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[QUOTE="Longtimesu, post: 1003127, member: 3989"]
For those of us who have been fortunate enough to watch SU basketball teams in the 70’s, 80’s and the 90’s we were used to watching SU run teams out of Manley and the Dome. We would score 100 pts in a few games each season. We were consistently in the high 70’s in pts, and the 80’s, and a few 90's. Unfortunately, for those of us old enough to remember those times, we have now seen a consistent drop off in fast break pts, and a running style game, to a more conservative half court set. And re: the half court game we now play, some posters say things like;

“We need to slow down to force other teams to take less shots.” Or,
“Our offense hasn’t changed much in the last few years. It’s the defense and the zone that‘s the problem.”

Well, for an old timer like me, I’d like to see SU go back to the old style run game. Yes you can run when you play a zone. We did that for years, very successfully.

I've read over and over on this forum that in order to run a fast break SU needs certain things in place

Yes we need pt guards to run the fast break. Well, we had pt guards for years.
Yes we need rebounders to get the ball out on missed shots. We had rebounders for years also. As a matter of fact, I think we had these pluses this year, last year, and the year before as well.
And yes, we need a coach who likes to run the fast break. Again, we did have a coach who for years would let SU get out and run. The 70's, 80's and 90's era is the proof of that.

I would just like to know where JB went, and why he took our offense with him.
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