A Sea Of Red

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ballcoach15 wrote: ↑April 15th, 2022, 11:47 am I was told he will return for 1 more season at LU

The post above yours says as much. Glad you read it

Purple Haize wrote: ↑April 15th, 2022, 11:50 am Verified by a second source

Was your second source BALLCOACH???

From the AD website.

https://www.liberty.edu/flames/news/dar ... th-season/

Cider Jim wrote: ↑April 15th, 2022, 1:18 pm

Purple Haize wrote: ↑April 15th, 2022, 11:50 am Verified by a second source

Was your second source BALLCOACH???

I understand Reading and comprehension is difficult for our little Marshall brethren
You can clearly see who the source is.

Purple Haize wrote:Verified by a second source

Well, the rumor had been out there for a while, and this time it turned out to be true. I'm excited to have Darius for another year, and the fact that his decision doesn't make a ton of sense to me is totally irrelevant. Now it's up to Ritchie to unpack the problems caused by what was clearly an unhealthy overdependence on him offensively last season and figure out how to get back to more of a team concept while still using his remarkable talents.

olldflame wrote: ↑April 16th, 2022, 7:21 am Well, the rumor had been out there for a while, and this time it turned out to be true. I'm excited to have Darius for another year, and the fact that his decision doesn't make a ton of sense to me is totally irrelevant. Now it's up to Ritchie to unpack the problems caused by what was clearly an unhealthy overdependence on him offensively last season and figure out how to get back to more of a team concept while still using his remarkable talents.

The overdependence was precisely why I was glad to see him move on. If we are balanced, well be tough to beat. Really appreciated his comments about a return to the LU court.

"We need some Dawgs" Some BIG Dawgs. That way we don't have to rely on DM as much. Ritchie didn't have a choice last year; Darius was the only scoring threat we had.

Dont like to talk in April,but unless more emphasis is placed on offense, and schemes are changed, it's hard for me to vision much difference from this pass season.
We need to add tempo to offense.

Bringing someone like an Alec Rosner in would be ideal with DM returning. But even if we don't land someone like that, we have some interesting new guys coming in. Porter is a full-court guard who can push the tempo. Race and control. Cleveland is also an interesting prospect. Nice size, athletic, tough, quick first step, and versatile scorer.

ballcoach15 wrote: ↑April 17th, 2022, 3:26 pm Dont like to talk in April,but unless more emphasis is placed on offense, and schemes are changed, it's hard for me to vision much difference from this pass season.
We need to add tempo to offense.

Uptempo how? That would necessitate a change in defensive philosophy. And since that’s where RMK butters his bread I can’t see that happening.
So, knowing you won’t answer, I’ll ask anyways. What type of uptempo offense do you think works with RMK’s defense?

ballcoach15 wrote: ↑April 17th, 2022, 3:26 pm Dont like to talk in April,but unless more emphasis is placed on offense, and schemes are changed, it's hard for me to vision much difference from this pass season.
We need to add tempo to offense.

We used the same "schemes" and played at about the same tempo the 3 years before that and won championships. Only 2 teams in the country have won more games over the last 4 years, but yeah, let's just start over from scratch and let you decide how we should play.

Playing strong defense and pushing the tempo are not mutually exclusive. We'll have guards this year that can shift gears and go back and forth speed-wise. Smart basketball is opportunistic. You attack opponent's weaknesses. And succeed on your strengths.

paradox wrote: ↑April 18th, 2022, 8:51 pm Playing strong defense and pushing the tempo are not mutually exclusive.

Correct. But playing pack line and leaning into transition offense are philosophically at odds. Consider ToP and PPP.