CoachO busy

[Brad]

@Corey_Allen4: Good workout with Coach O today. Learning a lot these last two days.

[Bear]

Amazing. That is what I want to hear. 

[charsibb]

Oh yeah!!

 

:koolaid:

[Hem]

It's cool that he's working with the kids already

But

Learning A LOT??

I hope he was just being kind about the new coach, otherwise wtf was Heath doing...

[Triple B]

It's cool that he's working with the kids already

But

Learning A LOT??

I hope he was just being kind about the new coach, otherwise wtf was Heath doing...

 

You mean besides the 2 20 win seasons .... ?  

 

It's a new regime with a whole new sysytem. The whole team should be learning a lot ...

[Triple B]

Curious as to what the rules are for coach/players interaction in the off-season? Does COA get some extra time because of the coaching change?

[Leviathan]

Heath didn't know how to run an offense and didn't prepare the players for success.

 

This team will be much improved next year.

[bullsfan27]

Heath was a defensive minded coach. His offense was always set up for 1-2 players to do most of the scoring while the others set up those players to score. When DJ was here he set up the offense around him and after he left he tried to have Gus be the main scorer and after Gus left it was Rudd.

[Dogma]

I try to keep an open mind, while I like watching basketball... I'm nowhere near as knowledgeable in its technicalities as some of the posters here (types of defense/schemes, I don't know exactly the difference between a small forward, power forward, and

 

However for the years I watched Bulls basketball, I was amazed and how bad the offense continually was.  I arrived at USF when Heath was already here, so I never saw them play with previous coaches (or even less who they are other than what I've read here.)

 

The defense could be pretty decent at times, but when they have the ball, it was almost always:

1. Dribble to opponents end and take positions at the 3 point line

2. Pass the ball to each other while standing at the 3 point line. (Keep this until there is about 5 - 7 sec left on the shot clock.)

3. Attempt an ill advised basket wherever you are even if the possibility of making it is 0.

[usfgrad84]

During the last 2 UCONN games during the final four, the announcers made mention, several times, of the fact that UCONN was great at running their offense by letting the clock get down to less than 5 seconds then converting. Worked out well for them.

It sure helps when you have Napier and Boatright taking those shots down the stretch rather than the ball in the hands of McClendon. Also makes a big difference when you make a high percentage of foul shots.

At some point talent makes a difference.

Why McClendon had the ball in his hands so many times at the end of close games is beyond me.

Remind me again, how many games did we lose by just a few points.