That was genuinely funny. Thank you for the laugh.
Question: what is going on with Meyer? He looks clutch when he needs to be, but misses a lot of good looks from 3 *badly*. I didn't mean that rhetorically, so here is my guess: his 3pt% at Baylor was higher because Baylor had a solid backcourt that could get him looks he was more comfortable with. He also doesn't seem to have adapted well to Big10-style play. I need two hands to count the number of times he has looked befuddled after a no-call on a mugging.
That said, I don't think he's broken and really do hope that NBA teams don't sleep on him. We have *young* guards who are playing out of position. Repeating myself, but surrounded by the right talent, I think he could be deadly on both sides of the arc.
Re posting from another thread.
I read with interest all the comments about us being terrible 3 point shooters. My take as former coach is the offense not the shooting. We have shooters - Mayer, TSJ, RJ, Goode and Epps (still not convinced on Harris with his form yet someone is going to tell me his % is good). Who do you want to shoot and how best to put them in a position to excel? What did Damonte shoot the year he was off the charts?
I want an offense that can score at all 3 levels. I am looking for 3s as a result of penetration where you force a guy into helping off the ball. I want a Mayer type that can slip a ball screen and have a shorter man forced to guard him. I do not like pass a few times and then CH shooting from a distance where he feels comfortable not getting blocked and/or a step back 3 which is not something you can live on.
The spread while providing opportunity at times does not really play to a conventional 4 out 1 in mindset. Everyone floods one side of the floor and you live or die with one guy down hill and relying on speed. I always would like to see defense rotations to the ball and leaving an outside shooter open for time to set and shoot. In the spread, the rotation may come yet there is no where to pass the ball. as everyone is on the strong side to big with and penetration is the other side.
Rules
1) Force the Defense to make a decision and rotate.
2) Reverse the basketball thru back screens and screen the screener action (my favorite or is that Micheal Jordan's favorite, I guess it does not matter). The more times the ball is reversed and defense has to rotate the higher probability of an open 3 or lanes to penetrate.
3) Make helpside be helpside. ( We got this with Kofi so that is not always there)
4) High/Low works to force someone opposite side of ball to help as well.
Currently, we look to get downhill at the risk of nothing else available. Indiana system has multiple options when JHS penetrates.
Let's be honest though, BU has been at this longer than any of us at this level. I do not want to go back to the days of Weber as our talent level is so much better. We have lost at least 3 players in 2 years whose number will hang in the rafters. We have been blessed and thank you BU. They want to succeed most likely more than we do. I trust where we are and would not want to be faced with replacing the numbers we had to replace. Then in mid season having to adjust. I think we all underestimate how much time it takes to create unity and keep it intact. A game here or there is doable. We only have one basketball and guys trying to get to the next level and a paycheck beyond NIL. This is not an easy task. BU and company can recruit and will put a great product in place. Our future is bright and very few teams will ever be '05 or '89. Let's live and die with our group. If it was easy, then anyone could do it. ILL