My Basketball Experience Coaching

[rockypanther]

So I have been coaching AAU for a long time now. This season has been a rough one. We are playing teams from Detroit like the Family and some of the best teams and players in the Midwest.

We are overmatched athletically and our kids don’t have a high IQ. I am the assistant and we only run one set play and not really well. This leads to disorganization on the offensive end, overdribbllng, and guys trying to do to much.

I see a lot of similarities between my AAU team this year and Capels Pitt teams. Pitt doesn’t have the IQ offensively and are too selfish. Problem is like mine we don’t have an offensive system. When you don’t you become so inefficient on offense. Which Pitt is. I truly think even with our current roster, with an offensive system we win 5-7 more games with a coach that can do this.

Anyway, my experience and Pitt’s see the same. That’s why you don’t just roll the balls out and run limited sets like Capel does. I hope our next coach is an X and O guy. That will make a huge difference.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

So I have been coaching AAU for a long time now. This season has been a rough one. We are playing teams from Detroit like the Family and some of the best teams and players in the Midwest.

We are overmatched athletically and our kids don’t have a high IQ. I am the assistant and we only run one set play and not really well. This leads to disorganization on the offensive end, overdribbllng, and guys trying to do to much.

I see a lot of similarities between my AAU team this year and Capels Pitt teams. Pitt doesn’t have the IQ offensively and are too selfish. Problem is like mine we don’t have an offensive system. When you don’t you become so inefficient on offense. Which Pitt is. I truly think even with our current roster, with an offensive system we win 5-7 more games with a coach that can do this.

Anyway, my experience and Pitt’s see the same. That’s why you don’t just roll the balls out and run limited sets like Capel does. I hope our next coach is an X and O guy. That will make a huge difference.

If Capel cannot recruit, plus-level players, he has to add value by developing a system that gets his players open shots that they can make. Easier said than done. His roll the balls out AAU offense isnt something that you can win with if you don't have plus players. As bad as we may think these players are, a good coach gets this core to the NCAAT.

 

[BballinsiderfromPitt]

So I have been coaching AAU for a long time now. This season has been a rough one. We are playing teams from Detroit like the Family and some of the best teams and players in the Midwest.

We are overmatched athletically and our kids don’t have a high IQ. I am the assistant and we only run one set play and not really well. This leads to disorganization on the offensive end, overdribbllng, and guys trying to do to much.

I see a lot of similarities between my AAU team this year and Capels Pitt teams. Pitt doesn’t have the IQ offensively and are too selfish. Problem is like mine we don’t have an offensive system. When you don’t you become so inefficient on offense. Which Pitt is. I truly think even with our current roster, with an offensive system we win 5-7 more games with a coach that can do this.

Anyway, my experience and Pitt’s see the same. That’s why you don’t just roll the balls out and run limited sets like Capel does. I hope our next coach is an X and O guy. That will make a huge difference.

I don’t know how much say you have but having coached a similar level with under recruited kids see if the head coach will teach multiple offenses, Florida 5 out ball screen offense, Princeton, flex, dribble drive, Michigan state quick hitters, etc so when coaches ask you about players you can say high IQ can run every type of offense. Also gives you practice defending every type of offense in practice

 

[rockypanther]

I don’t know how much say you have but having coached a similar level with under recruited kids see if the head coach will teach multiple offenses, Florida 5 out ball screen offense, Princeton, flex, dribble drive, Michigan state quick hitters, etc so when coaches ask you about players you can say high IQ can run every type of offense. Also gives you practice defending every type of offense in practice

When I had my own team we ran Princeton, Horns, some pistol actions. Not my team now.

 

[BballinsiderfromPitt]

When I had my own team we ran Princeton, Horns, some pistol actions. Not my team now.

All good stuff. Good luck

 

[Fsgolfdr]

So I have been coaching AAU for a long time now. This season has been a rough one. We are playing teams from Detroit like the Family and some of the best teams and players in the Midwest.

We are overmatched athletically and our kids don’t have a high IQ. I am the assistant and we only run one set play and not really well. This leads to disorganization on the offensive end, overdribbllng, and guys trying to do to much.

I see a lot of similarities between my AAU team this year and Capels Pitt teams. Pitt doesn’t have the IQ offensively and are too selfish. Problem is like mine we don’t have an offensive system. When you don’t you become so inefficient on offense. Which Pitt is. I truly think even with our current roster, with an offensive system we win 5-7 more games with a coach that can do this.

Anyway, my experience and Pitt’s see the same. That’s why you don’t just roll the balls out and run limited sets like Capel does. I hope our next coach is an X and O guy. That will make a huge difference.

When your overmatched athletically it almost always doesn’t matter what you do . Bigger , quicker , more skilled kids is what it’s all about . Sure the better your coached might help a little , but some things just can’t be overcome by coaching .Coach K ,John Wooden or Bobby Knight weren’t turning Pitts team into a tournament team .

