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[QUOTE="kingtidge, post: 4834749, member: 994"]
By all accounts, Straughn was brought in for two primary reasons:
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[*]Recruiting prowess in the mid-Atlantic
[*]Supposedly he's an offensive X/O specialist
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What I HOPE we are seeing right now is a team that is in transition to a new offense (i.e. the ball movement we saw during the comeback portion of the game is part of it.)

I also HOPE what we saw in the first half and the beginning of the second half is that old habits die hard.

Our players seem to think they can ISO/hero-ball teams for wins at this level, but the body evidence from last year would certainly show that's often not the case (as did the first half+ of this game.)

Based on Red's vehemence on the sideline last night, it was clear he was not happy with how they were running the offense. Hopefully, that's because we're not supposed to be doing not-stop hero-ball iso's or launching random perimeter shots when no one is in the key to rebound.

HOPEFULLY this A LOT about breaking bad habits and building good ones.

Rome wasn't built in a day and the comeback clearly showed what this team is capable of when they play focused and determined.

I also hope whatever our offensive identity evolves into is done whilst correcting our lack of rebounding in both positioning/boxouts and effort (actually jumping for a damn board when under the basket!)
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