Quote: Originally Posted By vandydave on 5/25/2010
Quote: Originally Posted By cheeznsweet on 5/24/2010
That sound you hear? Its hundreds of simultaneous "0" keystrokes being entered as the team practice minutes for the press. God help the people that keep running the FCP in this new engine.
i had 23 TOs against a terrible halfcourt pressing team today.
As suspected, the 1/2 court press is acting like a FCP with benefits. Seble this needs to be fixed. You are allowing the 1/2 court trap to press in the backcourt and trap in the frontcourt. See PBP of this game. Vandy you need to post this stuff as oppossed to just ***** about it. You need to dissect it, brother. Obviously there is a problem.
http://whatifsports.com/hd/GameResults/BoxScore.aspx?gid=5763340This is a 1/2 court trap-Man to Man defense, but it's acting like a FCP.
--Tom Choy hits a wide open driving attempt from the right block set up by Clarence Ohler
--Dumaka Abdelmuti works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the shot from the side
--Tom Choy connects on the open floater from the right side set up by John Lundell
--Edward Streeter is open and scores on a jumpshot from the side on a nice dish by James Ryan
--Tom Choy misses long on an open jumpshot from the right wing
--Edward Streeter misses the wide open jumper near the basket
--Dumaka Abdelmuti is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away
--John Lundell misses the wide open floater from the baseline
--Matthew Malinowski works out of a doubleteam and scores on a driving attempt from the baseline and he's hacked by Robert Carter - foul #1 on Robert Carter, team foul #3
--Matthew Malinowski makes the wide open fadeaway from the baseline
--Clarence Ohler is alone and drills a turnaround in the paint
--John Lundell makes the wide open shot from just outside the lane on a great pass from Tom Choy
--Tom Choy can't connect on an uncontested fadeaway from just outside the lane
--Matthew Malinowski banks in the layup over the doubleteam set up by Clarence Ohler and he's hacked by Charles Smith - foul #3 on Charles Smith, team foul #5
--Tom Choy banks in the wide open layup
--Dumaka Abdelmuti shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing
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7 for 11 on open shots, 2 for 5 on double teams. Seble, what are the increased chances of a make on an open shot? What are the decreased chances on a double team shot? In this game, the victim had very high offensive IQ and very good BH and PA skills against a team with high DE ratings and slightly lower levels of SP and ATH. 23 TOs seems extremely high compared to 11 open shots.
Based on the math, (49 FGA), 33 shots were taken against neither a dt or open. Less than 25% of shots were open shots. More than 2/3 of the shots came against "normal" positioned defense--that's to say that more than 2/3 of his attempts were taken against neither a defense that was out of position (open) nor one that was in an advantageous position (dt) defensively.
Is an open shot like a FT where there is no defensive influence? A wide open shot would be the same against the Bulls as it would be against the Weak Sisters right?
To say the least, I'm concerned with the turnovers and how it's set up to both press and trap ala the FCP. What set of IQs are you using? Are there increased fouls? What about fatigue? What are the other disadvantages of using the FCP or trap (ie increased chance of giving up an offensive board). All these things were tweaked over several years in the old engine.