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Message: [QUOTE="phil77, post: 1222857, member: 1169"] There are three things I thought I would see more this season than years past... 1- Transition Offense. We are athletic all over the place now. We have players who want to run and get out on the break. I thought I would see the offense be more wide open and I thought we would have no problem scoring points because of this. Are the coaches responsible for holding this team back on the break? Seems the team is coached to get the ball quickly to the guards but the guards never push the pace...Why? Coaching? Comfort? Seems like we would fair better in a wide open game. 2- Dribble Penetration. I thought the drive and kick game would be more open this year. I have noticed that when our guards especially Joseph come off the double screen they never turn the corner and attack the paint. Instead they flatten out and wait for weak side action or a dump into the post. Why do the double screen if you are not going to let the guards turn the corner and put pressure on the defense. Again do they flatten out by design? Is that the players doing it or the coaches? Seems Joseph isn't even looking to get into the paint which is where I thought he would excel at. 3- Post/Kick- Out. I thought we would see Rak with more touches in the post and in college defenders have a tend to either double or turn their heads and watch. I was correct about the touches Rak received but I have been incorrect about his willingness to kick the ball out. In the St Johns game I saw a number of times Rak got the ball and had two or three people around him and he forced up a shot instead of simply turning and finding an open shooter. I believe Cooney was missed 2-3 times like this. While he is doing a good job scoring Rak can look to get others involved now after his early season post success. The defense will start dropping on him now. These are the things I have been looking for early in the season and thought with this specific group of players I thought I would see more of certain things... Also when is the last time JB threw a press at someone? I thought we might see some of that this year to speed up the tempo. We don't have Ennis here so every possession will not be good we need to speed up the game and get more possessions. [/QUOTE]

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