I don’t know what “fixing this season “
Will bring us in the end game …but to maximizing the wins we have…while developing the roster for next year …here is what we need to do
1.) We need an alpha . Game one , right after, I said the elephant in the room was a leadership on the court . Who is the leader ….so how the rotation needs to be reconstructed needs to start with that …leading to point 2….
2.) Roll the ball to zero. I have gone hot and cold on Derek this year , but WE NEED backcourt scoring and he can provide it. Yes, it comes as a risk of sone defensive issues. Yes it comes on him sometimes not making the extra pass. But I really think a lot of this is solved with more experience . I have seen nothing from him and his character that says he isn’t willing or he is selfish and won’t pass. More Experience fixed this . We need to roll the ball to him …
3.) cohesion on offense and defense needs to be fixed ….it’s so choppy on both ends. A lot of the rebounding issues is being a half step behind on rotation that has out of rebounding positions on the misses….sone of this gets fixed with better cohesion. On offense it’s also , a lot of mistiming on the motion offense . …whixh leads to the next two ponts
4.) shorten the play book on defense. We are trying to do too much . Sone games , besides playing five (man), we mix sone zone and mix 2-2-1 press in. Scrap the zone , and limit the press . We need to get better on core value defense and rotation timing (whixh really helps the rebounding )….so if that means less press and scrapping the zone ….to be more cohesive on defense , do it.
5.) shorten the bench . The playing 10 guys …needs to end. This is a big part of the mistiming on offense and defense ….we need to shorten the bench. I’ll say this until the cow comes home, to score 75 in a game , it means you need an average of 15 points per 40 minutes of play …so if you are playing minutes , and you don’t get your average , you need to be affecting the game on other ways
Derek needs 28 (he will get 11 ppg with three minutes , and potentially a little more )
Jmike needs 26 (he will probably get less than 9.7 ppg, probably 7.5 -8.0 ppg , but can make up for it with defense )
Mag needs 26 (he will get a little less than 9.7 ppg , probably 8-9 ppg , but will make up for it on defense
Hyatt needs 28 (and will get his number …11 ppg )
Cliff needs 30l (and will likely exceed the 11.76 ppg in bjs 30 minutes)
So the question becomes …how do we finish the bench off with the remaining 62 minutes
Shorten the bench means
- extended minutes for Gavin …24. He will get 8 ppg in those 24 and be better for the things for the experience
-no chol. I’ve seen enoogh
- no Palmquist . I’ve seen enoogh
- no wolf except for 10 minutes to five cliff a break. We hope Ogoble can take his minutes away …because he is not an answer
-remaining 28 minutes for austin and Noah, both of which are not the answer . And if jerimah gets eligible …he takes most of the remaining 28 minute .
This gets us a 65-67 ppg average in big ten play …and will allow us to hang around most nights , like the last few seasons
I could go on with more …but I think this gets the point across
Time for pike to bring out his quote
“Play the best and fair to the rest “
This does this ….shorten the bench and simply what we are going to do
Will bring us in the end game …but to maximizing the wins we have…while developing the roster for next year …here is what we need to do
1.) We need an alpha . Game one , right after, I said the elephant in the room was a leadership on the court . Who is the leader ….so how the rotation needs to be reconstructed needs to start with that …leading to point 2….
2.) Roll the ball to zero. I have gone hot and cold on Derek this year , but WE NEED backcourt scoring and he can provide it. Yes, it comes as a risk of sone defensive issues. Yes it comes on him sometimes not making the extra pass. But I really think a lot of this is solved with more experience . I have seen nothing from him and his character that says he isn’t willing or he is selfish and won’t pass. More Experience fixed this . We need to roll the ball to him …
3.) cohesion on offense and defense needs to be fixed ….it’s so choppy on both ends. A lot of the rebounding issues is being a half step behind on rotation that has out of rebounding positions on the misses….sone of this gets fixed with better cohesion. On offense it’s also , a lot of mistiming on the motion offense . …whixh leads to the next two ponts
4.) shorten the play book on defense. We are trying to do too much . Sone games , besides playing five (man), we mix sone zone and mix 2-2-1 press in. Scrap the zone , and limit the press . We need to get better on core value defense and rotation timing (whixh really helps the rebounding )….so if that means less press and scrapping the zone ….to be more cohesive on defense , do it.
5.) shorten the bench . The playing 10 guys …needs to end. This is a big part of the mistiming on offense and defense ….we need to shorten the bench. I’ll say this until the cow comes home, to score 75 in a game , it means you need an average of 15 points per 40 minutes of play …so if you are playing minutes , and you don’t get your average , you need to be affecting the game on other ways
Derek needs 28 (he will get 11 ppg with three minutes , and potentially a little more )
Jmike needs 26 (he will probably get less than 9.7 ppg, probably 7.5 -8.0 ppg , but can make up for it with defense )
Mag needs 26 (he will get a little less than 9.7 ppg , probably 8-9 ppg , but will make up for it on defense
Hyatt needs 28 (and will get his number …11 ppg )
Cliff needs 30l (and will likely exceed the 11.76 ppg in bjs 30 minutes)
So the question becomes …how do we finish the bench off with the remaining 62 minutes
Shorten the bench means
- extended minutes for Gavin …24. He will get 8 ppg in those 24 and be better for the things for the experience
-no chol. I’ve seen enoogh
- no Palmquist . I’ve seen enoogh
- no wolf except for 10 minutes to five cliff a break. We hope Ogoble can take his minutes away …because he is not an answer
-remaining 28 minutes for austin and Noah, both of which are not the answer . And if jerimah gets eligible …he takes most of the remaining 28 minute .
This gets us a 65-67 ppg average in big ten play …and will allow us to hang around most nights , like the last few seasons
I could go on with more …but I think this gets the point across
Time for pike to bring out his quote
“Play the best and fair to the rest “
This does this ….shorten the bench and simply what we are going to do
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