After watching the highlights of last night, I understand that we can score points. But we really struggle to play defense and struggle even more on fast break defense. I think we are going about this the wrong way. Say what you will about Lick, but his control the ball and limit possessions offense would likely be better for this team and their lack of athleticism. I wonder if their D sucks because they spend too much energy trying to run on offense. We haven’t been generating the turnovers on defense to really run and get fast break points this year like we did in the Marble/White years under Fran.
I wonder what Bo Ryan could do with this team. There’s a lot of similarity to some of his earlier teams when looking at player capabilities. Unathletic but highly skilled post, good shooters, length. We don’t have very athletic point guard play getting many minutes yet like his teams had and we don’t have players buying in and going hard on defense yet. I never liked his style of coaching but you can’t argue against his success.
I wonder what Bo Ryan could do with this team. There’s a lot of similarity to some of his earlier teams when looking at player capabilities. Unathletic but highly skilled post, good shooters, length. We don’t have very athletic point guard play getting many minutes yet like his teams had and we don’t have players buying in and going hard on defense yet. I never liked his style of coaching but you can’t argue against his success.
