Synergy

[dasher]

I have always thought Synergy was 0ne plus One equals 3. The sum of your parts are
better than the parts individually. Take the 1974 Orangeman. Dennis Duval, Rudy Hackett,
Jim Lee and Fred Saunders. Against the 1975 Orangeman, Lee, Hackett, Williams and Sease.
The '74 team had more talent but the '75 team went to the final four.
My point is that after the next 60 days, when our portal gets are in the bank, we won't know
how well these guys will or won't play together.

 

[CardiacCuse]

I have always thought Synergy was 0ne plus One equals 3. The sum of your parts are
better than the parts individually. Take the 1974 Orangeman. Dennis Duval, Rudy Hackett,
Jim Lee and Fred Saunders. Against the 1975 Orangeman, Lee, Hackett, Williams and Sease.
The '74 team had more talent but the '75 team went to the final four.
My point is that after the next 60 days, when our portal gets are in the bank, we won't know
how well these guys will or won't play together.

furthermore, red hasnt shown in his 2 seasons that he can make 1 + 1 = 3

he has been more 1 + 1 = 1.5 or something (to the extent that people are questioning the talent instead of the coaching)

EXTREMELY slow starts in nov and december have basically rendered conference play irrelevant

can he get a team to hit the ground running? Im very doubtful thus far...

 

[miamicuse]

Well I want 1+1=11.

 

[Forza Azzurri]

I have always thought Synergy was 0ne plus One equals 3. The sum of your parts are
better than the parts individually. Take the 1974 Orangeman. Dennis Duval, Rudy Hackett,
Jim Lee and Fred Saunders. Against the 1975 Orangeman, Lee, Hackett, Williams and Sease.
The '74 team had more talent but the '75 team went to the final four.
My point is that after the next 60 days, when our portal gets are in the bank, we won't know
how well these guys will or won't play together.

That is a combination of coaching and chemistry.

It has been interesting to read about both Pitino and Hurley talking about recruiting certain types of guys and avoiding others - so chemistry is clearly really important. Probably not as important as great coaching but clearly matters.

 

[miamicuse]

I will say this, in this NIL portal world it is much more difficult to be synergistic when putting together a team.

The portal makes it much more likely for most players to be "one and done" for that school as they all look for a bigger bag at season's end. Lack of continuity leads to lack of synergy.

The NIL thing makes it a zero sum game for the players. The NIL budget is fixed for the most part, so $25k more for one player translates into 25k less for the rest of the team. There is a pecking order now much more appreciable than the previous bag under the table deals that are kept quiet. I wonder if the players might see some of their teammates as NIL adversaries.

 

[Scooch]

I have always thought Synergy was 0ne plus One equals 3. The sum of your parts are
better than the parts individually. Take the 1974 Orangeman. Dennis Duval, Rudy Hackett,
Jim Lee and Fred Saunders. Against the 1975 Orangeman, Lee, Hackett, Williams and Sease.
The '74 team had more talent but the '75 team went to the final four.
My point is that after the next 60 days, when our portal gets are in the bank, we won't know
how well these guys will or won't play together.

If this post is preparing us for a portal haul of 3 midmajors then I don’t care for it at all.

 

[Cusefan0307]

I have always thought Synergy was 0ne plus One equals 3. The sum of your parts are
better than the parts individually. Take the 1974 Orangeman. Dennis Duval, Rudy Hackett,
Jim Lee and Fred Saunders. Against the 1975 Orangeman, Lee, Hackett, Williams and Sease.
The '74 team had more talent but the '75 team went to the final four.
My point is that after the next 60 days, when our portal gets are in the bank, we won't know
how well these guys will or won't play together.

We will have a decent idea. People were warned last year.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Well I want 1+1=11.

These go to 11.

 

[jncuse]

Our team is more like 0.5+0.5=0.7

 

[kingtidge]

I will say this, in this NIL portal world it is much more difficult to be synergistic when putting together a team.

The portal makes it much more likely for most players to be "one and done" for that school as they all look for a bigger bag at season's end. Lack of continuity leads to lack of synergy.

The NIL thing makes it a zero sum game for the players. The NIL budget is fixed for the most part, so $25k more for one player translates into 25k less for the rest of the team. There is a pecking order now much more appreciable than the previous bag under the table deals that are kept quiet. I wonder if the players might see some of their teammates as NIL adversaries.