Its doubtful that whomever the coach is at Pitt he can out recruit the other teams in the ACC . They need to commit to a style of play and recruit players that fit that system . Hopefully that system includes guys that can actually shoot the ball !

 

[TheSpecialSauce]

We know Pitt isn’t good enough to simply out talent the rest of the ACC with a bunch of 5 star recruits. We must hire a coach who has won at a lower level and has done so by out working and out coaching his peer schools. I think a good way to supplement recruiting would be via the international route. Todd Golden is a good, young, outside the box coach who I’d look into hiring. Niko Medved is more established and proven if you want someone with more experience.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

When your overmatched athletically it almost always doesn’t matter what you do . Bigger , quicker , more skilled kids is what it’s all about . Sure the better your coached might help a little , but some things just can’t be overcome by coaching .Coach K ,John Wooden or Bobby Knight weren’t turning Pitts team into a tournament team .

Its doubtful that whomever the coach is at Pitt he can out recruit the other teams in the ACC . They need to commit to a style of play and recruit players that fit that system . Hopefully that system includes guys that can actually shoot the ball !

They do adopt my 3 point shooting analysis metric idea. There is no place in college basketball for players who cannot make 3s.

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

So I have been coaching AAU for a long time now. This season has been a rough one. We are playing teams from Detroit like the Family and some of the best teams and players in the Midwest.

We are overmatched athletically and our kids don’t have a high IQ. I am the assistant and we only run one set play and not really well. This leads to disorganization on the offensive end, overdribbllng, and guys trying to do to much.

I see a lot of similarities between my AAU team this year and Capels Pitt teams. Pitt doesn’t have the IQ offensively and are too selfish. Problem is like mine we don’t have an offensive system. When you don’t you become so inefficient on offense. Which Pitt is. I truly think even with our current roster, with an offensive system we win 5-7 more games with a coach that can do this.

Anyway, my experience and Pitt’s see the same. That’s why you don’t just roll the balls out and run limited sets like Capel does. I hope our next coach is an X and O guy. That will make a huge difference.

Yeah. While we all dream of McDonald All Americans lining up to play at the Pete, that's not reality. I think Pitt needs to go back and look at a coach who has some defined system. Where you don't need NBA quality athletes to succeed based on their individual skills as much as guy who can set screens, cut, inside out and....you know, shoot a jump shot from 21 feet.

Pitt had more airballs from 3 point land than they did made 3's. And you are right, it is just watching guys get the ball and try and do something with it. The one seemingly "set" is just trying to get the ball to Hugley down low. But as good as shooter as Horton is supposed to be, they run no sets to try and get him open (he is not good at getting open on his own).

Next year is going to be a complete disaster. No high school kid of ACC quality will commit to us, and if you are in the portal, you aren't going to pick up a guy like Toney or even X, and Gueye was a complete lottery ticket.

That extension to Capel has turned out to be as bad of a decision as it was to hire Kevin Stallings.

 

[Fsgolfdr]

Yeah. While we all dream of McDonald All Americans lining up to play at the Pete, that's not reality. I think Pitt needs to go back and look at a coach who has some defined system. Where you don't need NBA quality athletes to succeed based on their individual skills as much as guy who can set screens, cut, inside out and....you know, shoot a jump shot from 21 feet.

Pitt had more airballs from 3 point land than they did made 3's. And you are right, it is just watching guys get the ball and try and do something with it. The one seemingly "set" is just trying to get the ball to Hugley down low. But as good as shooter as Horton is supposed to be, they run no sets to try and get him open (he is not good at getting open on his own).

Next year is going to be a complete disaster. No high school kid of ACC quality will commit to us, and if you are in the portal, you aren't going to pick up a guy like Toney or even X, and Gueye was a complete lottery ticket.

That extension to Capel has turned out to be as bad of a decision as it was to hire Kevin Stallings.

The problem in todays game is the players unwillingness to stay and develop their games . To really get a system approach to work you need upperclassman helping the new recruits get acclimated and earn their PT . Unfortunately that’s the best approach for Pitt .

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

The problem in todays game is the players unwillingness to stay and develop their games . To really get a system approach to work you need upperclassman helping the new recruits get acclimated and earn their PT . Unfortunately that’s the best approach for Pitt .

I agree. But hell ND had 7 seniors on their roster. So it is not impossible. That is why getting kids who maybe aren't NBA wannabes is best.

 

[Fsgolfdr]

I agree. But hell ND had 7 seniors on their roster. So it is not impossible. That is why getting kids who maybe aren't NBA wannabes is best.

A degree from ND and being a Fb or Bb player looks pretty good on a resume .

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

I agree. But hell ND had 7 seniors on their roster. So it is not impossible. That is why getting kids who maybe aren't NBA wannabes is best.

ND is a bad example. They recruit to and sell the value of a ND degree. They aren't going to be as prone to transfers as most other schools