I think I know but would like someone smarter to confirm. He has 44 attempts(2nd on team with 49, 42,42 as 1-4), he has more than twice as many FTA(44) as the next guy and his DIST is between 3rd/5th on team.

Thanks

The guards of the other team's you're playing aren't very good on defense. Also, 36 of his 82 points are from the free throw line.

Well, yeah, I'm in D3. I'm assuming he's getting fouled driving to the basket due to Ath/Spd against poor guards. However, I have comparable Ath/Spd with a couple of other players and they're not getting all the free throws.

Visovsky has a much better stamina rating than the other guards, so he's naturally going to be more efficient. He's also coming off the bench, so a decent scorer(mostly from ath and spd) going up against a second team, or in some instances, playing against a tired first team makes a difference.

That's an angle I hadn't considered. This is the guy I thought would be my leading scorer(2nd).



He's also came off the bench a couple of times but didn't really light it up. However, his stamina is 18 points lower so I'm guessing he's not getting the same benefit off the bench.

MikeT23: I just looked through your team and it is a hot freakin' mess. Visovsky is scoring a lot because he is playing a lot and your opponents have had weak perimeter D. There are a lot of changes I think you could make to balance out this team and keep the ball in the hands of your better players. Not gonna lie, you have some pretty awful personnel but you have a few guys who can carry the team if you structure around them correctly. Despite the fact that you have generally been a dick and gone out of your way to **** me off for the past couple of weeks I am going to throw out my suggestions. Hopefully this will help wrangle in your team and help you understand the game a little more. Below is how I would set up your team if I were at the helm (and please note, it will take a few games for this setup to find its rhythm, and you will still get your *** handed to you by superior opponents because you have no Ath or Def)

Depth Chart
PG: 1) Pritts, 2) Zeier, 3) Visovsky, 4) Blank
SG: 1) Franklin, 2) Duncan 3) Visovsky, 4) Zeier
SF: 1) Harris, 2) Duncan, 3) Larsen, 4) Blank
PF: 1) Davin, 2) Duncan 3) Grinstead, 4) Wagner
C: 1) Snyder, 2) Grinstead 3) Blank, 4) Wagner

I would set Franklin, Harris, and Duncan to "Getting Tired" for fatigue, everyone else at "Fairly Fresh".

DISTRIBUTION:
Franklin: 6
Harris: 6
Duncan: 4
Davin: 3
Snyder: 2
Pritts: 1
Zeier: 1
Vivosky: 1
Larsen: 1
Grinstead: 0
Wagner: 0

*For 3 pt Frequency, I would set everyone at -2 except Harris, Duncan, and Franklin, who I would set to 0 (if any one of them is shooting exceptionally poorly I would move them down to -1)

TEAM SETTINGS:
For your team defense I would switch from the 2-3 Zone to a 3-2 Zone. You don't have the personnel at C to run a 2-3 effectively and need the averaging of the 3-2 to make up for the lack of Def at the 5 spot. I would pretty much always run a -4 to try to protect the inside given the overall weakness of your post defense and rebounding, If your opponents highest or second highest scorer is a PG/SG/SF, throw a "always" double team on them. If they have two similar standouts at the perimeter, use the "if leading scorer" option. If the other teams leading (or 2nd leading) scorer is coming off the bench, put an "always" double team on them and set the most dangerous starter to "if leading scorer". For tempo, unless the team is 20 pts lower overall rating that you don't ever think about uptempo. For teams you are relatively even with I would run normal, against far superior teams run slowdown. Again, I would pretty much always run a -4, and let the 3 part of the 3-2 and selective double-teams worry about the perimeter.

PRACTICE:
*Make sure you have at least 23-25 minutes each in practicing team "Motion" and "Zone"
*For individual practice ignore non core areas and try to get 14-16 minutes into any Green/Blue skill, or any core.


next recruiting cycle focus hard on Ath and Def.

I know this is way more than you asked for and overstepping by a huge margin on my part but frankly, your team is such a mess you need the help. Feel free to ignore this, but if you implement these changes I would be very curious to see how the team is doing in 5 games.

I run a 2-3 or 3-2 based on the other team's shooters. I know Snyder is weak at C.

I've been told Franklin is crap and you're suggesting a start. That's confusing.

I've been giving 22m in zone/motion and was told more than 20 was overkill.

I ran uptempo last game for ***** and giggles.

I can be a dick, sometimes on purpose, sometimes unintentionally, but I don't think I went out of my way to be a dick to you.

All that said, I appreciate any advice. I have plenty to learn. Thanks.

