Although it has worked at times this year its been primarily against teams that can’t shoot. When a team can clearly make open threes and move the ball well like maryland you gotta abandon ship. The man to man was doing fine. Can’t help but be frustrated with that loss again.
Also if doyle can figure out how to finish at the rim I feel a lot of games would be different. He always seems to miss a point blank shot when the game is at a momentum shift. We just haven’t seized on our chances this year when the game is ready to pivot back our way. Two possessions come to mind. The doyle missed layup and the fast break when down four where irvin bricked a bad corner three. Its a three on one just get a dunk please. No reason to float to the corner it wasn’t like were down ten. Still some positives for the future though so it wasn’t all bad.
I’ve tried to refrain from any critique of Coach B in an effort to keep the peace, but I think most of us can concede that today was not of one Beilein’s finer moments. His insistence on the 1-3-1 and automatically benching players with 2 fouls pretty much took us out of the game.
The net effect of benching players with 2 fouls early is essentially the same as a self inflicted foul out. People will say it’s more important to have your key players at the end if the game, but that is a moot point unless you can keep the game within striking distance.
Overall a damn good coach, but I would certainly like to see him be done with the 1-3-1 and be a bit more flexible with his 2 foul approach
The “2 and done” foul benching is just so grating. Oh by the way, how many people fouled out? This team as constituted today needs minutes from its “best” players to even hope of competing. MAAR ends up with 3, and a whole lot of game changing pine time. Glad we “SAVED” him.
Yeah, I’m definitely in favor of ditching the 1-3-1 especially without LeVert up top and Walton underneath. I just don’t think that it’s a sound defense. I know it’s supposed to be high risk/ high reward type of defense but I see a lot more downside to it than upside. Yes, it can be effective if you can force turnovers, but for the most part, I don’t think we are very good at forcing turnovers. It’s easily attacked by getting wide open corner 3’s as long as you make the right passes. I don’t think there are many teams that play the 1-3-1 and I think there’s a good reason for that.
Its tough for him to play man to man all game because we have a very small rotation. We only go 6 players deep most games and the players need some breaks.
Its tough for him to play man to man all game because we have a very small rotation. We only go 6 players deep most games and the players need some breaks.
I actually have to disagree with this, as the 1-3-1 speeds the game up, just so happens to be at our detriment more often than not.
I've tried to refrain from any critique of Coach B in an effort to keep the peace, but I think most of us can concede that today was not of one Beilein's finer moments. His insistence on the 1-3-1 and automatically benching players with 2 fouls pretty much took us out of the game.
The net effect of benching players with 2 fouls early is essentially the same as a self inflicted foul out. People will say it’s more important to have your key players at the end if the game, but that is a moot point unless you can keep the game within striking distance.
Overall a damn good coach, but I would certainly like to see him be done with the 1-3-1 and be a bit more flexible with his 2 foul approach
Agree with you here 100%. I have tons of respect for Beilein, but sticking with the 1-3-1 when it’s clearly not working and his two foul/first half policy are two areas where it is more than fair to be critical of him.
I agree with benching a player with 2 fouls in the first half…for a couple minutes. Rahk has gotta do a better job of staying out of foul trouble, but benching him for nearly half of the first half has cost us a chance at both MSU games and today.
1-3-1 is useful as a change up as it can force turnovers. But we don’t have the personnel to use it right now, especially with Caris and Derrick out.
If MAAR is capable of staying out of foul trouble in the second half, he should do it in the first half as well.
MAAR has the starting job and its his to keep and play pretty much the entire game if he would be smarter. He went from never playing to being one of our go to guys practically overnight. He has to relish the opportunity and realize that he can’t allow Dakich to get in the game for extended time.
MAAR has been a no show far too often lately from the get go. He comes out of the second half gate hot, but he needs to do that in the first half.
I have no doubt the coaches have driven into his and Irvin’s head that they absolutely must stay out of foul trouble. MAAR continually picks up 2 fouls very early in the games. Its on him, not Beilein.
We should use the 1-3-1 more often. The season is lost. Why not run it and give the players a chance to learn from real game film any mistakes or missed assignment? If teams like Maryland/MSU shredded them, see if there is something on tape that can be a learning point to provide countermeasures in the future. The more they run it, the quicker all involved will will get it down pack.
We should use the 1-3-1 more often. The season is lost. Why not run it and give the players a chance to learn from real game film any mistakes or missed assignment? If teams like Maryland/MSU shredded them, see if there is something on tape that can be a learning point to provide countermeasures in the future. The more they run it, the quicker all involved will will get it down pack.
We have run the 1-3-1 more as the season has progressed, and it has not seemed to have improved, especially considering the limited personnel available. JB has been a bit too bullish about sticking to it even when it clearly does not work in a given game. The 1-3-1 is a change of pace defense to use in limted quantity to give the opposing offense a different look, but it is not a base defense to rely on, in particular when you lack foot speed and lateral agility. When you stick with it too long, it will be exploited.
MattD, your last point about foot speed and lateral agility bring up a great point. I am tired of people saying how the 1-3-1 makes up for a lack of quickness on defense when to run it correctly and effectively, which we clearly are not doing as evident by our lack of forced turnovers from it and the wide open threes, you need to be very quick and agile in getting to your spots after each and every pass. One slow read means a wide open three.
Once again vs northwestern it didn't work there goes our NIT hopes
Yep, I am getting kinda tired of seeing MAAR fling himself at a wide open shooter way too late. Unfortunately, we coached ourselves out of any postseason.
Once again vs northwestern it didn't work there goes our NIT hopes
Yep, I am getting kinda tired of seeing MAAR fling himself at a wide open shooter way too late. Unfortunately, we coached ourselves out of any postseason.
This has not been the typical John Beilein season he is much better than what he has done this year.