03-25-2023, 10:07 AM
(03-25-2023, 09:57 AM)Card10Fan Wrote: This is a good observation. The teams that are winning are aggressive and committed to attacking the basket. There is no passive play or predictable slow it down offense. It also feels like most teams still alive have coaches that allow their players to use their skill sets and just play. I think we became way too system focused this year and probably the players felt if they drove and missed and that wasn't the play, they would be subbed out. A little more freedom to just read, react, attack and just play might have been beneficial.
Tying your observation back to previous commentary about recruiting, I don't think it might be too big of a stretch to potentially connect this limitation with perhaps being a common factor among the elite guards choosing elsewhere (not saying it's the only criteria but it could influence it). If I was a highly ranked guard who has had success creating plays on my own and using my talent to create my own shot and then seeing a system where I would be limited in utilizing these skills, I would be inclined to pick a program that would let me to continue to do so.