Posted by snafu4u on 12/27/2016 11:15:00 AM (view original):
MikeT23: I just looked through your team and it is a hot freakin' mess. Visovsky is scoring a lot because he is playing a lot and your opponents have had weak perimeter D. There are a lot of changes I think you could make to balance out this team and keep the ball in the hands of your better players. Not gonna lie, you have some pretty awful personnel but you have a few guys who can carry the team if you structure around them correctly. Despite the fact that you have generally been a dick and gone out of your way to **** me off for the past couple of weeks I am going to throw out my suggestions. Hopefully this will help wrangle in your team and help you understand the game a little more. Below is how I would set up your team if I were at the helm (and please note, it will take a few games for this setup to find its rhythm, and you will still get your *** handed to you by superior opponents because you have no Ath or Def)

Depth Chart
PG: 1) Pritts, 2) Zeier, 3) Visovsky, 4) Blank
SG: 1) Franklin, 2) Duncan 3) Visovsky, 4) Zeier
SF: 1) Harris, 2) Duncan, 3) Larsen, 4) Blank
PF: 1) Davin, 2) Duncan 3) Grinstead, 4) Wagner
C: 1) Snyder, 2) Grinstead 3) Blank, 4) Wagner

I would set Franklin, Harris, and Duncan to "Getting Tired" for fatigue, everyone else at "Fairly Fresh".

DISTRIBUTION:
Franklin: 6
Harris: 6
Duncan: 4
Davin: 3
Snyder: 2
Pritts: 1
Zeier: 1
Vivosky: 1
Larsen: 1
Grinstead: 0
Wagner: 0

*For 3 pt Frequency, I would set everyone at -2 except Harris, Duncan, and Franklin, who I would set to 0 (if any one of them is shooting exceptionally poorly I would move them down to -1)

TEAM SETTINGS:
For your team defense I would switch from the 2-3 Zone to a 3-2 Zone. You don't have the personnel at C to run a 2-3 effectively and need the averaging of the 3-2 to make up for the lack of Def at the 5 spot. I would pretty much always run a -4 to try to protect the inside given the overall weakness of your post defense and rebounding, If your opponents highest or second highest scorer is a PG/SG/SF, throw a "always" double team on them. If they have two similar standouts at the perimeter, use the "if leading scorer" option. If the other teams leading (or 2nd leading) scorer is coming off the bench, put an "always" double team on them and set the most dangerous starter to "if leading scorer". For tempo, unless the team is 20 pts lower overall rating that you don't ever think about uptempo. For teams you are relatively even with I would run normal, against far superior teams run slowdown. Again, I would pretty much always run a -4, and let the 3 part of the 3-2 and selective double-teams worry about the perimeter.

PRACTICE:
*Make sure you have at least 23-25 minutes each in practicing team "Motion" and "Zone"
*For individual practice ignore non core areas and try to get 14-16 minutes into any Green/Blue skill, or any core.


next recruiting cycle focus hard on Ath and Def.

I know this is way more than you asked for and overstepping by a huge margin on my part but frankly, your team is such a mess you need the help. Feel free to ignore this, but if you implement these changes I would be very curious to see how the team is doing in 5 games.

Wow, that's a lot of insight. If someone could please do this for my D2 N. Michigan team, that'd be pretty great.

mbriese:
Even though you have also contributed to the general dickishness towards me, I am home sick and feeling generous and forgiving today so here goes (I am pretty sure I am doped up on dayquil):

Depth Chart:
PG: 1) Stephens, 2) Asaro, 3) Blank, 4) McGurren
SG: 1) Barb, 2) Asaro, 3) Zeiders, 4) McGurren
SF: 1) Stack, 2) Zeiders, 3) Oliveri, 4) McGurren
PF: 1) Burbank, 2) Meyer, 3) Zeiders, 4) Scott
C: 1) Michalowski, 2) Meyer, 3) Blank, 4) Scott

Fatigue:
Stephens at Tired, Burbank and Stack at Getting Tired, everyone else at Fairly Fresh

Distribution (3pt Freq)
Stephens: 8 (0, +1 if shooting above .400 from 3, -1 if shooting below .300)
Burbank: 5 (-2)
Meyer: 4 (-2)
Stack: 4 (-2)
Barb: 2 (0, +1 if shooting above .400 from 3)
Zeiders: 2 (0, +1 if shooting about .400 from 3,-1 if shooting below .300)
Oliveri: 2 (-1, -2 if shooting below .275)
Asaro: 1 (-1, -2 if shooting below .275)
Michalowski: 1 (-2)
McGurren: 0 (-2)
Scott: 0 (-2)

