In Reply to: Happy For the Win, But posted by UCLA78 on December 23, 2025 at 16:17:16
Soooo, I'm not down on Cronin, and I'm not nearly as down on our offense as some here. What I'm down on is just what I said in my OP, that is I can't stand the 1-on-1 crap, modeled in some ways off the way the pro game morphed after the Showtime Lakers broke up or moved on. I remember years ago when we noted how Puke had adopted this "pro-style" 1-on-1 crap, and commenting how we didn't think it was beautiful basketball.
There have been times this season when we've put together a beautiful offense for a stretch, or a half -- maybe even a whole game?? But other times, like the first half of a recent game when I complained here about the 1-on-1 offense, and then again today.
I don't think it's nitpicky to point this out; nor do I think my comments have been so broad as to assert that Cronin can't (or won't) coach offense. I'd just like to see more of the kind of basketball on the offensive end of the court that flows from the team game, passing the ball, looking for teammates (rather than bulldozing the player's way into the throat of the defense and shooting the ball themselves come hell or high water), and looking to make their teammates better.