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My one complaint with Will Wade

Posted on 1/20/18 at 5:30 pm
Posted by CP3forMVP
Member since Nov 2010
14857 posts
Posted on 1/20/18 at 5:30 pm
Let me start off by saying that I love Will Wade. This team has and will continue to play over their heads because of his coaching. We are going to get out talented most nights, but I feel like the team will be prepared and they will play hard.

With that said, we are starting to see the offense have a little tougher time score points. Mostly defenses are adjusting to Waters. Every time up the court we either see a big set a ball screen or a low post entry to Reath or Epps on occasion.

Now Wade is new and it could just be a case of he had other priorities to focus on so some other things have fallen by the wayside that we will see the team gradually start to implement over the course of the season. But where are the sets for particular skill sets?

Teams have adjusted to Tremont, why don't we run him off ball trying to get him open looks? Daryl Edwards is another fantastic shooter, run him off some screens. Obviously you can implement this into some of the ball screens you already like to run up top. South Carolina runs this very nice three man weave coupled with a ball screen and off ball flare for open looks in the corner. Brandon Sampson is an incredible athlete, let's get him running off some back door screens. This is one of the few teams that I haven't seen run a Horns set all season. You can run these sets from anywhere on the court, from the elbow, the wing, the baseline, etc. Kentucky runs this great black door play where it looks like you're running a set for two guys in the paint but it's actually setting up a backdoor screen. Northern Iowa runs a very nice 1-4 High Veer Action where you have the screener curl to the rim for a lob. You have a guy like Epps, be a little more creative with how you get him shots rather than just picking and popping or standing in the corner.
Posted by Tigerfan7218
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2010
14251 posts
Posted on 1/20/18 at 5:36 pm to
I've seen a few sets run for Edwards (because he's a good catch and shoot guy)... Problem is it hasn't been enough and lately he's been in a funk
Posted by Stephen1979
Member since Oct 2016
5754 posts
Posted on 1/20/18 at 5:40 pm to
Good suggestions. Can you call in to the show Monday night and ask? I'd be curious to hear the response
Posted by tiger81
Brentwood, TN.
Member since Jan 2008
18801 posts
Posted on 1/20/18 at 5:49 pm to
Right on..was at game today. Outside of Reath, We had nothing today. Way too much standing around. Teams have figured out Waters is the engine. We just aren't that talented, but help is on the way.

Posted by CP3forMVP
Member since Nov 2010
14857 posts
Posted on 1/20/18 at 5:56 pm to
I would love to see some actions run for Waters and Epps in a three man game. I think this team has some guys with skill sets that could make them real difficult to defend, but we aren't seeing it for some reason.
Posted by tjtiger9
MS
Member since Aug 2005
3843 posts
Posted on 1/20/18 at 5:59 pm to
I saw a lot of standing around today and not hustling for loose balls. To me that is where we are losing games
Posted by chuckie3325
Baton Rouge, La
Member since Apr 2009
581 posts
Posted on 1/20/18 at 6:34 pm to
The coaching it fine, they just don't have any player who can create a shot for them selves besides Waters. Their limited on offense with the lack of people who can score.
Posted by CP3forMVP
Member since Nov 2010
14857 posts
Posted on 1/20/18 at 6:52 pm to
Which is all the more reason to start running particular sets for guys. They may not have guys who can create their own offense, but they do have skill sets that you could maximize with just a little creativity.
Posted by Friar Tuck
Planet Earth
Member since Nov 2016
683 posts
Posted on 1/20/18 at 6:55 pm to
I couldn’t understand in the first half why we didn’t switch Sampson defensively onto that Vandy player that was bombing those threes and shut him down.
Posted by Stingy
TN
Member since Mar 2014
1907 posts
Posted on 1/20/18 at 6:58 pm to
Maybe you should apply for a college basketball job. Oh, you're not qualified.

Posted by Tiger Ree
Houston
Member since Jun 2004
24538 posts
Posted on 1/20/18 at 7:02 pm to
quote:

This team has and will continue to play over their heads because of his coaching.


No offense, but LSU lost to Vanderbilt today. Vanderbilt was 6-12 and 1-5 SEC before the LSU game. If LSU is playing over their heads they must really SUCK !!!
Posted by CL8100
Bayou
Member since Jan 2012
948 posts
Posted on 1/20/18 at 7:48 pm to
Johnny jones round 2
Posted by LSUButt
Lowcountry
Member since Jan 2006
14928 posts
Posted on 1/20/18 at 7:51 pm to
When your best player is a 5'9 Freshman PG, you will go through struggles. Even running him off of ball screens, he's not physical enough if he gets bumped at all. He's much better with the ball in his hands.

I think the biggest problem is that Tre is frustrated with teams adjusting, specifically by putting 6'6+ guys on him, and how tough it is to get shots off now. This is a great learning process. In the coming years, when we have Smart/Days/Reid/Mays/Williams (please)/Sampson they won't be able to mismatch as much because we have too much talent everywhere.
Posted by Bayoufightingtiger
Member since Aug 2011
4608 posts
Posted on 1/20/18 at 7:55 pm to
When we win, the fans say we overachieved. When we lose, the fans say we have no talent.
Posted by chinhoyang
Member since Jun 2011
23298 posts
Posted on 1/20/18 at 7:58 pm to
He is clearly not the great Coach everyone thought he was.
Posted by Skillet
Member since Aug 2006
107432 posts
Posted on 1/20/18 at 8:04 pm to
quote:

He is clearly not the great Coach everyone thought he was.





It was amazing how he transformed the roster in such a short time without a real recruiting season. The team is in a funk right now, but has proven that it can compete even though we have only 1 low post presence. I will defer my opinion of his coaching until sometime next season.
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
47609 posts
Posted on 1/20/18 at 10:24 pm to
And you’re clearly a Jones cuck.
Posted by beantown
Nashville
Member since Sep 2015
3429 posts
Posted on 1/20/18 at 11:02 pm to
Running him off ball could also work since we run two point guards right?
Posted by zsav77
Member since Oct 2011
6059 posts
Posted on 1/20/18 at 11:58 pm to
quote:

He is clearly not the great Coach everyone thought he was.



And yet a million times better a coach than Johnny Jones.
Posted by rilesrick
Member since Mar 2015
6704 posts
Posted on 1/21/18 at 2:38 am to
Excellent point about getting Sampson shots. He’s the most explosive offense player we have. He can go for 18/20 on any night. I’m going to chalk talk Wednesday w WW I’ll make it a point to ask.
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