In Reply to: This Loss Is On Cronin... posted by bigislander on December 21, 2024 at 15:57:34
Cronin is a fantastic defensive coach, but he takes his time developing offense, and would rather slow the game down and take bad shots than risk a turnover. Sometimes it works, sometimes (as in at least 3 shot clock violations) it really fails.
As of now, the offense and offensive execution/shot making we saw in the Final 4 run has been MIA for years, and this team is dependent upon Bilodeau staying out of foul trouble, and that defensive coaching for him, Dailey and Johnson isn't there yet.
What that leads to is a one dimensional team which can grind out games to a last possession and sometimes win (we're 2-2 against decent teams this year - with 3 games decided in the final seconds). This team should be able to make the tourney, but without a better offense, has a pretty hard ceiling at getting to the sweet 16, and looks more like a 2nd round exit.