We've been watching his progression for several years now. If you had his attention and could persuade him to try one new approach, what would it be???
Here's mine:
Considering all the accomplishments, we seem to have one weakness from year to year: Getting owned in the paint and around the rim when the 3s don't fall!
This impacts us on defense and offense in various ways:
On Defense, we struggle to rebound against a lot of teams and especially those who have big, bulky Power Forwards and Centers. As a result, they get a lot of 2nd chance, garbage points.
On offense, very often it's those same teams that do a good job of rim protection and cutting off our dribble drive passing lanes to open shooters on the perimeter. And even if we get off 3s, if we get cold, they gobble up rebounds and our offense sputters.
I know that CNO wants 4s and 5s who can shoot ("5 guys who are positionless"), but this often means those guys are less bulky and/or aggressive and those players look more like a wiry Bol Bowen or Bristow or they are more passive like Sherrell or Williamson.
So if I could persuade CNO to do one thing differently, it would be to concede that every one of his teams needs a true 5 or 4 who is big, bulky and can hold their own at the rim and they believe rebounding is as fun as eating juicy steaks! And, then when we are having one of those nights when we can't throw a 3 into the ocean, we might have a guy who we could put on the post to get us a few 2s and/or 3s the old-fashioned way.
We've talked about CKD needing to understand the need to improve the running attack potential in view of his offensive MO. I think until we see CNO make a pivot to having at least 1 guy a year like the one I described, I'm not sure we can get through March to April and win it all. The Dukes and Purdues have proven we need an adjustment to the plan.
FWIW, we don't have that guy this year. Will we ever under CNO?
Here's mine:
Considering all the accomplishments, we seem to have one weakness from year to year: Getting owned in the paint and around the rim when the 3s don't fall!
This impacts us on defense and offense in various ways:
On Defense, we struggle to rebound against a lot of teams and especially those who have big, bulky Power Forwards and Centers. As a result, they get a lot of 2nd chance, garbage points.
On offense, very often it's those same teams that do a good job of rim protection and cutting off our dribble drive passing lanes to open shooters on the perimeter. And even if we get off 3s, if we get cold, they gobble up rebounds and our offense sputters.
I know that CNO wants 4s and 5s who can shoot ("5 guys who are positionless"), but this often means those guys are less bulky and/or aggressive and those players look more like a wiry Bol Bowen or Bristow or they are more passive like Sherrell or Williamson.
So if I could persuade CNO to do one thing differently, it would be to concede that every one of his teams needs a true 5 or 4 who is big, bulky and can hold their own at the rim and they believe rebounding is as fun as eating juicy steaks! And, then when we are having one of those nights when we can't throw a 3 into the ocean, we might have a guy who we could put on the post to get us a few 2s and/or 3s the old-fashioned way.
We've talked about CKD needing to understand the need to improve the running attack potential in view of his offensive MO. I think until we see CNO make a pivot to having at least 1 guy a year like the one I described, I'm not sure we can get through March to April and win it all. The Dukes and Purdues have proven we need an adjustment to the plan.
FWIW, we don't have that guy this year. Will we ever under CNO?
