madtownvol
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If and WHEN they run into a team(s) that is adept at breaking the press early I think plan B for this coach is to keep rotating fresh legs all game until the press is working and she finally wears the other team down. That seems like her mindset and she believes her teams can do this. She knows there are four quarters. It’s a battle of wills, she believes her teams have the stronger will for 4 quarters, she won’t drop the full court press imo in many games if any. I admire her belief and dedication in her team’s identity. Losses will be lessons in how to be better at their identity, not how to abandon it.
So her plan B will always be to get better at her plan A until they don’t need a plan B. I dig it actually. But to your point, for sure she is coaching up half court defense also as it is a big part of every game against good teams. Btw, Spearman showing signs of a dominant big. Coop, Whitehorn, Spear and Spence all look incredible early also. Ruby has her sights set very high for this season.
if you haven’t noticed…..I’m a huge believer in what Caldwell is building and her style of ball. It’s exciting and WBB is better for it, not the same old sh*t everyone else is trying to do. I like cutting edge stuff myself, root for it.
I am on record for several seasons complaining that Kellie was stuck in a 90s style offense. I proclaimed she needed to become more perimeter oriented, with more 3 shooting to spread the floor and play at faster tempo (which means different kinds of players).
CKC has done that overnight.
A good team also has to have aggressive and effective press in their defensive repertoire and CKC is moving in that direction rapidly, So, two big thumbs up and all smiles from me.
The only fly in the ointment (potentially) is that this team, to this early point, looks like it is build to play only one way. And predictability = vulnerability. The phrase that is always attached to great teams is that "they can beat you multiple ways."
Your counterpoint is that the LVs are going to become so proficient and so overwhelming in this style of play that it will not matter how much a team prepares, how much talent they bring to the floor, and how much of an advantage they might have in the post.
The LVs will high press and outpace any opposition into oblivion.
I presume you anticipate that the LVs will absolutely steamroll, a shell shocked SC, all in route to a national title this season. I hope you are right and I will be happy to have my blasphemous concerns laughed at in hindsight as banner # 9 is raised to the rafters.
I would love that outcome!!!