It literally seems like Brad being SO stubborn with an attitude like, "Good players shouldn't have to run a planned play to get the ball in bounds!" and he refuses to budge. Like, getting the ball in bounds should N-O-T be stressful, let alone lose us games when we are winning.
Its bizarre that it’s neglected consistently. I don’t get it either. I’m gonna hopefully stay in my lane because I’ve only just been a JR High & HS coach in Podunk BFE little towns in the Midwest…and not some bigtime coach. NO I don’t think I know better…but I’m worthy of an opinion…and I do know this much:
As a coach/educator you have to first decide “what” you are going to teach. You have to consider your philosophy and what stuff is really the most useful/most important to cover/get through..due to time constraints and all that. Then you have to teach it, review it and get them to execute it. At least one of the 3 isn’t happening.
I think you very well may be right that he’s somewhat apathetic about it OR trying cover what he deems most important first…then runs out of time??
Maybe it’s some form of Keep. It. Simple. Stupid.? And then the OOB stuff gets neglected?? (like every year) ??
OR he just weirdly doesn’t value it enough to devote the time and energy towards it. lol.. It’s bananas. We have seen it for a while now. (How many guys does he have working for him? )
As a coach, it really is it’s what you stress…and he just doesn’t stress it for whatever reason. Lol. It’s like, hey… Lets’ just get in….maybe?
I do think there’s a time and a place for the whole Phil Jackson: “I’m not callling a TO right now because I dont wanna bail them out right now… They need to learn to think for themselves.” But THAT is MOST definitely not this!! This has been on-going for going on 7 years; some of it.
As you can see other teams do pretty well with BLOBs. Penn State, Iowa, and Michigan State…others too.
Not being able to beat the press on a somewhat frequent basis is probably more embarrassingthan the lack of execution on SLOBS & BLOBS though, honestly.
IMHO If they did these simple things on their press breaker consistently they would have nary a problem…like probably ever. Surely most of this has been taught:
-Look up, try not to pass back…pass forward
- maintain spacing
-stay out the damn coffin corner
-pass fakes (especially against zone)
-This One works against just about any press: have someone long, have someone middle, have someone sideline…have a safety valve
-Set a screen if need be-screener can then and relocate back to ball…maintain spacing
(Not being able to beat a press can you seriously get fired from the most piddly of coaching jobs at the lower levels…sorry…but it’s it true.)
-stay out of the damn coffin corner
-try to catch first pass free throw line extended
-if you get trapped be strong in it…and remember someone is open