobody coming back towards Moses to get the ball. Far too often and that demonstrates a SG's mentality rather than a PG. A PG will leak out in that situation, but only when he knows it's safe for an outlet pass to be thrown to him. If the pass isn't open, he shouldn't be streaking down the court. But too often Bubba and Devoe do just that and then people yell at Moses for making a stupid pass when it leads to a turnover. Now when Jose is back, yeah, those two should go set up for shots and Jose should be the one worrying about getting open and be the one Moses (or Banks or Cole) look to outlet to. Until then though, they need to have an understanding of what the team needs of them. And yes, both have the skills to be a PG. It takes more than ball handling to be a PG though, and it's showing with the small things. It would be a very different situation had Jose gone pro or something last year and we had to plan around him not being available. But that isn't the case. We look like a team that is missing a veteran PG. Maybe that's because we are just a bad offensive team with poor offensive coaching. Or it could be because we're missing a 3 year starting PG. If only we had the opportunity to wait and see which of those might be the case before making broad generalizations. [/QUOTE]
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