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With regard to the drop-off in offense--I think there is another possible explanation other than a change in the players.  Tara installed a new offense this year.  It took opponents a while to figure it out.  Then they did.  Now every defense is ready for it.

The flow offense was chosen because it was simple enough for our younger players (the backcourt) to master and play this year.  The Princeton is so complex that it takes a year or two to get good at it--it basically puts all your freshmen on the bench for the year, and given our personnel issues we could not afford that.

It could be that while this defense is simpler for our players to use, it is also simpler for opposing defenses to defend, and they are getting better and better at doing so.

So this is Tara's first time coaching this particular offensive system, and she may be dicovering its limitations.  It is as close to a "standard" offense as there is in college WBB, so everyone else is very prepared for it.  

I'm thinking that we may need to bring back elements of the Triangle and/or the Princeton to the extent our youngsters can handle it mid season.  Or maybe there are varients on the Flow that we haven't yet used, and they need to be pulled out of the hat.  The flow offense seems too easy to defend--at least with our personnel and given the quality of the defensive personnel in the Pac 12.    Whether this is because our team is not executing it well enough or because opponents know how to defend it so well--I dont know.  But as others have said, there is not much flow in the flow.  If we are going to feature Brink primarily, then why not the Triangle?

This is a great observation.  I had something like it swirling around my brain but you said it much better than my swirling brain could manage.  One of the announcers in a recent game said Tara was incorporating some elements from last season's offense into this season.

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With regard to the drop-off in offense--I think there is another possible explanation other than a change in the players.  Tara installed a new offense this year.  It took opponents a while to figure it out.  Then they did.  Now every defense is ready for it.

The flow offense was chosen because it was simple enough for our younger players (the backcourt) to master and play this year.  The Princeton is so complex that it takes a year or two to get good at it--it basically puts all your freshmen on the bench for the year, and given our personnel issues we could not afford that.

It could be that while this defense is simpler for our players to use, it is also simpler for opposing defenses to defend, and they are getting better and better at doing so.

So this is Tara's first time coaching this particular offensive system, and she may be dicovering its limitations.  It is as close to a "standard" offense as there is in college WBB, so everyone else is very prepared for it.  

I'm thinking that we may need to bring back elements of the Triangle and/or the Princeton to the extent our youngsters can handle it mid season.  Or maybe there are varients on the Flow that we haven't yet used, and they need to be pulled out of the hat.  The flow offense seems too easy to defend--at least with our personnel and given the quality of the defensive personnel in the Pac 12.    Whether this is because our team is not executing it well enough or because opponents know how to defend it so well--I dont know.  But as others have said, there is not much flow in the flow.  If we are going to feature Brink primarily, then why not the Triangle?

This is a great observation.  I had something like it swirling around my brain but you said it much better than my swirling brain could manage.  One of the announcers in a recent game said Tara was incorporating some elements from last season's offense into this season.