Baffled w/ my CNU squad...Help! Topic

After what I percieved as a solid start to my rebuild (the first two years) I've hit a brick wall.  Recruits that were "Future All Americans" have disappointed and not lived up to their "Future All American" scouting reports.  I already know majority of my problems with my squad can be contributed to lack of depth and having a very young team, however what baffles me is a few key players underperforming and lack of development in others. 

To specify, my center Mike Williams (RS-Sophomore) has 95 rebounding, 69 shotblocking (still in the black)- yet consistently gets outrebounded by weaker players he's matched up against, as well as lower rated players off my bench!

PF Allan Nye (So) has lacked Ath/Speed from day 1, but he was blue in multiple high value categories (Reb/LP off the top of my head) and was labeled as "Future All American" by my assistant coach- however he has already maxed out in multiple categories and looks to be no better than a career depth player.

In addition player issues, I'm unsure how to run my offense now-  I went 12-2 down the stretch last year after switching my offense to uptempo, and despite not loosing much speed/stamina wise- it seems as though this years team is isn't as effective running uptempo.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!


12/22/2013 3:48 PM (edited)
Nye IMO is too poor on ATH/SPD to be really useful, even if his REB and LP are good. Williams' slightly below average athleticism will hurt him even with great REB. Posts can be useful with ATH in the 40s, but they really need to be elite elsewhere. He's elite in REB but bad on defense and in the post. Your team passing is bad, which will hurt you against pressing teams. This might also hurt in the uptempo, but I'm not sure. 

You have a good shooting guard (Crowder), a good PF (Bean), and a solid enough SF (Pool), but your center is meh, you don't really have a true point guard (although Childress may become one), and your depth is far too young to play uptempo. I'd probably go slowdown and limit the time you're relying on freshmen. 

Ignore the "future all-American" message. On scouting trips, just focus on the individual skill levels. If you can't think of a use for a particular player (point, shooter, LP scorer, rebounder, defensive specialist, etc), don't recruit them. 
12/22/2013 3:38 PM
Awesome- thanks for the advice!

I agree, Childress may become a solid PG by next year- however I'm counting on freshmen Greer (Blue almost all across the board) to develop into a serviceable PG by next season.
12/22/2013 3:56 PM
You have a very good rebounder in Williams. He also should be an above average center in terms of turning the ball over.

However, I would strongly consider switching Bean and Williams.

Bean is a much better defender and can provide help defense more often since he's at center. Bean is a better scorer, so you'll want him closer to the basket, since he's more likely to get better looks and he lacks any perimeter play to play PF.

Williams is mostly a strictly a rebounder, which is more suited for the power forward position.


12/22/2013 6:18 PM (edited)
Baffled w/ my CNU squad...Help! Topic

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