Talent masks poor coaching…good coaching can compensate for a lack of talent.
Cuonzo can’t coach offense for schitt, but could recruit and had 4 NBA players, so they were passable on O. Fox can’t coach offense for schitt, and can’t recruit…so you get what you have here.
Porter Moser’s Loyola of Chicago teams weren’t incredibly talented but won a ton because of coaching.
Which they have, respectfully my friend. Maybe not pro players, but Newell can ball, Alajiki can ball, Kuany can ball. Joel can facilitate…Wrenn Robinson is a passable backup PG. Roberson, Bowser, Anyanwu, Lars and Okafor can ALL run the floor. Sure, this team would never be Bubble, but they would absolutely have 12-14 wins with competent coaching.
Fox never put this team in a position to win, based on the skill sets of his players.
He’s got a team that goes a legit 9 deep, even with injuries, with no fewer than 7 long, athletic, and quick kids with solid motors…the story of the 2022-2023 Cal Men’s Basketball team is Mark Fox forcing a deep, athletic team that HE built to play a 1950’s Indiana High School basketball style…it’s a coaching problem, not a talent one.
That's definitely part of it. The non-pressure and wait-to-respond is at partially due to not having top-tier athletes and lacking depth. But I also think it's been the same thing all year long with no adjustments. I can find similar plays from November and December. Something about the definition of insanity is repeating the same thing over and over......
Not just you. That's the point. No changes or adjustments ingame or inseason, except when forced to (like smallball for 16 minutes against ASU due to foul trouble on our bigs).
The 16 minutes v. ASU illustrates literally everything that is wrong with Mark Fox and why he should never coach college basketball players again…that small ball lineup that he was forced to use F-ing worked damn fine…it brought a spark. A better HC would’ve found a way to go back to something that worked, at least in some capacity. Stubborn Fox does the opposite, and immediately feeds the LEAST skilled offensive player on the team multiple times to start the next game. It’s baffling.
Talent masks poor coaching…good coaching can compensate for a lack of talent.
Cuonzo can’t coach offense for schitt, but could recruit and had 4 NBA players, so they were passable on O. Fox can’t coach offense for schitt, and can’t recruit…so you get what you have here.
Porter Moser’s Loyola of Chicago teams weren’t incredibly talented but won a ton because of coaching.
Good coaching can compensate to a point...but there is only so much a coach can do without talent. You need at least a couple real ballers.
Which they have, respectfully my friend. Maybe not pro players, but Newell can ball, Alajiki can ball, Kuany can ball. Joel can facilitate…Wrenn Robinson is a passable backup PG. Roberson, Bowser, Anyanwu, Lars and Okafor can ALL run the floor. Sure, this team would never be Bubble, but they would absolutely have 12-14 wins with competent coaching.
Fox never put this team in a position to win, based on the skill sets of his players.
He’s got a team that goes a legit 9 deep, even with injuries, with no fewer than 7 long, athletic, and quick kids with solid motors…the story of the 2022-2023 Cal Men’s Basketball team is Mark Fox forcing a deep, athletic team that HE built to play a 1950’s Indiana High School basketball style…it’s a coaching problem, not a talent one.
That's definitely part of it. The non-pressure and wait-to-respond is at partially due to not having top-tier athletes and lacking depth. But I also think it's been the same thing all year long with no adjustments. I can find similar plays from November and December. Something about the definition of insanity is repeating the same thing over and over......
Is it just me or do Fox's teams never seem to improve during the season?
Not just you. That's the point. No changes or adjustments ingame or inseason, except when forced to (like smallball for 16 minutes against ASU due to foul trouble on our bigs).
The 16 minutes v. ASU illustrates literally everything that is wrong with Mark Fox and why he should never coach college basketball players again…that small ball lineup that he was forced to use F-ing worked damn fine…it brought a spark. A better HC would’ve found a way to go back to something that worked, at least in some capacity. Stubborn Fox does the opposite, and immediately feeds the LEAST skilled offensive player on the team multiple times to start the next game. It’s baffling.