06-27-2019, 08:13 AM | #41 | |
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McNeal was brought here to push pace and he will do that. As long as he is not trying to do too much he should be just fine. He won't need to. I think we replace Jenifer and Broome fairly well. The biggest question will be how we minimize the loss of Brooks. That seems far more up in the air to me. |
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06-27-2019, 08:29 AM | #42 | |
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But how can we get Keith loose in space? How will Brannen use Scott to make things easier for him? How is the passing and spacing going to open things up to make things easier? How is pushing pace and taking the first good shot going to increase efficiency? I can't imagine a scenario where our overall defense will be better but if we can get points off the press it could minimize the half court differential. At worst it should be a more exciting brand of basketball. At best who knows? |
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06-27-2019, 08:42 AM | #43 |
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Another thing that keeps coming back to me is something Terry Nelson said. "Get ready to hear a lot about on time on target passing". Sounds like something any coach would say but perhaps not a major focal point. If I had a dollar for every missed or late entry pass to the post I could be rich. If you wait until the defender has position you have lost the advantage.
Same goes on the perimeter. I look for better spacing, quicker passing and more reversals but the focus being on hitting the target so a shooter (already in shooting position) doesn't have to relocate his center of gravity. It's little things like that I can't wait to see. Our perimeter passing has been pretty awful and it gets stalled out a lot letting defenders catch up. You have to tire out a defense and keep them off balance to open up shots and driving lanes. This is all on top of going balls to the wall full court each way. We walked it up WAYYYYY too much taking our advantage away by getting up court while the defense was not settled. And we didn't press full court much. Last edited by waterhead; 06-27-2019 at 08:51 AM. |
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Hopefully this coach won't micromanage the team calling EVERY play. The defining moment was when Jenifer got his pocket picked while Cronin was bending his ear on what play to run. Just give them guidance and play sets and let them run the floor. UCLA fans won't be happy when their team averages 70 points per game.
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06-27-2019, 09:45 AM | #46 |
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Jaevin shot a ton of 3's last year at a high % and from video a good portion of them were not anything as easy as Jenifer would shoot. From what I hear he is not a big time play maker off the bounce.
McNeal is a PG who is fast. There is nothing from his efficiency numbers that any coach would be interested in. I am putting two and two together here. |
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Lance McAlister said last night to prepare for some bearcats "breaking news" within the next day or two. Could be basketball or football, either way I am intrigued.
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06-27-2019, 12:37 PM | #49 | |
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The kids are working hard under Brannen and Rehfeldt just look at the latest videos and pics. I don't think Brannen is just going to let these kids loose to do what they want. He has a system just like Cronin did. If you are good at executing the system...you will play. If you want to freelance...you probably won't. We know how Cronin operated but that doesn't mean Brannen isn't going to have his own pet peeves. It seems you are selling him a bit short because of unknowns before he even gets out there. Cronin micro managed the game and had impressive results in regular season. There is a style between micro managing and free for all. And I don't think brannen is going to forget about defense and effort |
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06-27-2019, 03:05 PM | #50 |
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2017 the frontcourt was better than this team and that's it, I'm taking 19 backcourt and bench depth. Mcneal is PERFECT PG for this team pushing the pace, I bet small wager he avg over 5ast game.
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