I don’t really know where to put this, but I got to watch Nate Oats in the Texas Coaches Clinic today talk about their offensive flow. He went over their basic transition flow on makes and misses, and how the reads go based on how his players fill their transition spots on the court.
It got me thinking because he said the trade off of doing this is you put more control in the players hands. Where as if you call more sets the control is in the coach’s hands.
It’s interesting how last year BU adjusted from one philosophy (let the players flow) into the other one (calling spread and sets). I think we all thought and hoped that letting the players flow would work, but it didn’t, so kudos to BU for adjusting. We’re recruiting guys who have scored a good amount of points at the college level, so I’m thinking and hoping we go back to just flowing, but with guys who are threats and have done it.
Oats did say the biggest key was he wants 4 shooters out there (don’t we all) because he wants the catch on the perimeter to be “a shot until it’s not.” While we are recruiting scorers, some people have questions on the shooting ability. Just thought his session was interesting and reminded of our group last year, and has me thinking ahead and interested in next year.
Also for those wondering, Oats said FTs, “at the rims,” and kickout set 3s, are the 3 most efficient shots in basketball, in that order.