Being equally valid is not good enough for this system. Because it’s extremely hard to learn, hard to train for, hard to execute, hard on athletes bodies, and has a very high failure rate, this system would have to be far far superior to any other to make it worth fooling with. It also requires a much deeper and more specialized roster, and does not prepare players for the future since no one else plays this way.
At the lower levels against less talented teams yes they probably were. But as many analysts have said, the flaw is that effort and endurance are not separators against elite talent at elite levels. In effect, this system Peter Principles itself out at this level.
Marshall lost to VT 92 to 49 in their NCAA opener. When CKC was hired by Tennessee, this loss was explained as a function of Marshall simply not having the same level of D1 talent as Virginia Tech but once you plug elite players into Caldwell's system, watch out world!!
She hasn’t had elite players yet. The sweet sixteen was a good start. She did a poor job constructing her second roster. It was a disaster. I hope she learned her lesson. The players that you mentioned weren’t ideal for the system. They were, however, good teammates and good for culture. They helped stabilize our program. We need more players like them.
Kinda reminds me of that cat.
Well you have a small sample size across the whole college BB, to even find an example of it works or not. Probably less than 1% play a variance of the Grinnell system. I think the players she had this year would have ended up with the record they did no matter what system they played. When you cant hit shots on a high clip you don't win its simple, no matter what system, especially with no leaders and no chemistry.. This team just was just not a good shooting team and the bigs were bad on inside bunnies. Its hard to believe looking back as bad as they shot the ball they beat Bama on the road & UK and Kenny Brooks even said it was an embarrassing display of BB by his & UTs team. Although this system is the only team to beat UConn in 2 years and the reason they won is they hit shots at a high clip IMO not really the system but you can beat really good team with this system if you hit shots at a high clip. It lets you get your D set up. and especially this years team when they missed shots they basically were chasing and reach fouling and went into bad posture; This team was supposed to be more athletic team than last years but when they missed shots they basically were chasing and reach fouling and went into bad posture. All I saw most of the year as other team was going fullcourt for AND1s off of our long carom 3 misses. It seemed like every guard we played could dribble up the court faster than ,all the freshman could run they were trailing and reaching about half the time and the foul totals killed us.
