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(12-24-2017 09:13 AM)Justanodufan Wrote:  

(12-24-2017 07:47 AM)BigBlueMonarch Wrote:  

(12-23-2017 11:28 PM)ODUDJ96 Wrote:  

(12-19-2017 04:37 PM)jasdf Wrote:  Na man, that isnt what i am suggesting. I just hope we can return to being champions again soon.

Keep the faith - this will be our year. We’re going to take down Middle at the Ted - and then again in the tournament!

Not if we play like we did against NSU. I have been a JJ supporter but our play is super inconsistent and our guys do not seem to be getting better. It feels like it has been years since we have even played one game from start to finish in a dominant fashion. And can we please recruit some guys that can shoot 80% from the foul line. We leave hundreds of points on the court each season becasue we can't shoot a set shot from 10 feet.

Considering our free throw shooting has been pretty damn good since W&M, i would venture to guess you aren’t watching the games

I was speaking in general. Over time, foul shooting has been our Achilles heel and while we may shoot decently for short stretches of time, we have not been a good foul shooting team in years.

(12-26-2017 07:33 AM)ODU True Blue Wrote:  

(12-24-2017 07:47 AM)BigBlueMonarch Wrote:  

(12-23-2017 11:28 PM)ODUDJ96 Wrote:  

(12-19-2017 04:37 PM)jasdf Wrote:  Na man, that isnt what i am suggesting. I just hope we can return to being champions again soon.

Keep the faith - this will be our year. We’re going to take down Middle at the Ted - and then again in the tournament!

Not if we play like we did against NSU. I have been a JJ supporter but our play is super inconsistent and our guys do not seem to be getting better. It feels like it has been years since we have even played one game from start to finish in a dominant fashion. And can we please recruit some guys that can shoot 80% from the foul line. We leave hundreds of points on the court each season becasue we can't shoot a set shot from 10 feet.

15 feet

oops :)

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-secret-...1516201019

One summer day in 2015, Steve Kerr was having lunch with Fred Hoiberg. Kerr had recently coached Golden State to a championship, and Hoiberg had recently left his college job for the Chicago Bulls. They were chatting about basketball strategy when Hoiberg said he’d noticed that the Warriors used one of his plays. Kerr told him they actually named it Cyclone in honor of Iowa State.

That’s when Hoiberg confessed. It wasn’t his play. He’d taken it from BYU coach Dave Rose. And it wasn’t his play, either. “We’re all thieves in this business,” Hoiberg said.

But someone at some point had to come up with something original. As it turns out, when you trace the play back to its origins, that someone was Stew Morrill.

He came up with Dribble all the way back in 1986, his first season as a head coach, while tinkering with his trusty assistant Blaine Taylor. It had everything they wanted in a set play. It was quick. It was deceptive. And it was almost impossible to defend when executed properly.

(01-17-2018 04:41 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-secret-...1516201019

One summer day in 2015, Steve Kerr was having lunch with Fred Hoiberg. Kerr had recently coached Golden State to a championship, and Hoiberg had recently left his college job for the Chicago Bulls. They were chatting about basketball strategy when Hoiberg said he’d noticed that the Warriors used one of his plays. Kerr told him they actually named it Cyclone in honor of Iowa State.

That’s when Hoiberg confessed. It wasn’t his play. He’d taken it from BYU coach Dave Rose. And it wasn’t his play, either. “We’re all thieves in this business,” Hoiberg said.

But someone at some point had to come up with something original. As it turns out, when you trace the play back to its origins, that someone was Stew Morrill.

He came up with Dribble all the way back in 1986, his first season as a head coach, while tinkering with his trusty assistant Blaine Taylor. It had everything they wanted in a set play. It was quick. It was deceptive. And it was almost impossible to defend when executed properly.

Man, I love X's and O's.

(01-17-2018 06:04 PM)The Flagship Wrote:  

(01-17-2018 04:41 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-secret-...1516201019

One summer day in 2015, Steve Kerr was having lunch with Fred Hoiberg. Kerr had recently coached Golden State to a championship, and Hoiberg had recently left his college job for the Chicago Bulls. They were chatting about basketball strategy when Hoiberg said he’d noticed that the Warriors used one of his plays. Kerr told him they actually named it Cyclone in honor of Iowa State.

That’s when Hoiberg confessed. It wasn’t his play. He’d taken it from BYU coach Dave Rose. And it wasn’t his play, either. “We’re all thieves in this business,” Hoiberg said.

But someone at some point had to come up with something original. As it turns out, when you trace the play back to its origins, that someone was Stew Morrill.

He came up with Dribble all the way back in 1986, his first season as a head coach, while tinkering with his trusty assistant Blaine Taylor. It had everything they wanted in a set play. It was quick. It was deceptive. And it was almost impossible to defend when executed properly.

Man, I love X's and O's.

I am a huge basketball nerd in Terms of xs and Os. I really enjoyed this series.

https://medium.com/the-basketball-dictio...a99c03c109