In Reply to: Philosophical posted by ej on October 27, 2025 at 13:07:29
Cronin has developed a coaching style that is based on being overmatched. At all cost, don't turn the ball over, try to force turnovers, and the way he uses the center is kind of like having an extra 1/2 of a player on the floor. He's got the center doing double duty on the perimeter on both ends of the floor, with the expectation that he (the 5) can get to the post when needed in the possession (ours or theirs).
To use a pop-culture phrase, it's like a "scarcity mentality." I'm only being a little facetious, but if he might have him doing the post-perimeter-post dash on most possessions.
A thing I'm really interested to look for this season is whether our bigs will start to convert on pick-and-rolls. We rarely try to pass to the rolling big, and when we do, we are very unsuccessful. How many lay ups did Mara get off pick and rolls last season? 4 or 5 in the entire season? We've got Dent, who surely is capable of making that pass. Can we convert those? Will we try?