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Borrowing Saban’s philosophy for basketball
Posted on 1/29/25 at 8:31 pm
Posted on 1/29/25 at 8:31 pm
I saw a clip earlier where Saban mentioned when he was with the Browns (and consequently thereafter in his career), he said his cornerbacks at minimum had to be able to tackle and also play man defense.
He said if they couldn’t do that, he wouldn’t go after them no questions asked.
Our basketball team should adopt the same idea: our players at minimum need to have strength and quickness otherwise we shouldn’t give them a second look.
Today we got manhandled on the offensive boards (involving strength and quickness) and we also had the ball taken from us way too much.
Winning the turnover battle and the offensive boards gives any team a huge advantage as it allows them many more chances to score. Auburn doubled us up in steals tonight and had more than twice the offensive rebounds… you can’t win against that
Simply put, we need more quickness and physicality. No matter who we have as coach, if we don’t have those two ingredients, we won’t have many wins to show for it
He said if they couldn’t do that, he wouldn’t go after them no questions asked.
Our basketball team should adopt the same idea: our players at minimum need to have strength and quickness otherwise we shouldn’t give them a second look.
Today we got manhandled on the offensive boards (involving strength and quickness) and we also had the ball taken from us way too much.
Winning the turnover battle and the offensive boards gives any team a huge advantage as it allows them many more chances to score. Auburn doubled us up in steals tonight and had more than twice the offensive rebounds… you can’t win against that
Simply put, we need more quickness and physicality. No matter who we have as coach, if we don’t have those two ingredients, we won’t have many wins to show for it
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Posted on 1/29/25 at 8:33 pm to Horizon Imperial
Funny, Vanderbilt doesn’t have the talent we do but they’re outstanding at taking care of the ball and very good and protecting their own glass.
Posted on 1/29/25 at 8:34 pm to Horizon Imperial
Although we are not the top physicality and quickness wise. I don’t think that’s our main problem. We need to shoot the ball the better. In basketball if you can shoot it equalizes everything.
Posted on 1/29/25 at 8:38 pm to lsutiger2
Good shooting is no doubt important, but I think rebounding and great defense can take some pressure off the shoulders of shooters who have off nights, especially by creating more chances via second-chance points and turnovers
Posted on 1/29/25 at 8:40 pm to Horizon Imperial
Idk man… I saw something else tonight… and what I saw, is the same thing I’ve seen since McMahon came to LSU.
An offense that has very little structure or efficiency.
I thought (and have thought) that the players played hard and were strong in the paint, etc. they play decent half court defense (with the occasional complete melt down on a pick and roll), and they have a strong fast break game on offense.
And I may be completely wrong, but IMO McMahon teams at LSU have consistently looked dysfunctional when they are forced to play half court 5 on 5 offensive basketball.
An offense that has very little structure or efficiency.
I thought (and have thought) that the players played hard and were strong in the paint, etc. they play decent half court defense (with the occasional complete melt down on a pick and roll), and they have a strong fast break game on offense.
And I may be completely wrong, but IMO McMahon teams at LSU have consistently looked dysfunctional when they are forced to play half court 5 on 5 offensive basketball.
Posted on 1/29/25 at 8:41 pm to lsutiger2
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In basketball if you can shoot it equalizes everything.
Not when the other team is getting 2x more shots than you. Defensive rebounds and turnovers are and have been the difference in the games.
Posted on 1/29/25 at 8:45 pm to Horizon Imperial
Shot % is a byproduct of shot quality which comes from good offense. We don’t run any offense
Posted on 1/29/25 at 8:46 pm to 1984Tiger
When one player on the other team has the same number of offensive rebounds as your whole team, it’s recipe for disaster. Not to mention that we turned it over twice as much as Auburn did.
We’re not nearly good enough to give a good team that many chances
We’re not nearly good enough to give a good team that many chances
Posted on 1/29/25 at 8:48 pm to Madking
I agree with you there but that’s an entirely different issue—a very important one to be sure…
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