You must have a player that sees the floor and can make the play in order to look like a Coach. Do you remeber the role Rickey Blanton played when he and CJ were leading LSU? Blanton could take the ball make a pass, set a screen and fill the lane. When he left we had all those talented freshmen and no one could do all the things Blanton could do. Once LSU gets a point guard that sees the entire court and a shooting guard that can shoot like the guy at Duke it opens many options. I remember when Stromile was playing with Beshera, J Smith and that group we ran set plays out of bounds that were extremely successful. We are not that far away. Maybe Voogd will be the answer.
most of you are better qualified to keep x's and o's in your tic-tac-toe games. If any of you follow college basketball and understand it... defense rules in college basketball now. Hard defense makes it difficult for teams to run the sets they are trying to run. Too much one on one ball being played for my tastes. Kids these days watch ESPN and think that being a good offensive player means dunking the ball. See the NBA now that almost 3 players per team are from Croatia etc. (read this line again) Offensive skills are a lost art. Being a good fundamental basketball player is not important anymore. How often do you see a guy being able to drive and put up a jumper? They are few and far between. If you want good x's and o's go to watch the womens games. They play fundamental basketball like it used to be.
I could not agree with you anymore. I feel the same way about Brady. I will support him and the team but you said exactly what I think.
Hold on now. I got an email from tejas tiger telling me not to name call on this site. He said we all have opinions so I sure hope u get the same email I got or is your opinion better than the rest of us.
And one more thing. I am qualified to disscuss Brady's performance. I coached against him when I was a coach at Eunice High and he was at Crowley High. I agree with some of the points TD Tiger made. That doesnt mean I know more than Brady and Im sure I dont. But if your going to tell me he is a great x and o coach I disagree. Anyway, I am pulling like hell for him and the team.
I know Brady used a 5 out series when he first got started here, didn't have a big man. He has gone to some 4 out 1 in, and recently even 3 out 2 in with Big Baby and Basss on the blocks. When watching the games on tv, it's hard to see what they are running, better to go to the games to see the movement. Man Offense - with what I have seen over the years, he runs a motion offense, rather than a continuity offense, like the Flex which Bama was running a good bit last week. Zone Offense - he runs a variety of things like motion, short corner, hi-lo, and overload. Against a zone I wish more players would flash to the high post more, don't see enough of that.
What are you doing now and what is Brady doing now? :dis: I called him a bad fan, which he appears to be. And, yes, my opinion is better than the rest because I am "The Voice of Reason". :hihi:
Tirk I love ya man, you pulled the word right out of my mouth. Just win Baby. I hate these proud UT fan here in Austin they are "so great" but never win due to some BS....
The difference between this team now (winning) and earlier (losing) is DEFENSE. Every coach who knows anything from John Wooden to your basic little league coach will tell you that DEFENSE wins games and that playing defense is an attitude, you have to really want to do it and you have to work at it. Dale Brown used to preach this constantly. Most players today are lazy when it comes to playing defense, thinking they can make up for it on the offensive end. No matter how talented a player is offensively, if he doesn't play the other end aggressively, he (and the team) is not going to be successful. These players seem to have finally figured that out and I am sure JB has been preaching that all along, but if they won't listen, he and the other coaches can preach it til they are blue in the face and and it won't matter.
