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Message: [QUOTE="Orangezoo, post: 5757303, member: 237"] I don’t think he wants a ball dominant PG to that point. Multiple guards that can initiate the offense to eliminate the need to constantly force your PG to have to re initiate if the look you wanted isn’t there. With that said this is why it’s going to be important in terms of finding an offensively adept big. Using that big as both a low post threat and a release point to get paint touches and kickouts is definitely a part of what I expect he wants to do using a constant motion style offense. VCU ran something a bit similar to that. I don’t know if anyone realized that Martelli did not pigeon hole any of his guards into the PG spot. Not one guard averaged over 2.8 apg yet as a team they averaged 14 apg ( we were at 12.8 last year) Remember that this isn’t just Gerry putting his influence on the guys being brought in. Offensively there is clearly going to be influence from Daly who has the best offensive reputation of the staff. How we are approaching building the roster has a Daly flavor to it in my view and that is in having multiple initiators on the court and not leaning so heavily on a specific PG. It looks to be an effort to blend that offensive mindset with a very solid defensive team as well that has athletes to take advantage and push when needed. There is a lot of focus on names instead of how this team being built continues to make sense. The starting C is that last key piece plus another shooter in my eyes. From there a couple flyers that are bargains but could be a gem or just practice body to gamble on. A month ago a lot of us talked about wanting PMJ as our coach and loved how his teams play on the offensive end. So much skepticism is floating around here about Gerry and our offense yet we have a key part of how PMJ ran his offense in Daly. Gotta remember this isn’t Siena 2.0 even in the slightest outside those guys being able to help and set the culture. This is a team being built in the mold of a Martelli/Gmac like offense and Brunt/Lee/Gerry defense. [/QUOTE]

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