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The problem with running the weave is it takes a lot of time off the clock and when you are behind by 8 or more points it doesn"t make a lot of sense ; It was installed years ago to take time off of the clock by teams that lacked size and so they would wear their opponents down for 3-5 min. or more then try to break someone free and get a layup.
 
BradleyBrave said:
Agreed. Some people don't like hearing this, but it's really about making shots (CB echoed the same sentiments on the postgame show). No one complained about the weave last year when Franklin, Ruff, JC, DA, and even JJ were making shots. The weave gave us plenty of good looks in both halves Saturday. I don't care what offense a team is running, if you shoot 17% in a half, it's gonna look terrible and ineffective.
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I don't think "the weave" is the offensive set that directly generates those wide open looks at 3 that we get...We generally get those open looks at 3s when we run the high ball screens, get the defenses to switch, and then reverse the ball until we find an open shooter...
The weave, as we currently run it, just runs the ball around the perimeter for 25 seconds and then we end up with Ruff/Sam pulling the ball out to half court and running an isolation play as the shot clock winds down.
You can certainly say that we ran the weave a lot in the second half against UNI...and that we shot the ball a little better in that half...both f those statements are true...but I just don't think it is accurate to say that the weave is the reason that we were getting good looks...
The weave can be effective if the opposition starts overplaying the handoffs and you have guards that can exploit that by diving to the hole and getting to the rim themselves or drawing and dishing to the bigs for easy scores...That's what you can get out of that offense that is directly attributable to the weave, but I can only remember one time that a guard actually penetrated out of the weave and scored (TCS).
 
I will agree with Valley Talk about Crouch, it seems like his head has been cut off with the loss of Ruffin.

Every guy on that team, when watching them, seems shy, hesitant, and quiet. With Ruffin gone it is magnified.

I'm rooting for them, the players, the staff, everyone. But they have a huge hill to climb.
 
Buesch N Chips said:
I will agree with Valley Talk about Crouch, it seems like his head has been cut off with the loss of Ruffin.

Every guy on that team, when watching them, seems shy, hesitant, and quiet. With Ruffin gone it is magnified.

I'm rooting for them, the players, the staff, everyone. But they have a huge hill to climb.
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I actually was happy with the way Jeremy Crouch came out against UNI the other night.

Now before you wonder why, it was because he was looking to shoot the ball. He took five or six good shots, some even off of the dribble. Now the bad news is that he didn't hit any of them. However, I was encouraged by the fact that he shot the ball early.

I do agree with your view that many of the other players looked very lost against Northern Iowa. They were hesitant to shoot, and many of them could not create shots for themselves. That is something that must surely change before too long.

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