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Message: [QUOTE="cuseincincy, post: 2529213, member: 331"] Since you nailed so many I'd rather expound on your ideas: [LIST] [*]Recruit more basketball players - Could...Not...Agree...More! Athletes are a great complement to basketball players. When you find both you get All Americans. [*]Expanded use of bench - I think I'm so conditioned to this I'm immune. But yes we absolutely should have 3 solid subs and 2 more guys that average 5-8 minutes per game. We'll get back there I'm confident. [*]Defensive diversification - Now obviously I'm not a HOF'er but this has been one of my keys to success as a coach and it makes the game fun for the players. Throw in a possession of man with specific match up situations every once in a while. The scouts should be able to identify "when this guy goes out we can play man with these guys." Also switch up the zone. Throw a 1-3-1, 2-1-2. 3-2 at them. Make it uncomfortable and make them take time to figure out what you are doing. I also am a big use of the box and one and triangle and 2 along with full court zone traps. I'm sure the argument against this is that there is not time to be great at all of these. That's OK. Be great at the 2-3, but use the rest occasionally to catch the other team unprepared. [*]Recruit true lead guards - Howard Washington, Kaleb Joseph, Tyler Ennis, Jonny Flynn, Josh Wright are the only true lead guards we've had since the National Title team. I won't debate whether GMac was a lead guard or not. This is sad. We've had some great guards since then but I wouldn't even consider MCW a true lead guard. [*]Recruit a full roster - Eh! Its obviously short now but maybe what we need is a better read of who is coming back. We've been bitten numerous times by guys leaving before many thought they should. We've had quite a few non-players over the years taking up our last scholarship. Sometime you get stuck with them. [*]Pick a Recruiting style and stick with it - This is a tough one. Whether he is ready or not I think many expected Battle to only be here 2 years and JB has replaced him with Hughes. Tyler Ennis, Jerami Grant and Tyler Lydon were 4 year players coming in. Add to that the 3rd Tyler not being as good as advertised and you've got some holes in any recruiting strategy. 4 star Top 50 PG Kaleb Joseph didn't help. [*]Lighten the mood - No reason JB shouldnt being enjoying his last few years. [*]Dictate the tempo - Agreed. My defensive diversification above would help. Some of this has to do with the players. Would love to see SU run more but not sure we can do it much with this years team without wearing them down. [/LIST] A player like this would be nice again to push the tempo: [MEDIA=youtube]I9oYwJkQlLI[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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