Spreading the floor, spacing, driving lanes, it's not complicated. How did you get ESPN highlights from that? College basketball is littered with coaches who fell off because they were stubborn, stuck in their ways, and refused to adapt to the changing game.
The modern game dictates that we can't have our bigs chilling in the post clogging the lane.
- Thread starter Flipflopsandsocks
- Start date
Yup Another PlayStation jockey.
Defense and fundamental basketball skills own the game. I don’t think you’ll find this coach littering anything.
Spreading the floor, spacing, and driving lanes has nothing to do with playstation or SSPN highlights. It also doesn't have anything to do with defense, and doesn't negate basketball skills, I'm talking about the offense we run. You're so ate up with defending Cal that you're talking complete nonsense. I'm not saying fire Cal, I'm not saying Cal is a bad coach, I'm saying our offense is bad because we have poor spacing and clog driving lanes and it should be fixed.
You are comical with the sincerity.And after we get those modern players and modern system we may need to get some modern coaching.
So many high school stars game wilt as soon as our staff gets hold of them. Just as quickly do many recover and blossom as soon as they leave.
One thing always stays the same with this team is they get behind at tip off and then make a recovery against the also rans. Won't continue against the good teams and coaches.
Cal white knights are scratching their heads over the criticism he’s been getting, meanwhile this thread will be 3 years old later this year. Props to op for a finely aged take.
It's the offense, it's always been the offense. Ots not the talent, it's not toughness, it's the God awful offense he continues to run and yall male every other excuse in the book.
This thread was correct when it was pointed, but we were a good enough team to hide some of those flaws. Hopefully this season has woke up a lot of the people who were disagreeing with this take. We have to adapt to how the game is being played or we’ll have a lot more 60 point games to look forward to
You are not correct. Think outside the box. Three heart attacks worse than two. FYI I have no idea what the conversation is in this old thread.
Just a continuation of a stubborn pattern.
Cal’s obsession with size has really set him back. He seems to think it so important that he always have the biggest longest lineup on the court, despite the fact that he keeps getting his ass kicked by much smaller teams with better perimeter skills. He’s just out of touch with how the game has changed.
“the greatest trick the devil pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist”
this was so sadly prophetic by the way.
strong bump game
Yes it was. I’m not sure why y’all think because the defense was bad that the offense isn’t a problem. It’s almost like y’all don’t watch the games.
You are posting a one-off and feel real proud about it. I posted a warning of what would happen if we ran the offense through Oscar tonight. Outcome was very predictable.
One huge issue with this team is Oscar is so bad defensively that to get any rim protection whatsoever you almost have to play another big alongside him. Of course that bogs the offense down but when teams are running layup lines against us, probably best to give Collins some extended run.
There is a big difference between spreading the floor and stretching the floor. A ton of teams spread the floor because that is the current fad in the college game.
You need to have shooters to stretch the defense. Then you have to allow them to miss without looking over their shoulder.
You need to have shooters to stretch the defense. Then you have to allow them to miss without looking over their shoulder.
We're one of the best in offensive efficiency. Offense isnt fantastic but we can certainly win with it. Our defense at times is awful and we absolutely can't win with it
Our offfensive efficiency numbers are good because we get an insane amount of offense rebounds, not because we run good offense. We run awful offense, most of our baskets come from great individual plays, not getting good looks out of the offense we run. I can’t believe a knowledgeable fan can watch these games, see our offense and think it’s anything but awful. No spacing, no driving lanes, no drive and kicks just a bunch of ghost screens being set and guys going one on one or settling for mid range jumpers. That’s awful basketball.
Might be why but the results are the same - one of the best in offensive efficiency. You can win with that.
What you can't win with is constantly giving up layups and open 3s, which we did
I didn't say we are winning at all. I said you can win with an offensive efficiency at that level and you can. That's why defense is the problem right now.
There can't be a simpler explanation. So if you insist on just rattling on about nonsense just because Jones must be saying it, then feel free. I won't bother responding because the facts are the facts.
The offensive efficiency is due to offense rebounding, nothing else. Cal runs a trash offense, we outrebounded K State by 20 and still lost. That’s unheard of and illustrates how bad the offense we run is. You watch the offense be stagnant fame after game, you see the spacing issues, you see guys being relegated to going one on one at the end of shotclocks, jacking up contested 17 footers, and an embarrassing number of shot clock violations and you still don’t get it.
We scored 23 and 26 points in back to back halves and you still don’t get it.
Our roster makeup is just wrong. You have to have at least four players on the floor that can make a three. The stats don't lie. Outside of a layup the next most efficient shot is the corner three and then all other threes. A game shooting a bunch of mid-range jumpers is going to end in disaster eventually.
That being said, our defense is terrible . We once again let a little point guard beat us because we couldn't stay in front of him. UConn twice, Auburn, and now K-State. Cal loves him some big guards.
That being said, our defense is terrible . We once again let a little point guard beat us because we couldn't stay in front of him. UConn twice, Auburn, and now K-State. Cal loves him some big guards.
