Well, he also didn't play against DSU his junior year either. He did play against them his sophomore year and the Jacks won 82-63. Jacks went to the semifinals that year and and lost to the eventual champion, Oakland.
"This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time." -Tyler Durden
Nagy's preferred motion offense is, I think, very difficult for collegiate players to comprehend and execute. This is good, and it is bad.
It is good, in that it creates absolute nightmares for opposing coaches, as a well-executed motion offense is damn difficult to stop.
It is bad, in that a well-executed motion offense is damn difficult for 18-22 year old college students to achieve.
In D-II, the margin for error was a bit greater, so Nagy's motion offense was correspondingly more effective. In D-I, the raw talent on the floor makes it harder to run the offense properly if you're not really, really confident in what you're doing--that's why you see the standing around, the passing instead of shooting, etc., etc.
(Understand now, that I haven't actually seen any of the men's games yet. I'm guessing. But from what I've heard, Nagy's tried to go back to his motion offense after a more pick-and-roll, play-oriented offense keyed on Wolters the past few years. If that's what's going on, the learning curve is going to be correspondingly steep, as even in the dark day of the transition, opposing coaches went out of their way to comment on the difficulty of preparing for Nagy's motion-based offense. The thing is supremely subtle, it seems. If you're running it right, you'll be nearly unstoppable. If you're not, you'll look pretty bad pretty regularly.
Nagy's preferred motion offense is, I think, very difficult for collegiate players to comprehend and execute. This is good, and it is bad.
It is good, in that it creates absolute nightmares for opposing coaches, as a well-executed motion offense is damn difficult to stop.
It is bad, in that a well-executed motion offense is damn difficult for 18-22 year old college students to achieve.
In D-II, the margin for error was a bit greater, so Nagy's motion offense was correspondingly more effective. In D-I, the raw talent on the floor makes it harder to run the offense properly if you're not really, really confident in what you're doing--that's why you see the standing around, the passing instead of shooting, etc., etc.
(Understand now, that I haven't actually seen any of the men's games yet. I'm guessing. But from what I've heard, Nagy's tried to go back to his motion offense after a more pick-and-roll, play-oriented offense keyed on Wolters the past few years. If that's what's going on, the learning curve is going to be correspondingly steep, as even in the dark day of the transition, opposing coaches went out of their way to comment on the difficulty of preparing for Nagy's motion-based offense. The thing is supremely subtle, it seems. If you're running it right, you'll be nearly unstoppable. If you're not, you'll look pretty bad pretty regularly.
He said, hopefully.)
I watched some of the game on Jump and they are still struggling with the offense. I think Filbert might be on to something. DSU record was 4-4 coming into this game. So maybe this game came at an appropriate time. One shot of Nagy showed him with a very worried look on his face. Things might not be progressing as planned.
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