Flynn and Devo could make shots and get to the rim. Wes and Rautins could shoot the ball.
We run the same offense from 2009 but the personnel then made sense to run that offense. The personnel since 2012 shouldn't run that same offense. JB runs the same plays. You don't put a round peg into a square hole. JB's D works but our offense hasn't.
If our offense was better in 2013 or 2014 it could have cut down the nets because of how good our D was.
Pace isn't the point. It is the fact our SG position has been 1 dimensional and we haven't had a consistent down low threat.
In the NBA you run pick and roll with bigs and the NBA PG will pass to the rolling big. In our offense the big sets the screen and is never a threat. Any team with a scouting report is going to see that. If the big in our offense was a threat to make that jumper or drive that play makes more sense. We run the same curl screen for our designated shooter. Nichols-Rautins-WAITERS-Triche-Cooney have all run that play.
This halfcourt offense we have been running has been poor since 2012.
I wrote this once, but it got deleted so here it goes again. I disagree the offense has been bad every year since 2012. Was it poor in 2014-15? Yes, we played 3 on 5 most of the year, but I disagree on the other years.
In 2012-13 we were 29th in adjusted offensive efficiency. We scored over 80 points 11 times. Triche and MCW were bothe great off the pick and roll. MCW was a great passer and could get to the rim. Triche scored efficiently inside the three point line. The weakness with that team and the reason the offense was good enough, but not great is because neither MCW or Triche were good 3pt shooters. They both shot 29% that year. I don't care what offense you run, if your guards can't shoot threes you are going to struggle scoring at times in the half court. Cj, Triche, and fair all needed to score 18 feet and in. We had one consistent three point shooter in Southerland, so when MCW and BT stunk at the end of the Big East that year we lost a few games. If not for a controversial call at the end we almost played Louisville for the title. We beat them once that year without Southerland so you can't say we would of had no chance in that game. I'm just not buying it. For whatever reason that team gets a lot of disrespect and I don't know why. We weren't as far off from 2012 as people like That team had some great wins but, I don't think changing the offense would of made MCW or BT better three point shooters.
In 2014 we were knows killing it on offense until Cooney and CJ stopped making shots. I wish Cooney played the rest of his career like he did in the tournament, we would of beat Dayton that year. We still finished 29th on offense. The team tanked down the stretch, but no coach is going to completely change everything when you start to struggle 20 games in. We peaked early that year, Cooney was our only outside shooter, and when he missed we lost. Again, what offense was going to make Jerami Grant, Cj fair, and Tyler Ennis better shooters?
This year we improved a lot over last year. Our four main guys all shot over 35% from three. That's pretty good for college. We struggled from two the most of the year, but I don't know what kind of other offense was going to make us make. Ore lay ups. Cooney, Malachi, even Roberson and DC were not good finishing at the basket. Lydon and G did, but that was it. Offenses are designed to get lay ups. We had plenty layup opportunities this year, we just didn't finish. We still jumped 100 spots in offensive efficiency, and this had to be the most threes a Syracuse team has ever made.
Next year will be better, but we need more scoring and finishing inside. I expect Lydon to make a big jump and with Battle on board we finally have the speedy guard we have been missing. We really haven't had that since MCW and BT in 2013.
As far as JB changing the offense, it's not going to happen. The pick and roll is used a ton because JB wants the ball in his best players hands, and that's why we get elite guards wanting to play here. They know they will have the ball and ability to showcase their skills. The offense will be slightly tweaked every year to get the ball in our best players hands. Next year I'm sure it'll be Mal(if he's here), Lydon and Battle. I'm sure we will run a lot of the same plays we ran when we had Wes Johnson and CJ for Lydon. I'm not sure exactly how good the offense will be because we lose a ton of three point shooting, but some of the other guys coming in will have different strengths and weaknesses than Cooney and G to make up for it.
We are never going to run a motion based scheme. Virtually no power five program does. The weakness with a lot of motion based schemes is you could end up with Roberson or Coleman receiving the ball on the wing where they are no threats. You would have Howard or battle in the post, and it doesn't help with spacing.
I know you liked the SFA offense, but we aren't going to run the pinwheel. That entire team was built on one player making plays. we are going top preach balance.
I do agree with the argument that the offense could improve, but most of that will come from bringing the fast break back. We will have a much more athletic team next year. Hopefully the fast break can come back and give us easier buckets so we don't have to score in the half court every possession.
