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[QUOTE="ROCorange, post: 1805966, member: 1535"]
Compared to most on this board, I definitely have a below average BB IQ, but I have a theory that I'd be interested in your thoughts on.  I was always a huge fan of the high energy, transition offense that SU always seemed to have, BUT, I'm wondering about the downside of an offense so reliant on run and gun.

Specifically, for many years the way to beat SU was pretty obvious.  Slow us the hell down and grind it out.  Many of the games that we lost to inferior squads (that we all complained about) were when the opponent had the slow 'em down, rough 'em up game plan (see: Pitt) and often knocked us out of the tournament (see: Butler, etc).  In the past 4-5 years, our offense has been noticeably less explosive.  Even though it's more fun to watch when we have a high octane offense, I'm wondering whether our recent tournament success (two FFs in fewer years than any other time in JBs career) were because we played a more deliberate game where the strategy for less talented teams to beat us required more than simply slowing us down.

Any thoughts?  Thanks!
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