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Message: [QUOTE="Sherman20, post: 5349847, member: 6357"] I’m not defending Red. We don’t have an identity on either side of the ball. And for whatever reason he’s not getting these guys to execute at all or play as hard as they can. He’s not good at motivating them. I also fear that he’s simply a poor communicator, which is vital in a leader. That’s what that interview clip shows me. But this is a false statement: “On offense, we have one of the least efficient offenses in the nation because we are one of the only offenses left in the nation that relies on pure isolation most of the time.” People need to stop implying that we run a pure isolation offense. We don’t. I don’t know where you get that from. Yes, we do run some isolation for JJ, who can take his man off the dribble, but not as much as we did for, say, Tyus Battle. And we isolate Jyare back to the basket on the wing so he can work his man into the post. But watch the Miami game again. We run off-ball screening actions regularly (flare screens, brush screens, wheel routes, horns set, high-low post ups, dribble hand offs), plus high ball screens. I also saw more decisive cuts to the hoop off of screens in the Miami game. Is it particularly creative or well executed? No it isn’t. Actually, against Miami, the offense was less of an issue than the atrocious defense. We cannot defend a pick and roll to save our life. But lots of teams run similar offensive actions as we do and have success with it. The problem lies with execution. And then when we run some sets and we meet resistance or it doesn’t work, the offense tends to break down and that’s when players resort to freelancing or iso ball. But we do not run a “pure iso offense.” [/QUOTE]

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