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[QUOTE="manleyzoo, post: 1989710, member: 519"]
It's the job of the coaches to put the players in a position to succeed by maximizing what they do best and minimizing what they don't do well. Anyone can harp about the players forever but at this level no one is a finished product and every guy has limitations of one sort or another.

Pretty much every year at some point or another we hear from JB the same old refrain about what we can't do...can't change defenses, can't play man, can't press, can't go away from the high pick and roll, this guy stinks that guy's a disappointment, we have work to do, blah blah. The offense has been stagnant now for years..the players change but what's been the constant? The coaches. Maybe they just force the system on the players rather than assessing what the players do best and build an offensive and defensive scheme around that. It looked like that might happen this year, and yes he's tinkered but that's all it is, tinkering without commitment.

The UVA game last year was a perfect example...first 30 mins JB sticks with the pick and roll which goes nowhere. Last 10 minutes, he changes to off the ball screens and miraculously we're freed up for open shots and his let-the-players-play philosophy works. So far this year, the coaches have given a clinic on how not to capitalize on what your players do best.
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