He did change. A little bit.
At other underperforming college programs, if the coach stays at least the assistants get switched out.
Which half, though?
Hey, some guys pay ladies to kick 'em in the junk. There's no accounting for tastes.
When they practice defense, they practice only zone. When you practice offense, you have to (should) practice sets, which vary against a zone or man. You have to work on both, because you don't control what the opponent will employ and most teams will use some of both. So, I don't think our zone makes our offense worse, except for the fact that I don't think we really work on a structured offense. JBs teams used to run different sets at different points in games. I haven't seen evidence of this in several years.
There always exceptions to the rule.
I'll buy some of that. But, to take an oft-cited example, and to make an exaggerated, very simpleminded version of it: James Harden sucked against our zone. And yet, he's one of the best offensive players against man. I have to believe there are consequences for our offense to only practice against our zone defense, and then turn around and have to try to execute the same sets against man. It's just not an ideal or logical scenario. And now it reminds me of our Centers and how we have Allen Griffin(?) coaching them. Not ideal or logical. If someone were going in for a job interview, the guy doing the hiring would ostensibly be looking for an applicant with the most practical experience, not someone who is just a 'hire from within' guy who could then learn the skills later. Not ideal. That kind of perspective assumes there's just not that much difference between 'things,' when there really is enough difference to make a difference. It's not a binary thing, where you either suck or you're perfect. If something is 5% less than it needs to be, 5% can translate into a loss like we saw today. And over the long haul, a loss today and a loss two weeks ago, and a loss next week add up to another bubble, which leads to another better recruit looking elsewhere, and then it's rinse, repeat, and we're in the same position all over again.
Spot on. If JB had his 100 wins back he’d be happily retired by now. Btw Gerry for HC would get <5% support; no way Wildhack ever considers that seriously.
Splitting hairs here, but even i say JB is as close to 'being owed a job' as any coach ever. His off-court work, his bringing Juli to us, and his 'settling' for less than market value for so long... The question is 'for how long is he owed a job.' I was happy when he announced the first retirement. Now i'm resigned to having him finish with Buddy, and i'm so glad Buddy doesn't seem inclined to Redshirt... : )
Gmac is my all time fave cuse player but he's simply.not getting the job.done right now.
Opponents don't have to worry about our centers so they can clog the lane to stop the drivers. So you get more 3 point attempts.
