So thats what it looks like. When the threes werent falling the strategy changed to attack the basket and go inside which then opened up more in the rhythm threes which turn the game around.
In game adjustments…
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Definitely more refreshing than “GOOOOOOO”
That seemed to me to be player initiated. Pope did not call time out. He certainly used TV and Minn ST's time outs but again, it seemed to be the players knew what to do. Love the way Oweh plays.
Pope also mixed in full court pressure out of the blue and it immediately resulted in a 10-second violation.
How clever!
How clever!
It's been a good handful of years (The Maxey team) since we had a team that could adjust on the fly. Bodes well I think.
We are going all the way
Preseason progs be gone!
Preseason progs be gone!
Absolutely the result of having both a coach that understands what "in game adjustments" means, and a veteran team that also understands that when one thing isn't working: try something different.
So glad we have Pope!
So glad we have Pope!
I don’t think it’s so much “going inside when the 3s aren’t going in” as it is “when you make them focus on closely guarding everyone on the perimeter you can get great looks from 2”. This is our offense.
Experience means something. I'm sure Coach Pope mentioned it as well
You forgot RUUUUUUUUUUN.
That is what a real coach does, glad we have one now.
That’s 2 in 2 games. Cal didn’t have 2 in 15 years
Obviously this is going to be a much better coaching experience, on all fronts, than what we had with Cal. But it's also worth noting that this team has far more experience than any roster Cal had, and that makes a difference. Having a team full of freshman, there's gonna be a lot of mistakes.
Someone last night made the joke "We haven't stepped out of bounds yet", which was depressingly funny.. But it also made me think "That's more of an inexperienced player problem". Those guys probably spent most of their highschool games never getting calls for something like that.
Its nice to have a change at coach, but it's also just as nice to not be having to watch a lack of basic fundamentals from young players.
In-game-adjustments?
NEVER SEEN THEM.
NEVER SEEN THEM.
Alex Poythress was not a freshman when he kept stepping out of bounds time and time again.
Adjusting in game, that is voodoo. You do that and you kill butterflies in the Amazon. You all want to kill butterflies in the Amazon. Tell Pope he better start yelling Gooooooo and Ruuuuunnnnn or he will kill the environment.
I know you already know this, but that was his own design, his own choice. His ego wanted to prove to everyone he could win with freshmen while pursuing his true goal - getting a bunch of kids drafted in the first round.
I don’t remember poythress doing that, you sure you’re not thinking of Isaiah briscoe?
So, you're trying to cherry pick one outlier to poo poo an otherwise good observation and post?
And I agree with the above post... I believe you're thinking of Briscoe.
I remember Poythress having issues with that as well. I do not remember whether it was as a freshman or not. What I really remember was how his injury completely changed the dynamic for us. 😬
In game adjustments used to mean pulling up your socks, tying your shoes and adjusting your shorts
Nope. Poy would step on the baseline every time he would drive to the basket from the corner. It use to make me so mad. There was someone else that would always have a foot out of bounds when catching a ball behind the 3 pt line.
Didn't Briscoe have the same problem?
Edit: Should have read further prior to replying.
I don’t remember that from poy at all, I do remember briscoe doing that every single game multiple times a game it was really aggravating lol. I seem to remember a player always catching it out of bounds too but can’t recall who it is either, wasn’t Brandon Boston was it?
I don’t know who made the call to start taking it inside, but that was the key adjustment.
It was 17-18 and we had missed like a zillion 3’s in a row when Butler drove it down their throats for an easy layup. Then I think Oweh did the next possession. After that it was all over for them.
I knew exactly what we needed to do, so it obviously doesn’t take a genius to figure out that when you face a team that is smaller and less athletic you take them inside.
But it is nice to have a coach that can make the simple adjustments, or to have players smart enough to do it themselves. However it happened, it was a nice change.
It was 17-18 and we had missed like a zillion 3’s in a row when Butler drove it down their throats for an easy layup. Then I think Oweh did the next possession. After that it was all over for them.
I knew exactly what we needed to do, so it obviously doesn’t take a genius to figure out that when you face a team that is smaller and less athletic you take them inside.
But it is nice to have a coach that can make the simple adjustments, or to have players smart enough to do it themselves. However it happened, it was a nice change.
Once this team gets comfortable playing in front of a crowd together, watch out. It will be threes and layups all night long baby.
Did you guys see Pope's press conference after the game? He talked about how when you play the game the right way it will reward you. They weren't in the first half and that was the reason nothing was falling. They began to play it the right way and were rewarded with more shots falling. Also implied that he wanted them to work through that on their own if I recall correctly.
