How much do people change their lineups and game plans and distribution on a game to game basis? I set my lineup at the beginning of the season and don’t look at it again until the CT when my promises are fulfilled. I adjust my distribution throughout the season every so often by adding or taking away a few points based on efficiency. I almost always go slowdown, I find that it is less volatile and allowes me to win almost every game that I should win. In the past when I ran uptempo or normal I would see more fouls and turnovers without the other team reciprocating. I almost always go 0, +1, or +2 positioning. I rarely like the results when I go - positioning, and only do so when the other teams points come solely from their bigs.

I like to recruit superior players in my superior system ;) and then get out of the way. I don’t trust my knowledge of how the game works or the energy to change on a game by game basis to do more. Back when I was a young whippersnapper I would try to outsmart the other coach and it led to a lot of early exits.

Who of you out there dares to challenge the WIS gods and micromanage their teams?

I'm glad you posted this directly after your post in the other thread.... I change everything, every day of the week, for every team. And I don't see how people win at a high level without doing it.

whatever offense and defense you play matters. But for example.... if you have two scorers that average 18ppg and everyone else is at 5ppg, and you're up against a team that plays man to man.....

of your two 18ppg guys, one might be going up against a promised starting freshman that currently has 45 for ATH/SPD/DEF. And the other 18ppg scorer is up against the defensive player of the year in your conference. Why would you not change that distro for that game?! You could lose a game because you didn't take advantage of the opponents glaring weakness. Losing a game isn't crippling. But Herm Edward's told us the truth.... "Hello! We play to win the games!"

As far as practice minutes, I've recently posted that I monitor daily. I may miss some things some days. But I kinda have my teams somewhat memorized as far as colors. So when I look and see a blue turned black, I change it. Black to orange, I change it. It's not really an anal thing. To me it just seems like an obvious thing to do. It's like second nature. For me it would be odd to look at my players and say.... "damn, that freshman I recruited turned orange on the first day. I'll just keep those 15/20 minutes on him anyways". Why? It doesn't take long to change it. So I just do it.

Press D, totally different scenario. Not as much critiquing needed. Zone, +/- seems to be important, but I am not good at zone yet.

I don't try to think TOO hard about it all anymore. But some things just become a pattern/habit/flow.

I'm lazy AF.

I usually don't change lineups or really gameplan until 2nd round of NT. Unless players are whining about minutes.

Unless I have a low WE who I want to get some starts early in his career, I won’t change my lineup. I’ll usually do some simple game planning from game to game. It rarely ranges past -2 or +2 unless I’m a heavy underdog. I really like running uptempo if I have the ATH/ST for it. My Montana St. Billings team is a good example. I can’t remember offhand exactly, but we are top 5 in overall team ATH and with Stamina high enough to compete. I built the team for uptempo, so I am going to run uptempo. Otherwise, I’ll run slow down if my team isn’t super athletic and we are dogs.

I obviously gameplan every day, but my lineup is usually my lineup all year. Unless it's postseason and I don't have to start freshmen anymore. I haven't built a team good enough yet to have tough decisions about who and who doesn't start.

I just looked at my uconn team in crum st the start of this season and realized I didn't set my individual game plan last season. Not once. I'm not usually that bad but except for +/- and maybe rarely tempo I do very little until the tournaments start. I also change my lineup once promises are fulfilled. In the tournament I may change some things but I'm kind of a dance with the one who brung ya kind of guy. I'll regret it more if I make a change and lose than if I just do my thing and lose.

Posted by topdogggbm on 8/7/2018 10:30:00 PM (view original):
I'm glad you posted this directly after your post in the other thread.... I change everything, every day of the week, for every team. And I don't see how people win at a high level without doing it.

whatever offense and defense you play matters. But for example.... if you have two scorers that average 18ppg and everyone else is at 5ppg, and you're up against a team that plays man to man.....

of your two 18ppg guys, one might be going up against a promised starting freshman that currently has 45 for ATH/SPD/DEF. And the other 18ppg scorer is up against the defensive player of the year in your conference. Why would you not change that distro for that game?! You could lose a game because you didn't take advantage of the opponents glaring weakness. Losing a game isn't crippling. But Herm Edward's told us the truth.... "Hello! We play to win the games!"

As far as practice minutes, I've recently posted that I monitor daily. I may miss some things some days. But I kinda have my teams somewhat memorized as far as colors. So when I look and see a blue turned black, I change it. Black to orange, I change it. It's not really an anal thing. To me it just seems like an obvious thing to do. It's like second nature. For me it would be odd to look at my players and say.... "damn, that freshman I recruited turned orange on the first day. I'll just keep those 15/20 minutes on him anyways". Why? It doesn't take long to change it. So I just do it.

Press D, totally different scenario. Not as much critiquing needed. Zone, +/- seems to be important, but I am not good at zone yet.

I don't try to think TOO hard about it all anymore. But some things just become a pattern/habit/flow.

Yeah, it got me thinking, I wanted to discuss further.

That’s part of the superior system, I don’t run man.

Posted by piman314 on 8/7/2018 11:23:00 PM (view original):
I just looked at my uconn team in crum st the start of this season and realized I didn't set my individual game plan last season. Not once. I'm not usually that bad but except for +/- and maybe rarely tempo I do very little until the tournaments start. I also change my lineup once promises are fulfilled. In the tournament I may change some things but I'm kind of a dance with the one who brung ya kind of guy. I'll regret it more if I make a change and lose than if I just do my thing and lose.

Agreed. I got tired of making changes and losing. Now I go slowdown +1 and am satisfied with the results.

I check my teams regularly but I typically only change practice every time grades come out. I typically adjust lineups as needed;
1) after a lose.
2) after a close game with a sim.
3) if a player is clearly not playing up to par by conference play.
and I generally make changes to distro on a game by game basis or as needed.

I enjoy gameplanning, so I do it.

I check my teams everyday, every time I play a team that has a chance of beating me I game plan. But usually that just means switching the positioning between 0 to 2

Posted by MonsterTurtl on 8/8/2018 11:28:00 AM (view original):
I check my teams everyday, every time I play a team that has a chance of beating me I game plan. But usually that just means switching the positioning between 0 to 2

Similar, but I look at both ends of the court. Adjusting defensive setting is essentially determining how you expect your opponent to try to score, and equipping your defense to stop it. The flip side is determining where your opponents defense is particularly weak or strong, and trying to exploit the weak parts while avoiding the strong parts. Could mean switching players and positions, or just adjusting distribution, if you have multiple scorers.

I change +\- and tempo everyday.

i do practice plan 2/3 times a season.

i play around with distro in between those.

Change lineup and distro when I play humans. Leave it alone when I play sims. Gameplan changes daily.

Posted by Trentonjoe on 8/8/2018 12:30:00 PM (view original):
I change +\- and tempo everyday.

i do practice plan 2/3 times a season.

i play around with distro in between those.

I do the same as Trentonjoe.