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Message: [QUOTE="OrangeFoo, post: 106129, member: 210"] I think it's too early to tell how he's doing. We haven't played any really good teams yet. To me the keys to the season are: - can JB coach his team to be efficient in a halfcourt offense? The answer so far is no he can't. as all of our perimeter players think shot first pass second. We have been BRUTAL in halfcourt sets so far this year. We need Triche or KJO ot start posting up guys inside. This is essentially the same weakness we had last year - Will JB allow Christmas to play through his mistakes against teams with real size. I really fear for us against BE teams if CJ has to play 25 MPG at the power forward spot. We are giving up way too much size with him playing that much. We really need Christmas to stay in the game to rebound and play D. - Will JB let the other teams dictate tempo for 40 minutes and get our team sucked into half court grind it out games? It seems against crappy teams that JB is willing to up the pressure and push the tempo but against the two good teams we played in NYC he was happy to let the other team grind it out. The only time he took the initiative and upped the tempo was when we were down 8 against Stanford. This is again the same problem we had last year, out thoroughbreds get stuck playing in neutral. - Can any of the big guys develop an inside game and will JB make sure his perimeter guys feed them? It's sad how many times Fab or Christmas have sealed their man and called for the ball only to be ignored by Scoop or Triche or KJo. Ironically our two best at feeding the post are MCW and Dion and it ain't even close. - Can Southerland play against real teams? If he can play against good teams like he does against crap teams it's game over and we're playing for the title. He has THAT much ability to change the game. JB really needs to nurture him and get him playing his best against good teams if that's even possible. [/QUOTE]

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