Originally Posted by
NewTweederEndzoneDance
I like Ray. I argued that he should be given a chance to show whether he can get it done or not. He needed to be given that chance, and to me he has now had that chance. He needs to go.
Last night they had him mic'd up. If you can, just go back and listen to the discussions he had with his team during TOs. When he is constantly telling his teams things like "just play good defense. Don't worry about offense, it will take care of itself.", you can get a pretty good picture of what he brings to the table as a coach. He stresses defense, which is not a bad thing, and his teams play very hard and pretty well defensively. But, I'm not sure he even bothers bringing a ball into the gym during practices because he sure as hell is not teaching his players anything about offense.
Those TO discussions confirmed that in my opinion. His view is to play hard on defense, then hope and pray one of this players can make a shot to save the game from on offensive standpoint. We cannot dribble. We cannot pass. We have no idea what floor spacing and passing lanes mean. We are clueless on how to actually break a press by any other means than "sprint as fast as you can and pray you beat the defense down the court". We cannot shoot. Our post players routinely have no idea what to do with the ball when they get it, as they have clearly not been taught or had any work on refining post moves. Zone offense seems to be above everyone's head, including the head coach's.
Memo to Coach Ray. Yes, defense is very important. However, no, the 17ing offense will NOT simply "take care of itself".