Originally Posted by TommyGola
A common thread has been taller, stronger players in the paint for whom we have no real center to defend. They control our offensive paint and we don't control theirs. That's why in those situations you must make it a full-court game, as we cannot defend nor can we run an effective half-court offense against real bigs. Therefore, the solution is to press and run and neutralize, on both sides of the court, the effects of the big men in the middle for whom we have no answer.
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Yes you can try to make it a full court game, but unfortunately that relies on good three point shooting ( realistically as the game is played today), and when you are both cold from outside and committing turnovers, you gotta have another plan. On offense, you have to back-screen the opponents big guy, and run the action underneath him, or on the opposite side of the lane. Also you have to attack him early and often, in effort to get him in foul trouble. You cannot just simply setback and let the other team dictate the situation for forty minutes...that always ends badly...always.
I am confident we can dispense with the nonsense about, how after having a fluke miracle luck three-point shooting night, against nationally acclaimed Saint Bonnaventure no-less, that somehow Archie is quickly becoming the best coach in America. Not even close. Sure he is better than some, and compared to his generation of coaches, maybe, but by no means is the best coach in America...wipe it from your system.
As for Swampy's woulda shoulda coulda perspective; I must say, blaming the fans for knowing a win against Nebraska and a loss to UCLA is better than a loss to Nebraska and a win against Portland, is better; and the attitude toward Callers (see bedell), and blaming the refs (see Morgan Miller), is all getting very old, or feeling that the Flyers should have beaten Saint Marys or Northwestern...a never NCAA tournament program, is not really asking too much, given all that is provided to UD for the basketball program, and of course because we obviously have the best coach in America.
As for four losses, the Flyers can only afford 2-3 more losses in the regular season, to have any reasonable at-large hopes.
