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<blockquote data-quote="The Galloping Ghost" data-source="post: 1703573" data-attributes="member: 5587"><p>This is just a really good post. People think designing an offense and game planning is easy and can be adjusted on the fly. That's fundamentally not how BU does things for better or worse. He's meticulous. He's exacting. If you've listened to him speak for any length of time, you understand that he believes he needs an extended period of time to implement new systems and create enough muscle memory to run those systems efficiently.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, it's not ideal in a season where we've faced, frankly, an absurd amount of adversity. From head injuries to omicron, this team hasn't had the chance to commit to muscle memory everything that BU is trying to implement. I think BU's style is fundamentally the right way to do things, just, unfortunately, we've faced a ridiculous level of bad luck up until this point. Ultimately, I still think BU's philosophy will prove to be correct in the end.</p><p></p><p>And yeah, I agree that Omar doesn't quite seem to be as far along as we, and especially BU, hoped. We need him to make some significant strides to be as successful as we want to be in March. There's still time, but it's fleeting. My fingers are crossed that things finally click for him. The talent is there, he just needs to get to a point where the game slows down and he understands how physically imposing he is. And, you know, maybe stop leaving his feet for every freaking pump fake.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Galloping Ghost, post: 1703573, member: 5587"] This is just a really good post. People think designing an offense and game planning is easy and can be adjusted on the fly. That's fundamentally not how BU does things for better or worse. He's meticulous. He's exacting. If you've listened to him speak for any length of time, you understand that he believes he needs an extended period of time to implement new systems and create enough muscle memory to run those systems efficiently. Unfortunately, it's not ideal in a season where we've faced, frankly, an absurd amount of adversity. From head injuries to omicron, this team hasn't had the chance to commit to muscle memory everything that BU is trying to implement. I think BU's style is fundamentally the right way to do things, just, unfortunately, we've faced a ridiculous level of bad luck up until this point. Ultimately, I still think BU's philosophy will prove to be correct in the end. And yeah, I agree that Omar doesn't quite seem to be as far along as we, and especially BU, hoped. We need him to make some significant strides to be as successful as we want to be in March. There's still time, but it's fleeting. My fingers are crossed that things finally click for him. The talent is there, he just needs to get to a point where the game slows down and he understands how physically imposing he is. And, you know, maybe stop leaving his feet for every freaking pump fake. [/QUOTE]
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