OldHoyafan
Golden Hoya (over 1000 posts)
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Post by OldHoyafan on Jan 16, 2007 21:42:29 GMT -5
I have become a fan of the Hoya version of the Princeton offense. It is a pretty offense to watch when all parts are clicking together. We have seen for the past 3 years the influence
Pete Carril has had on JT3's coaching philosophy. What I have yet to see is the influence of JT2 on JT3's coaching philosophy. I am sure there has been a lot of off court influence, i.e., how to handle teenagers and help mold them into men, etc., but I have yet to see the hounding man-to-man defense and fast breaking influence that JT2 was famous for. Will we begin to see that influence next year with the addition of Wright and Freeman? I hope so.
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prhoya
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Post by prhoya on Jan 16, 2007 23:30:15 GMT -5
I hope so too. But, you did see JTII's influence when JTIII immediately substituted players that turned over the ball. Oh, and the massive substitutionos too. One step at a time...
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SaxaCD
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Post by SaxaCD on Jan 17, 2007 7:10:21 GMT -5
Last year I remembered lots of people saying the rotation was too tight; this year, supposedly it's too loose. I think that if the starters were more consistent, you wouldn't be seeing as many subs in there, as early. But I also think that experience is going to pay off -- it's already paying off with much improved play from Ewing.
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SFHoya99
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Post by SFHoya99 on Jan 17, 2007 10:05:21 GMT -5
We've also seen more pressure on defense this year. Not every game and not all the time. But you can't do that with a seven man rotation. This year we now have a firmly entrenched eight to nine man rotation -- the only issue with it is that Crawford is not a ballhandler and when Rivers struggles we have no real third ballhandler.
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SoCalHoya
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No es bueno
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Post by SoCalHoya on Jan 17, 2007 10:46:18 GMT -5
If Ewing can continue to have games like his last...we will be a force.
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HealyHoya
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Post by HealyHoya on Jan 17, 2007 11:53:40 GMT -5
An ability to recruit and teach true centers, as well. sure, at this point, that's just Hibbs and the system may dictate a Macklin-type player at the 5 as we move forward with III's system but, so far, Hibbs continues the II tradition...not necessarily on-court style of play but it has Pops written all over it
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