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<blockquote data-quote="MtnWasp" data-source="post: 693812" data-attributes="member: 4110"><p>A few thoughts:</p><p></p><p>Choosing the Princeton offense was really smart for year 1. The team had a miraculous roster of no shooting and no returning production. Again, the Princeton offense was chosen to create spacing to clear the paint for cutters since no one on the team could shoot the ball. Lammers was PERFECT at the high pivot and Okogie was a legit wing threat.</p><p></p><p>For year two they had Lammers, Okogie and Jackson returning and recruited a (supposed) good outside shooter with Haywood and Alvarado. So, I can see where they might want to keep the system. But injuries decimated that team.</p><p></p><p>In year three, the staff added a highly rated outside shooter in Devoe, Haywood shot ~38% from three when he played as a Freshman and got pretty hot at the end of his Freshman year after a slow start. Alvarado shot a similar percentage from three. And I think it is important to remember that Banks was not granted eligibility until the second game. So while Banks was not great for the Princeton offense, the staff didn't know he was going to be eligible until the last minute. So, criticizing the staff for not changing the scheme for Banks in year 3 is a little bit harsh. They TRIED to recruit some 3 point shooters, but Alvarado slumped, Haywood went all mental and Devoe took most of the season to even start to warm up from outside. Then there was the problem of playing Gueye with Banks in a way the exploited their post scoring efficiency without messing up the spacing.</p><p></p><p>I think the argument that we should have scrapped the Princeton offense leading up to this season carries more weight because we knew that Banks and Wright were going to play key roles and neither were well suited for scheme. But I think fans should consider that scrapping a system means a degree of starting over. That is to say, it is a pretty big deal because you are wasting all the coaching you put in to install the system up to that point. </p><p></p><p>In hind sight it is easy to say that the change should have been made earlier, but when a staff is trying to forecast that the pluses will outweigh the negatives of that kind of move, the choice may not be as obvious.</p><p> </p><p>I think the offensive woes are a function of staff upheaval, off the court upheaval and recruiting failure to adequately recruit to the system they had in mind (and some recruits not panning out as expected). But it looks like things may be finally settling out. </p><p></p><p>While I understand the natural reaction to seeing a good adjustment is to ask why it wasn't done 6 months earlier, I prefer to applaud making a pretty bold move that turned out well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MtnWasp, post: 693812, member: 4110"] A few thoughts: Choosing the Princeton offense was really smart for year 1. The team had a miraculous roster of no shooting and no returning production. Again, the Princeton offense was chosen to create spacing to clear the paint for cutters since no one on the team could shoot the ball. Lammers was PERFECT at the high pivot and Okogie was a legit wing threat. For year two they had Lammers, Okogie and Jackson returning and recruited a (supposed) good outside shooter with Haywood and Alvarado. So, I can see where they might want to keep the system. But injuries decimated that team. In year three, the staff added a highly rated outside shooter in Devoe, Haywood shot ~38% from three when he played as a Freshman and got pretty hot at the end of his Freshman year after a slow start. Alvarado shot a similar percentage from three. And I think it is important to remember that Banks was not granted eligibility until the second game. So while Banks was not great for the Princeton offense, the staff didn't know he was going to be eligible until the last minute. So, criticizing the staff for not changing the scheme for Banks in year 3 is a little bit harsh. They TRIED to recruit some 3 point shooters, but Alvarado slumped, Haywood went all mental and Devoe took most of the season to even start to warm up from outside. Then there was the problem of playing Gueye with Banks in a way the exploited their post scoring efficiency without messing up the spacing. I think the argument that we should have scrapped the Princeton offense leading up to this season carries more weight because we knew that Banks and Wright were going to play key roles and neither were well suited for scheme. But I think fans should consider that scrapping a system means a degree of starting over. That is to say, it is a pretty big deal because you are wasting all the coaching you put in to install the system up to that point. In hind sight it is easy to say that the change should have been made earlier, but when a staff is trying to forecast that the pluses will outweigh the negatives of that kind of move, the choice may not be as obvious. I think the offensive woes are a function of staff upheaval, off the court upheaval and recruiting failure to adequately recruit to the system they had in mind (and some recruits not panning out as expected). But it looks like things may be finally settling out. While I understand the natural reaction to seeing a good adjustment is to ask why it wasn't done 6 months earlier, I prefer to applaud making a pretty bold move that turned out well. [/QUOTE]
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