51percentcorn wrote: ↑Fri Mar 18, 2022 9:24 pm
jrn19 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 18, 2022 9:06 pm
Not a fan of whatever the heck it is Junior is trying to do with that offense. Those two out of timeout plays were disgusting
Well I kind of don't remember what exactly happened with the 40 seconds left but I am pretty sure Junior didn't tell DeSimone to take up 4 seconds running to GLE and throw it over Peshko's head
Scoring with 7.4 second left is highly improbable but all the flaws were in evidence tonight
- Lose 50/50 ground balls with infuriating regularity
- Struggle in clearing and too many turnovers
- Goalie play was less than 50%
But most of all - the smurfs can't consistently beat their man - the second mid-field - which once had two 6'4" players who could bring heat now has nobody over 5'10" - they have not scored since the Loyola game - Toomey must be wondering what meteor strike created 4 goals from that mid-field
In the last 6 games
8-11-10-8-10-10 goals scored - can't win in the shot clock era averaging 9/10 goals per game
Delaware should be easy - I don't think the first mid-field should be tired at all
That’s the thing … in a true motion offense you shouldn’t have to rely on beating your man with dodges.
A competent motion offense requires good spacing, constant off-ball movement, and crisp passing.
The Blue Jays’ offense occasionally shows that, but most of the time the offensive is players are poorly spaced often crowded together), stand around too much watching the ball handler (something Quint noted during the SU broadcast), and let the ball die in their sticks with prolonged dodging (too often leading to turnovers).
Whatever you want to call it, it’s not a true motion offense.
It’s more an endless series of draw-and-dumps, which can be successful (just take a look at old film of Pat Spencer and Loyola), but it’s not a motion offense.
So … what the heck is it?
DocBarrister
