Drew up some good sets down the stretch. Wide open shot for Baer, back iron miss, but great set. Yes, sometimes stuff doesn't look good late in games with JBo dribbling the clock down, but JBo is forced to dribble later into the clock than planned because the movement by Jok is…
… well it's a combination of Jok being held and bumped and Jok being maybe afraid to be too physical in response to the grabbing, holding, and bumping. And the screeners, when Jok isn't able to get open, are too slow to react and present themselves.
If you look up and down the roster, we really don't have a guy who we can just put out there at the top with the ball and say "get us (yourself) a shot." Teams know this, so they can deny the hell out of wing passes and roll the dice that JBo might make a really tough shot, or he might give it to a screener (Cook, Pemsl, etc) 15-20 feet from the basket with no time for anything but a shot.
I do think we would be better off just running normal motion—virtually regardless of clock/score situation—with some situational understanding.
Anyways, Fran is coaching his butt off. Remember previous seasons he would have lost it with the refs, the team would have lost composure a bit, and then people would have been wanting Fran to keep his head so his team would do the same.
I'm still jealous of teams who are fundamentally sound in regards to rebounding—too often we skip blockouts in favor of just NBA-style turning and looking for the ball—but other than my rebounding gripe I am really happy with Fran (and staff).
Go Hawks.
… well it's a combination of Jok being held and bumped and Jok being maybe afraid to be too physical in response to the grabbing, holding, and bumping. And the screeners, when Jok isn't able to get open, are too slow to react and present themselves.
If you look up and down the roster, we really don't have a guy who we can just put out there at the top with the ball and say "get us (yourself) a shot." Teams know this, so they can deny the hell out of wing passes and roll the dice that JBo might make a really tough shot, or he might give it to a screener (Cook, Pemsl, etc) 15-20 feet from the basket with no time for anything but a shot.
I do think we would be better off just running normal motion—virtually regardless of clock/score situation—with some situational understanding.
Anyways, Fran is coaching his butt off. Remember previous seasons he would have lost it with the refs, the team would have lost composure a bit, and then people would have been wanting Fran to keep his head so his team would do the same.
I'm still jealous of teams who are fundamentally sound in regards to rebounding—too often we skip blockouts in favor of just NBA-style turning and looking for the ball—but other than my rebounding gripe I am really happy with Fran (and staff).
Go Hawks.