And yet there is still a "Top 25" and good teams rise, often quickly, to win games out of the box and grab those spots.

Nowadays, good coaches coach effective, basic, modern game plans that don't require half a season+ to implement effectively or require repetitive long amounts of game time for players to gel and get effective. They get their "team" to play as a team and tune out the competing nil bags and competing dramas that can arise.

No one says it's easy, but it's not some ridiculously complicated enigma that we can't possibly figure out either... At least for the right coach.

 

[althea]

We used to be known as guard U. I think it is obvious to most that our success depends on good guard play. I would spend whatever it takes for a good PG.

 

[Forza Azzurri]

I have always thought Synergy was 0ne plus One equals 3. The sum of your parts are
better than the parts individually. Take the 1974 Orangeman. Dennis Duval, Rudy Hackett,
Jim Lee and Fred Saunders. Against the 1975 Orangeman, Lee, Hackett, Williams and Sease.
The '74 team had more talent but the '75 team went to the final four.
My point is that after the next 60 days, when our portal gets are in the bank, we won't know
how well these guys will or won't play together.

Speaking of that, MCW let one slip during the game last night related to Synergy.

Forget the exact context but it was likely in relation to the success they were having early going to Lampkin.

He said, "When this team is having success doing something, they tend to go away from it."

 

[orangenauburn]

Speaking of that, MCW let one slip during the game last night related to Synergy.

Forget the exact context but it was likely in relation to the success they were having early going to Lampkin.

He said, "When this team is having success doing something, they tend to go away from it."

Ties in with guard play

 

[jdubs30]

But Red should have a basic idea of how certain guys would fit together.

An obvious mistake this year was having our 2 guys in our starting backcourt that couldn’t shoot 3s. But this shouldn’t have been a surprise….

Lampkin and Davis have never been rim protectors in college. I don’t think they expected Donnie to be much of one either. They knew Bell and Starling were subpar perimeter defenders. Maybe Red was expecting more from McLeod. But this was a major issue this year that we easily saw coming.

We didn’t have enough varying skill sets this year. Red has to do better t at that this time

 

[Forza Azzurri]

Ties in with guard play

And/or selfishness...I know they cannot guard Lampkin but I have to get mine...

 

[Red2003]

I have always thought Synergy was 0ne plus One equals 3. The sum of your parts are
better than the parts individually. Take the 1974 Orangeman. Dennis Duval, Rudy Hackett,
Jim Lee and Fred Saunders. Against the 1975 Orangeman, Lee, Hackett, Williams and Sease.
The '74 team had more talent but the '75 team went to the final four.
My point is that after the next 60 days, when our portal gets are in the bank, we won't know
how well these guys will or won't play together.

We’ll know real fast in Vegas this Thanksgiving. If we come back that week with no wins in an 18 team tourney you can bet your butts well know.

 

[dasher]

We’ll know real fast in Vegas this Thanksgiving. If we come back that week with no wins in an 18 team tourney you can bet your butts well know.

That is after games have been played. Of course we will know by then. I was talking about in the
next 60 days after the season is over.

 

[pearl31]

We will have a decent idea. People were warned last year.

idea of talent yeah, but (I think) dasher's point is we won't know for sure about synergy til nov/dec/jan - like even if it's an impressive talent haul, it's not a given the team and results will good

 

[Cusefan0307]

idea of talent yeah, but (I think) dasher's point is we won't know for sure about synergy til nov/dec/jan - like even if it's an impressive talent haul, it's not a given the team and results will good

Fair. That’s where coaching comes into play. And we won’t have a lot of time with the schedule.

Gulp.

 

[Scooch]

Speaking of that, MCW let one slip during the game last night related to Synergy.

Forget the exact context but it was likely in relation to the success they were having early going to Lampkin.

He said, "When this team is having success doing something, they tend to go away from it."

Yup, MCW nailed it. And honestly, it even happened again last night. Eddie was 5-6 about 8 minutes into the game. Then he was 5-6 for the next 32 minutes after that. We won and it all worked out, but he should have had more than 6 shots in the last 32 minutes!