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Fair enough, Lex. But, it seems to me that if Stanford ran a more structured offense, e.g., and worked to set screens for ZW, not to mention Jones, our perimeter shooting would be much improved. I'm not sure I could cogently describe our offensive structure, other than find Oscar. What would it be next year? Find Jaire? I know there are other productive offenses besides a heavy screen game that might have worked as well. I think the analyst who said several potential lottery picks (including ZW) lost ground because they wound up with crummy offenses was right. He could have been used much more effectively on offense.... and defense too. For that, I fault Haase big time.

The one time that Stanford was truly successful in the modern era was during the Montgomery era when he implemented a structured screening offense with a lot of high-low passing. I have argued before that a “system” coach is likely to be more successful at Stanford in the longer term because of admissions restrictions. Watching both the Dawkins era and the Haase era, I’m even more convinced that my theory is correct. I think it’s fairly hopeless to think about competing against the programs that can basically admit anyone. Even if you get one out of twenty, the other programs are getting 7 out of 10.

I’d rather sign Lichti and find four large bodies to set screens for him. I mean, that worked out pretty well.

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Fair enough, Lex. But, it seems to me that if Stanford ran a more structured offense, e.g., and worked to set screens for ZW, not to mention Jones, our perimeter shooting would be much improved. I'm not sure I could cogently describe our offensive structure, other than find Oscar. What would it be next year? Find Jaire? I know there are other productive offenses besides a heavy screen game that might have worked as well. I think the analyst who said several potential lottery picks (including ZW) lost ground because they wound up with crummy offenses was right. He could have been used much more effectively on offense.... and defense too. For that, I fault Haase big time.

The one time that Stanford was truly successful in the modern era was during the Montgomery era when he implemented a structured screening offense with a lot of high-low passing. I have argued before that a “system” coach is likely to be more successful at Stanford in the longer term because of admissions restrictions. Watching both the Dawkins era and the Haase era, I’m even more convinced that my theory is correct. I think it’s fairly hopeless to think about competing against the programs that can basically admit anyone. Even if you get one out of twenty, the other programs are getting 7 out of 10.

I’d rather sign Lichti and find four large bodies to set screens for him. I mean, that worked out pretty well.