In Reply to: Michigan's offense vs UCLA's offense posted by Dr.Bruin on January 11, 2025 at 04:46:38
and they are not being addressed or corrected. Let’s start with the current whipping boy DA. I question if he ever becomes a top distributing PG. He is so afraid of being stripped he bends down to about 5’ tall when pressed. The result is that he cannot see the court or pass with any pace on it because his height is lost. I see him as an OK defender but no stud…just take a look at his steal totals for the year.
When T-Bil or Mack get the ball, the O just stops and watches for the most part…waiting for them “do their thing”. I don’t know but it seems like a lack of understand of the O game…you have got to be in constant motion in a motion O…while it may be the players failure to execute as much as what they are executing that is causing the problem … that lands on coaching. Also re Mack, he needs a pull up J rather than always going for contact.
When we were shooting 40+ % last month, we looked a lot better, Now we are back to last season and 20+ turnovers is a death sentence on the road. How many times did we see guys just pass the ball to where a player had vacated yesterday? They really did look like a poor 8th grade team.
I am rambling, kind of like our O, so I’ll try and make a few points. Whatever O we are running (I think it is a version of the motion O) we are not executing worth a sh!t. It appears that the team has not been drilled on cutting lanes or how to move to an open position. They toss the ball into post and stand waiting for their man to leave them. If they get the ball back they are often not ready to shoot … again drill, drill, drill. We also must hit 3’s at higher than 20% … teams are just sitting and clogging the paint on D and we do not have a guard who can pass the ball to create quick hits.
So yes, I do believe it is a deeper problem…maybe lack of talent…maybe lack of coaching…maybe lack of a system but most likely all three.
One last rant, you are down by 10 with three minutes to go and your guard WALKS the ball into the front court and you spend 20+ seconds tossing the ball around without any attack.