zgolfz85 said:AggieEP said:zgolfz85 said:bobinator said:
I will say lately we've done a pretty good job of getting Hefner some good looks but he just doesn't hit them at a high rate. He's a little taller and more athletic than Wilcher so maybe that's why, but we've sprung him open a few times. Also if you're a shooter that can create your own space like Wade then you'd think we'd have an edge in recruiting because we'll let those guys do whatever they want. Hell Zhu and Manny cant even shoot and we let them go nuts.
If by go nuts you mean it seems like they have zero guidance and full autonomy to do whatever they want whenever they want at any cost, I agree. For a coach that develops men off the court and instills maturity and discipline, I wish there was a semblance of that on the court.
Here I kind of disagree, there is discipline on the court, Buzz just can't coach offense. So as Aubrey mentioned the guys we have out there that are threats have full permission to let it fly. If Buzz took away that freedom we'd probably only score 50 a game .
If we agree that we're not going to get good looks consistently within our offense, then we at least have to let our best players be our volume shooters to try and score enough to win.
I don't disagree there, but as you've said elsewhere…if you've got the green light to shoot, why don't they have the green light to pass? We'd be unstoppable if Wade/manny/ZP would be coached to drive and dish. It's like they've forgotten it was an option and nobody seems to remind them.
They probably do have the green light to pass, but they either aren't that good at it, or aren't coached well enough to be able to know and trust where their teammates are. I'm kind of split on what the actual answer is here.
One of the most critical parts of being a good passer is anticipating/knowing what your teammates are doing so you can lead them into advantageous scoring positions.
With Manny it's hard to understand, he just kind of puts his head down and dribbles around sometimes without seeming to be aware that he has teammates. I coach 4th and 5th grade ball and I spend a lot of energy trying to get my boys to not do this, so it's kind of comical watching a D1 player do it pretty often.