I think it's hard to micromanage a team to an NCAAT title. Jamie will finish close to 800 wins when he's done so it's hard to say his style doesn't work, but I don't think it's a coincidence that his teams never made it very far in the tournament.
We obviously have to defend better, but I'm in favor of offensive freedom vs. pulling a guy for taking a "bad" shot.
I said this yesterday, the Hinson heat check triple in the 1st half would've warranted a benching from JD. Capel rode it out. You live and die with that kid .. when he's on, just let him go.. he made 8 of them and who knows how many more he would've made if he got yanked and yelled at for taking a 28 footer early in the clock.
You need to trust your guys to let them play this way.. I fully trust this style with Burton out there. I also trust it because nobody really forces it unless it's Nike and 80% of the time I'm ok with the shots he takes.
I have no doubt we can score with anyone in the country. Whether or not we can give up less than others is TBD.. if we tighten up on D, I think we have a pretty high ceiling. If you took JD's 6-7th best team, I'd like them over a full season v. this team... but I'd take this team's ceiling over almost all of JD's other teams... besides a few. I just think this team has major upside if they get to March. When we're hot, we're very difficult to outscore.