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Question for those at the games.
Has anyone ever seen IB go after a ref when the calls seemed to be different on different ends of the court?
There are some very successful "player's coaches". Lon Kruger is one that comes to mind, but Kruger at least had some emotion on the sidelines - and some enthusiasm. IB seems to be an observer instead of a leader during games. IB's in-game involvement seems to be at the level of Ricky Council's involvement on defense.
I don't think Kennedy is the guy to tutor IB into the role of a HC.
IB also needs to use some imagination and come up with a different way of running the offense. Marshall's offense works like a well-oiled machine when there's a PG who can get to the rim and stroke jumpers (Ragland, Hannah, Armstead, VanVleet - even Baker to some degree). It also needs an effective screener. The current roster has neither. Defenses don't even cover the corner 3 guys. They will let Porter shoot any time, any place. Council has no clue how to play D, and doesn't seem to be learning.
IB inherited a team that can't run the offense he inherited and doesn't seem to be able to find any other options on offense. Using TE as a decoy worked for one game, and probably pissed TE off.
I think we'll come out of this mess better than we came out of firing Gene Smithson, but not by much. I'm afraid we're going to have 3 or 4 years of IB doing his best Mike Cohen impersonation.
Has anyone ever seen IB go after a ref when the calls seemed to be different on different ends of the court?
There are some very successful "player's coaches". Lon Kruger is one that comes to mind, but Kruger at least had some emotion on the sidelines - and some enthusiasm. IB seems to be an observer instead of a leader during games. IB's in-game involvement seems to be at the level of Ricky Council's involvement on defense.
I don't think Kennedy is the guy to tutor IB into the role of a HC.
IB also needs to use some imagination and come up with a different way of running the offense. Marshall's offense works like a well-oiled machine when there's a PG who can get to the rim and stroke jumpers (Ragland, Hannah, Armstead, VanVleet - even Baker to some degree). It also needs an effective screener. The current roster has neither. Defenses don't even cover the corner 3 guys. They will let Porter shoot any time, any place. Council has no clue how to play D, and doesn't seem to be learning.
IB inherited a team that can't run the offense he inherited and doesn't seem to be able to find any other options on offense. Using TE as a decoy worked for one game, and probably pissed TE off.
I think we'll come out of this mess better than we came out of firing Gene Smithson, but not by much. I'm afraid we're going to have 3 or 4 years of IB doing his best Mike Cohen impersonation.
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