11-18-2019, 12:18 PM
A couple of more things.
(1) Speaking as someone who has trouble getting to the games in person, I HATE the fact that Stanford pulls their live webstream from the feed that goes to the scoreboard. Because it incorporates all the stupid crap the scoreboard operator does, like show replays that are 8-10 seconds long in the middle of live action.
But the pièce de résistance was last night. On Gonzaga's last possession in regulation time, with the game tied. The ENTIRE possession, the screen only showed the friggin' "MAKE NOISE" graphic that was obviously flashing on the scoreboard. The most critical point of the game, and the web audience can't see the action at all.
(2) I think a large part of Stanford's success this season is going to hinge on whether they can develop any inside offensive game from the 4 and 5. One reason Gonzaga was able to maintain both their ball pressure and their weakside defense is that no one was coming off a player in order to defend the post. Posting up the Hulls was a very clever move by Tara and staff, especially in the OT. But that was also because we didn't have a better back to the basket option.
I think it would be interesting to see what happen if Stanford played a lot more "inverted" sets - with wings down low and posts up high. Or with the "post" player in the set being a little rather than a big. I know against Tennessee we're going to be in trouble if we can't force their posts away from the basket - their length is going to be a nightmare. Luckily, it's at home.
(3) Ah, Missy. The one I couldn't understand was when she (or maybe it was one of the others) essentially iced our free-throw shooter by stopping the game for more than a minute while a conversation was going on at the scorer's table, with everyone already in position in the lane and our shooter (Kiana?) standing at the line.
And the "Missy bump" in called fouls is an interesting bit of data.
In any case, a lot of the issues I saw were "youth" issues - first game under real pressure, a lot of turnovers looked to be because of unexpected movement by the receiver, etc. Even some of the ones by Kiana - I remember a travel called on her because she pulled her dribble to pass and had to try to hang on to the ball because the intended recipient had made a cut. Of course, she probably pulled her dribble early.
But those youth issues were also why I had a bit of trouble with Carrington sitting so much of the second half.
VG
(1) Speaking as someone who has trouble getting to the games in person, I HATE the fact that Stanford pulls their live webstream from the feed that goes to the scoreboard. Because it incorporates all the stupid crap the scoreboard operator does, like show replays that are 8-10 seconds long in the middle of live action.
But the pièce de résistance was last night. On Gonzaga's last possession in regulation time, with the game tied. The ENTIRE possession, the screen only showed the friggin' "MAKE NOISE" graphic that was obviously flashing on the scoreboard. The most critical point of the game, and the web audience can't see the action at all.
(2) I think a large part of Stanford's success this season is going to hinge on whether they can develop any inside offensive game from the 4 and 5. One reason Gonzaga was able to maintain both their ball pressure and their weakside defense is that no one was coming off a player in order to defend the post. Posting up the Hulls was a very clever move by Tara and staff, especially in the OT. But that was also because we didn't have a better back to the basket option.
I think it would be interesting to see what happen if Stanford played a lot more "inverted" sets - with wings down low and posts up high. Or with the "post" player in the set being a little rather than a big. I know against Tennessee we're going to be in trouble if we can't force their posts away from the basket - their length is going to be a nightmare. Luckily, it's at home.
(3) Ah, Missy. The one I couldn't understand was when she (or maybe it was one of the others) essentially iced our free-throw shooter by stopping the game for more than a minute while a conversation was going on at the scorer's table, with everyone already in position in the lane and our shooter (Kiana?) standing at the line.
And the "Missy bump" in called fouls is an interesting bit of data.
In any case, a lot of the issues I saw were "youth" issues - first game under real pressure, a lot of turnovers looked to be because of unexpected movement by the receiver, etc. Even some of the ones by Kiana - I remember a travel called on her because she pulled her dribble to pass and had to try to hang on to the ball because the intended recipient had made a cut. Of course, she probably pulled her dribble early.
But those youth issues were also why I had a bit of trouble with Carrington sitting so much of the second half.
VG