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<blockquote data-quote="spartansstink" data-source="post: 131212568" data-attributes="member: 1488840"><p>The issues have always been there. Teams now know how to defend us.</p><p></p><p>Let's look at our bread and butter play. A guard dribbles for umpteen seconds until a big flashes to the free throw extended. He receives the pass and then tries to pass in some way down to a big on the block. The big will shoot it every time while 3 or 4 crash down for the almost inevitable miss rebound.</p><p></p><p>This play was created by Huggins because of the inability of our guards to make the said pass. It shortens the pass, leading to less turnovers, but adds an extra step in the process.</p><p></p><p>Teams now have it figured out. The big on the free throw line isn't a threat to shoot. Sink down to defend the pass. Jermaine Haley isn't a threat to shoot because he won't shoot anything except layups so his man can help, too. Any ball that somehow gets back to a guard won't be hard to defend because that guard hasn't moved since the entry pass. If for some reason the entry pass can't be made, there will never be a play set up for a guard to get an open look. He will have to create his own shot with only a few seconds on the shot clock at best. </p><p></p><p>There is our offense and how to defend it in a nutshell. </p><p></p><p>The one thing we couldn't do today we did - play our bigs at the same time. Manik is Kevin Pittsnoggle x2 - average at best in the post and deadly on the perimeter. We let him have wide open looks all day because the big couldn't get there in time or he was guarded by someone 6 inches shorter than he. Just his presence on the floor killed us, not just by the shots he got. </p><p></p><p>Huggins says the lack of guard play kills us. I disagree. The lack of guard <em>development</em> has killed us. To expect some magical change to happen when 2/3 of your best shooters have sat the bench for 3 quarters of the year is farcical thinking.</p><p></p><p>This year is basically shot. Huggins needs to go back to the drawing board in the off-season and create some changes to open up the offense - something he hasn't done in - well, forever. If he doesn't, Rod Thorn may not have long to wait before another name is enshrined in the Coliseum.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spartansstink, post: 131212568, member: 1488840"] The issues have always been there. Teams now know how to defend us. Let's look at our bread and butter play. A guard dribbles for umpteen seconds until a big flashes to the free throw extended. He receives the pass and then tries to pass in some way down to a big on the block. The big will shoot it every time while 3 or 4 crash down for the almost inevitable miss rebound. This play was created by Huggins because of the inability of our guards to make the said pass. It shortens the pass, leading to less turnovers, but adds an extra step in the process. Teams now have it figured out. The big on the free throw line isn't a threat to shoot. Sink down to defend the pass. Jermaine Haley isn't a threat to shoot because he won't shoot anything except layups so his man can help, too. Any ball that somehow gets back to a guard won't be hard to defend because that guard hasn't moved since the entry pass. If for some reason the entry pass can't be made, there will never be a play set up for a guard to get an open look. He will have to create his own shot with only a few seconds on the shot clock at best. There is our offense and how to defend it in a nutshell. The one thing we couldn't do today we did - play our bigs at the same time. Manik is Kevin Pittsnoggle x2 - average at best in the post and deadly on the perimeter. We let him have wide open looks all day because the big couldn't get there in time or he was guarded by someone 6 inches shorter than he. Just his presence on the floor killed us, not just by the shots he got. Huggins says the lack of guard play kills us. I disagree. The lack of guard [I]development[/I] has killed us. To expect some magical change to happen when 2/3 of your best shooters have sat the bench for 3 quarters of the year is farcical thinking. This year is basically shot. Huggins needs to go back to the drawing board in the off-season and create some changes to open up the offense - something he hasn't done in - well, forever. If he doesn't, Rod Thorn may not have long to wait before another name is enshrined in the Coliseum. [/QUOTE]
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