coach to the talent you have

[fmrick]

I don't know what basketball you have been involved in, but if you think that in fast-break situations, when you get the steal, that the first pass (or second or third, for that matter) must be to the PG, then you need to pay more attention to the game and less to towels. One guy gets the steal, throws to whoever is out front, then he either takes it to the basket or passes to someone with a better (i.e. easier, higher percentage) shot. Sometimes the PG will be involved, sometimes not.

Pardon me, Mr. Snarky and Condescending, but reading comprehension clearly isn't a great skill of yours. If you'll go back and re-read my previous post, I draw a clear distinction between running a traditional fast break and a transition game based off stealing the ball in the backcourt.

Or is this not clear enough for you?

That's different than a broken-play scenario that results from a turnover forced in the backcourt. Those plays usually are converted with either no passes or the quickest possible pass to an open man for a layup. But those aren't technically fast breaks.



Look, I know you think you know everything there is to know about VCU basketball. Everybody on here treats you like you're some kind of authority figure. Fine. But you clearly don't understand the difference between running a fast break off an opponent's shot (which, by the way, was the topic of the original discussion) and scoring quick baskets off full-court pressure.

Of course, there's probably a rational explanation for your overly-defensive response: You're the most blatant VCU homer on this, or any other, board. Since we currently lack a proven Division I PG, you want to believe we won't really need one to play Shaka's up-tempo game. This is simply not true.

Well, your problem seem to be that you have not followed this discussion long enough to understand that it is the opinion of many that if we get back to playing good pressure defense, and less half-court, we won't have to have as good a PG. That is the discussion, and it started long ago, long before AG left. The title of this thread is "coach to the talent you have". Smart has stated what his plan for our type of play is. So following a little logic, and putting two and two together, we pressure more and run more, and then we DON'T need a PG as much. We will be fine with what we have coming in supplemented by what is here already. We will most likely have 3 guards on the floor a lot in the coming years. Just like we have in the past.

And one more suggestion for you. Either get a new screen name or PM me so I can send you to a few Alabama message board links so that you can follow your hero. Sorry, but AG is the past. I love what he brought to VCU as much as anyone, nobody saw more of the games he coached than I did. But as many have pointed out, JCIII left him with the best PG in the conference, and a stacked team. He left Shaka with a good team, even if you count the players who left, the players he ran off, and the recruit it appears he is stealing from us. So while I will always be a fan of Jeff, I think it will be less so of Grant. Please understand that there is, at least for now, a little ill will among VCU fans toward Grant. With time that may change. You would get more respect if you did not rub his name in our face every time you post.

 

[fmrick]

So much for the love-fest the Zoners predicted!

We've got a real message board!

What are the Zoners??

 

[Mistachill]

Lamar Taylor is the first one to come to mind.

Quiz question to old-time VCU fans out there (note I said VCU fans, not AG fans)- How many years in the 20 years before Eric Maynor did we have a true PG? A true PG, not just some good guard that we adapted to the position. And note I said good.