I admit I know little about the technical aspects of b'ball, but to my eye test, it was not as bad as it looked. Cal was missing 5 players, so everyone played more minutes adn got less rest than they would have liked.
In the 2nd half, when Cal went cold, outside shots were consistently short. And to me, that means tired legs. Ditto…
I admit I know little about the technical aspects of b'ball, but to my eye test, it was not as bad as it looked. Cal was missing 5 players, so everyone played more minutes adn got less rest than they would have liked.
In the 2nd half, when Cal went cold, outside shots were consistently short. And to me, that means tired legs. Ditto lack of rebounding. Or, perhaps I'm just showing my ignorance?
One starter who we've known to be out for months. One rotation guy. Then the other 3 are end of the bench guys or walkons. Fox went 9 deep and it was the first game of the season. Nobody should be tired.
. . .and they already got their sea legs from a summer international tour. Hypothetically, the should be more prepared and in game shape than other programs at this stage of the year.
I think it was worse than it looked... not just short shots in the 2nd half, but also long shots clanging off the rim/backboard. They were throwing up panicked shots near the end. There may be slightly improved talent and size on the roster, but I don't see a lot of high basketball IQs out there - no clever drives to the basket with a dish off, pick & rolls, give & goes - things that get you open shots. Pete Newell couldn't win with this bunch.
OoT I’d respectfully push back a little that Pete Newell couldn’t win with this bunch…I honestly believe plenty of coaches could do much more with this collection of players than Fox can - he has no feel for flow or offensive rhythm
Shaka Smart would drill these kids in practice over and over again and ratchet up tempo…if you’re gonna play 10 guys, play quicker then, on both sides of the ball! Kuany, Alajiki are athletic bigs that can shoot…that should be a f-ing matchup nightmare, but Fox does nothing to scheme them open. There are NO plays…just motion sets with NO F-ING spacing…1 defender can guard multiple players, so Cal might as well be playing against 8 guys.
A more innovative offensive mind could get this team to .500…Fox is the problem. He’s a dinosaur, and constantly lifting players directly contributes to the lack of cohesion he laments.
He constantly laments his team’s lack of rhythm on offense, when the factors responsible are: 1. his idiotic substitution patterns that prevent kids from getting in a game flow; and, 2. his unimaginative motion offense that stresses movement simply for movements sake and contributes to a complete lack of spacing on the floor. It makes his teams incredibly easy to defend…not surprisingly, it’s tougher to score.
He’d actually have just as good a shot at scoring a bucket going 4-corners and letting Askew start his move from the half court circle with 7-seconds on the shot clock.
Whoda thunk that a career military guy with limited experience running RPI and then a service academy would be a poor fit to head a Power 5 athletic department.
I admit I know little about the technical aspects of b'ball, but to my eye test, it was not as bad as it looked. Cal was missing 5 players, so everyone played more minutes adn got less rest than they would have liked.
In the 2nd half, when Cal went cold, outside shots were consistently short. And to me, that means tired legs. Ditto lack of rebounding. Or, perhaps I'm just showing my ignorance?
One starter who we've known to be out for months. One rotation guy. Then the other 3 are end of the bench guys or walkons. Fox went 9 deep and it was the first game of the season. Nobody should be tired.
. . .and they already got their sea legs from a summer international tour. Hypothetically, the should be more prepared and in game shape than other programs at this stage of the year.
I think it was worse than it looked... not just short shots in the 2nd half, but also long shots clanging off the rim/backboard. They were throwing up panicked shots near the end. There may be slightly improved talent and size on the roster, but I don't see a lot of high basketball IQs out there - no clever drives to the basket with a dish off, pick & rolls, give & goes - things that get you open shots. Pete Newell couldn't win with this bunch.
Oh it was dreadful.
OoT I’d respectfully push back a little that Pete Newell couldn’t win with this bunch…I honestly believe plenty of coaches could do much more with this collection of players than Fox can - he has no feel for flow or offensive rhythm
Shaka Smart would drill these kids in practice over and over again and ratchet up tempo…if you’re gonna play 10 guys, play quicker then, on both sides of the ball! Kuany, Alajiki are athletic bigs that can shoot…that should be a f-ing matchup nightmare, but Fox does nothing to scheme them open. There are NO plays…just motion sets with NO F-ING spacing…1 defender can guard multiple players, so Cal might as well be playing against 8 guys.
A more innovative offensive mind could get this team to .500…Fox is the problem. He’s a dinosaur, and constantly lifting players directly contributes to the lack of cohesion he laments.
Fox is a poor coach.
He constantly laments his team’s lack of rhythm on offense, when the factors responsible are: 1. his idiotic substitution patterns that prevent kids from getting in a game flow; and, 2. his unimaginative motion offense that stresses movement simply for movements sake and contributes to a complete lack of spacing on the floor. It makes his teams incredibly easy to defend…not surprisingly, it’s tougher to score.
He’d actually have just as good a shot at scoring a bucket going 4-corners and letting Askew start his move from the half court circle with 7-seconds on the shot clock.
Our head coach doesn't know the technical aspects of basketball either.
He's in a good spot then, as his boss, our AD, does not know the technical aspects nor have the experience to run a P5 athletic program.
Whoda thunk that a career military guy with limited experience running RPI and then a service academy would be a poor fit to head a Power 5 athletic department.