TEAM SETTINGS:
You are in kind of a tough spot defensively. You don not have the SPD or ATH to run the press, but that is the only defense you have the IQ to run. You have a few choices:
1) run it out and focus very hard on recruiting Ath/Spd/Def guys for the next 4 seasons, knowing that for the next two years your defense is going to really struggle
2) Start practicing another defense now (30 minutes) and at the beginning of next season make the switch
3) Start practicing another defense now and then run a combo. I personally love the Zone/Press combo, increases turnovers, mitigates poor defenders, very tough to game plan against. Because you already have a high press IQ adding in the other defense will be much easier than starting from scratch. I have had a lot of success with it but the combo drastically changes how you can practice (you need to run 20 min OFF, 20 Min Zone, 18 Min Press) taking a big chunk away from individual practice. If you can get a hang of how to be very frugal with individual minutes, as I said I love the combo defense.

There are many coaches (who are better than I am) who disagree with me and hate the combo. My experience has been positive. That said, I think options 1 or 2 will be easier for you, but if you are going with option 1 you MUST recruit Ath/Spd/Def guys. Big focus on Ath for the whole team, and your G and SF need to be Elite fast (80+)

For gameplanning, given your general lack of SPD and ATH, I would go -3 or -4 most nights to blockade the post, help with rebounding, and essentially force them to beat you from 3. This will be a live or die type strategy, where certain teams will go off from 3 every now and then, but you have a could guards just fast enough to hopefully offset that. Slowdown is your friend, unless your opponent is inferior, then you can run normal.

Thats my $0.02

Well, since you're feeling generous, I have a few follow-ups.

1. Franklin. I've been told he's crap and that he's an OK back-up. What are your thoughts for starting him?
2. Viscovsky. He might be putting up the best numbers on my terrible team. It seems counterintuitive to drop him to 3 on the depth chart. I'm a "Players eventually play to their numbers" in HBD guy. Is this a case of him just overperforming?
3. Since my team is terrible, I know this, can live with not winning, is there any real reason to not play guys who MIGHT help, and develop, when I bring in better players?

BTW, Pritts/Davin are guaranteed starts and minutes. You had both in your line-up so that's good.

Posted by MikeT23 on 12/27/2016 12:35:00 PM (view original):
Well, since you're feeling generous, I have a few follow-ups.

1. Franklin. I've been told he's crap and that he's an OK back-up. What are your thoughts for starting him?
2. Viscovsky. He might be putting up the best numbers on my terrible team. It seems counterintuitive to drop him to 3 on the depth chart. I'm a "Players eventually play to their numbers" in HBD guy. Is this a case of him just overperforming?
3. Since my team is terrible, I know this, can live with not winning, is there any real reason to not play guys who MIGHT help, and develop, when I bring in better players?

BTW, Pritts/Davin are guaranteed starts and minutes. You had both in your line-up so that's good.

1) Franklin: He is your best guard by any measure. He will never be an elite player by a long shot, but he can be the elite offensive option on your team. His Ath/Spd/Def scores are the best you have in the backcourt, and you want him on the court as much as possible to average up the rest. He is your only perimeter threat (even if he is a weak threat). He is crap when compared to the best DIII has to offer, but he is your crap. He is your best guard.

2) Viscovsky-- His number so far are inflated and will not sustain over the season. Some of his FT numbers are borderline not explainable. He will still get decent minutes at the 2 with Duncan moving around between 3 slots, but I would not rely on him as my primary scorer. Not sure where you had his distro set before but if I has set up the team since the start of the season he wouldn't have had such weird numbers to start with. He is your 3rd best guard, I would treat him as such. You could also throw him into the 4th spot in the SF slot to try to get a few extra minutes.

3) Double edged sword - develop talent and take the losses, hoping for better players next year? Might get a few more points of development but your prestige will take another hit, making recruiting even harder. Play to win, get that prestige up. Unless some of the guys on the bench have VH greens in all their cores I don't think it will make a difference in the long run. I always put my best team forward unless I am playing at utterly crap opponent and I know I can get away with giving more PT to the bench guys. Not to be a dick (well, maybe a little), but your team is that utterly crap opponent and I don't see a situation where you can get away with it. Try to win games, try to slowly get the prestige up, which will help you recruit better players, which will give you better seasons, which will get the prestige higher...etc...

Mike- What does Franklin's potential look like? Same with Visovsky?

Franklin is crap for development.

Just to complete the process:

Here is how I would practice those guys

Name	C	Reb	FW	LP	Per	BH	P	FT
CV	12	0	12	0	12	16	16	8
LZ	16	0	0	16	16	12	10	8
WF	12	0	16	16	0	12	12	8
GP	10	0	12	10	14	14	14	8