Set it and forget it Topic

rednation58
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How many set it and forget it coaches do we have and how many have seen some decent results?
10/14/2014 7:07 PM
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Oldave won the national championship in Wooden DIII last season with minimal gameplanning. I believe he said that, for the most part, he only changed defensive positiioning. 
10/14/2014 8:49 PM
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depends on your definition of decent.

You can set it and forgot it to the PIT easily assuming you schedule properly.
10/14/2014 9:12 PM
rednation58
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Well PIT is failure to me. At most it's better than nothing but by decent I mean some progress in the NT - S16 at least.
10/14/2014 9:57 PM
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Besides for adjusting defensive positioning, I often set it and forget it until the NT. There may be a game or two during the season where I try harder to win, but I feel like I know how to set up a team well enough that I'm maxing out my performance for the average game already. Not sure if that's the complete set it and forget it you mean but I think I see decent results. 
10/14/2014 10:17 PM
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If you are adjusting for defensive positioning, it is not set it and forget it. You have to be simai-esque in your settings to qualify.
10/15/2014 10:20 AM
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I accidentally set it and forgot it at Frostburg State awhile back in Smith and ended up going 26-0, losing in the conference tourny final, and getting bounced in I think the second round of the NT. 
10/15/2014 11:10 AM
rednation58
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Posted by sullytoo on 10/15/2014 10:20:00 AM (view original):
If you are adjusting for defensive positioning, it is not set it and forget it. You have to be simai-esque in your settings to qualify.
+1
10/15/2014 11:43 AM
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I started this post because I have reason to believe that Northwestern in Phelan may be a set it and forget it team and won the NC as a 13 seed. It would suck to discover that with all the coaching options available - in the end it means nothing lol. Or maybe it's all about recruiting and player chemistry - or it could be dumb luck. Idk but I just wanted to see if any other coaches have experienced this type of success or something close. Thanks guys.
10/15/2014 12:18 PM
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I actually did that every season for awhile becuase I didnt know the game.  Now that I'm learning more and actually asking questions I'm trying more things out.  I feel you can do it (set it and forget it) if you have the talent.  I think it's part of all three, Luck, recruiting and chemistry.  You have to have a mix to win anyway and if you set things right you can have great success with little imput.  BTW Northwestern has great players in plays his system well.
10/15/2014 1:44 PM
rednation58
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yeah i know NW has great players and so do other teams - what I'm really questioning is the importance of gameplanning. I would think that throughout a NT you'd run into a team with talent equivalent to your own and gameplanning would be the deciding factor.  When I won my titles I remember looking at the data for hours gameplanning - this may have been overkill but the excitement of actually getting to that point made me check everything over and over again. I would hate to find out it was all for naught.

10/15/2014 2:12 PM
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Posted by sol_phenom3 on 10/15/2014 11:10:00 AM (view original):
I accidentally set it and forgot it at Frostburg State awhile back in Smith and ended up going 26-0, losing in the conference tourny final, and getting bounced in I think the second round of the NT. 

That's pretty decent.

10/15/2014 2:13 PM
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I tend to set it and forget it for long stretches of almost every season, especially if I'm in an empty or nearly empty conference. I usually pick back up when the CT rolls around.
10/15/2014 2:30 PM
iwanturmind2
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I remember your runs Red but you were new to the game you won your titles within two years.  I think as you get more in depth with the data you tend to get more indepth with your team.  I still think gameplanning has to be a factor as I'm getting better with mine and almost pulled an upset with my Div2 team today on the road.  Lost in OT by 2 but I did put time into the team.  That experience has me hoping for a great season with Ariz St.
10/15/2014 2:51 PM
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Posted by emy1013 on 10/15/2014 2:30:00 PM (view original):
I tend to set it and forget it for long stretches of almost every season, especially if I'm in an empty or nearly empty conference. I usually pick back up when the CT rolls around.
Why no d1 emy?
10/15/2014 3:09 PM
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