Pulling from this another thread:
stats are true, and I have no reason to doubt you Jammin (just implying
I'm too lazy to verify), then I strongly reserve the right to change my
mind about keeping him.
The implication is that you fix the top 2
or 3 drivers of year-in, year-out team deficiencies, and it pushes the
needle on his ability from yearly conf avg finish from ~5-6 into the top
3.
*The conference championship runs through Lawrence - the above stats are sufficient to blunt this.
*Identify
and adjust in remediating that point spread differential in losses.
I'm guessing you start with asking, how do I get 5 more points/game?
How do I limit 3 additional points per game?
*My gut feel is
that he not take fliers on landing awesome big men, and get a pipeline
of quality 4 year bigs (that contribute in years 3 and 4). If he took a
Solomon every year, that'd be a great start. He seems to be able to
pull in difference makers at guard and forward on occasion, but those
superlatives are negated, to a degree, by lack of interior production on
both ends.
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I'd like your assessment on Ford's previous big man recruiting, and what you think, given his demonstrated ability to secure difference makers at G and F, are there "safe" adjustments he can make to solidify interior play? Would a focus on 4 year players vs studs fit into his overall scheme well, or are they necessary to his system for a high level of success?
If these
stats are true, and I have no reason to doubt you Jammin (just implying
I'm too lazy to verify), then I strongly reserve the right to change my
mind about keeping him.
The implication is that you fix the top 2
or 3 drivers of year-in, year-out team deficiencies, and it pushes the
needle on his ability from yearly conf avg finish from ~5-6 into the top
3.
*The conference championship runs through Lawrence - the above stats are sufficient to blunt this.
*Identify
and adjust in remediating that point spread differential in losses.
I'm guessing you start with asking, how do I get 5 more points/game?
How do I limit 3 additional points per game?
*My gut feel is
that he not take fliers on landing awesome big men, and get a pipeline
of quality 4 year bigs (that contribute in years 3 and 4). If he took a
Solomon every year, that'd be a great start. He seems to be able to
pull in difference makers at guard and forward on occasion, but those
superlatives are negated, to a degree, by lack of interior production on
both ends.
--------------------------------------------------------------
I'd like your assessment on Ford's previous big man recruiting, and what you think, given his demonstrated ability to secure difference makers at G and F, are there "safe" adjustments he can make to solidify interior play? Would a focus on 4 year players vs studs fit into his overall scheme well, or are they necessary to his system for a high level of success?
