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Message: [QUOTE="Cusefan0307, post: 1977655, member: 1743"] I don't have a ton of problem with this post and the premise of it, but you lost me when you go on to describe what kind of plays we should run. It was popular to pick on the "Cooney" play when he was here because he ran baseline to baseline a lot. It didn't happen every single set though. We have run more P&R than any other set going back to since at least Flynn was here. Furthermore we have run multiple sets out of Horns since at least Ennis was here, so I'm not sure your 100 percent paying attention every game or just using the South Carolina game as an example. These are NBA sets and a big reason why we have attracted NBA level wing and guard talent. Now if you're mad we didn't run these sets against South Carolina, I will tell you this. South Carolina overplayed everything. They also pushed our offense up. It's very difficult to runs horns/P&R when your offense is being initiated 40 feet from the basket. If you go back to the Elite Eight game against Virginia last year we all but abandoned the P&R after the first half because Gbinije could not turn the corner being 40 feet away from the hoop. That's when JB instructed Mal, Cooney, and G to drive the lane. P&R was not going to work against South Carolina for two reasons. They overplayed everything (Cuts to the basket would have worked better) and they also played a 3-2 zone that was difficult to get in the middle against, especially as our PG's struggled to penetrate. I know it's popular for some people to blame Boeheim, but at some point this needs to be on the players. Coleman/Chukwu/Roberson can't do anything as the screener. Only Lydon can. Roberson and Chukwu airballed multiple layups in the game. I mean Tyler Roberson was a consensus top 40 recruit 4 years ago that has been healthy every year. He should have developed into a great player by his Senior year. He has not. He was MIA. He can't do anything inside. New concepts aren't going to fix that. What I saw Saturday isn't the end of the world. I think Lydon and to a lesser degree Howard are close to being able to lead the team. They need to clean up some of their efficiency and they will be fine. Thompson is a freshman and had his first freshman game. Gillon and White need to adjust to this competition IMO. Roberson's the same player. I think we just need to accept what we have received the past 3 years and agree that's what we will get this year. I was very disappointed with Battle on Saturday. I know some people want him in there more and you may be able to sell me, but he isn't aggressive when he is in there. He kind of just stands out on the perimeter and waits for something to happen instead of attacking. This is less on the coaches concepts and more on the players ability to run our current concepts. If we are going to be successful this year the players need to do a better job than they did Saturday. EDIT: I'll add that you probably think Beilein is a great offensive coach, yet his team somehow managed to score less than ours against South Carolina. [/QUOTE]

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