10-28-2009, 04:27 PM
and he said he's going back to full court pressure and up tempo basketball. Last year he feels they played too conservative and it hurt them. I hate to be redundant, but when we were drawing our largest crowds, it was at Barton, when we were scoring 100 points a game on a fairly regular basis. It wasn't just winning games. It was exciting basketballl. That's what's lacking in our program from the standpoint of attracting new fans and large crowds. We're winning 20 games a season and the crowds are still not large enough to fill up our arena. That should tell us something. Today's society wants excitement. Winning ugly might look good and keep coaches jobs, but it doesn't attract new fans. Think of how Nolan's "94 feet of Hell" brought in thousands of new fans. If this program is ever to flourish, the scheme we're playing must be adjusted to allow for higher scoring games. Otherwise we'll just tread water, having good, but not great seasons. Now Inside UALR will read into this that I'm calling for a coaching change.
Nope. Only a change of coaching philosophy. A good coach should be able to coach more than one style of basketball. Never too late to adapt to methods that attract the better players.
Nope. Only a change of coaching philosophy. A good coach should be able to coach more than one style of basketball. Never too late to adapt to methods that attract the better players.