Shaka?

[Newsdreams]

He talked.about how zones are predictable and therefore the open spaces are predictable and they wanted to get players in the open spaces.

Plus he said he didn't want to go into details.

[Zog from Margo]

My quibbles with Shaka so far this season are minor...

2.  We are both terrible inbounding the ball and defending the inbound, particularly under the basket.  When we inbound beneath our own hoop, I am happy if we just manage to get it inbounds safely.  When our opponents inbound underneath their basket, they seem to get a layup or a wide open three every time.  When they were checking if Gold's block at the end of regulation was goal tending or not (I don't think it was), I was secretly hoping they'd call it a goal tend, because the possession arrow was with DePaul and they would have been inbounding under their basket with 3 seconds.

Do you remember the Wojo years? MU is light years better in both departments, even without Kolek inbounding.

[avid1010]

Shaka not staggering the underclassmen's minutes is one of the very few gripes I have with Shaka's coaching and running of the program. The other is timeout used (or lack thereof). Would like to see him use them to get a shot for someone specific when the offense is stagnant or to stop runs, and he does neither. I think we had 3 TOs left with a minute left.

Call me crazy but I think Shaka has a plan.

[wadesworld]

Call me crazy but I think Shaka has a plan.

Yeah.  See his big lead built up by the starters disappear very quickly when 4 subs come in, then pull the subs for the rest of the game while the starters grind it out against a team with a lot of momentum.

[GoldenEagles03]

That's an All Time Photo. Wow.

https://x.com/CoachShakaSmart/status/1879690853289189490?t=p0YROPXRKcOtmj3cRw4VwQ&s=19

[forgetful]

That's an All Time Photo. Wow.

https://x.com/CoachShakaSmart/status/1879690853289189490?t=p0YROPXRKcOtmj3cRw4VwQ&s=19

Give that photographer a Pulitzer.

[T.V. Diener 34]

I feel like my problem with their philosophy right now against the zone is that they don't attack.  You either need someone in the middle regularly to be able to catch and face up and attack/kick it out against help or you need a ball handler on the outside to attack a gap and make guys move out of their part of the zone to help.  Too many times last night I just saw 4 guys standing on the perimeter passing it around hoping to get a good look.  Finally in the second half they threw it into the middle a few times to Kam and it started to work better.  I do think them seeing all this zone right now in the regular season while they're still winning games is gonna be great for them in March.  My worst nightmare would have been them seeing man defense all year and all of a sudden they see zone in the tournament for the first time and aren't quite sure how to handle it.

[tower912]

Last season, Oso lived in the open spaces and loved to handle the ball, pass, and get to the basket.  There was no gap that TKo wouldn't attack.  Ben isn't Oso and no MU guard is as good as TKo in tight quarters.   The coaches know how to attack a zone. They are figuring it out with THIS team.   

[avid1010]

Yeah.  See his big lead built up by the starters disappear very quickly when 4 subs come in, then pull the subs for the rest of the game while the starters grind it out against a team with a lot of momentum.

I suppose...he's 1-3 against red.

[LloydsLegs]

That's an All Time Photo. Wow.

https://x.com/CoachShakaSmart/status/1879690853289189490?t=p0YROPXRKcOtmj3cRw4VwQ&s=19

Reminds me of that iconic shot of DWade sailing under the basketopen armed with LeBron following in for the dunk

[wadesworld]

Team is entirely out of sorts. At some point we won't be playing teams like DePaul and Georgetown to go on huge runs. Start using some timeouts to get the boys settled in.

[wadesworld]

Does he get all 4 in the second half since? I totally understand why he didn't use one at all. The boys were buzzing. Beautiful display of basketball.

Seriously, wtf? I'd prefer he has 0 left at this point than having used 0.

[1SE]

Unreal he didn't use a timeout in our worst half of the season.

[Uncle Rico]

He's just not a very good head coach

[Jay Bee]

#5YearsToJudge

[GB Warrior]

He's just not a very good head coach

Maybe we find a coach for the first half

[wadesworld]

23 minutes into the game with a 17 point deficit and Xavier not even playing that well offensively and we finally get a timeout. Nice!

[The Sultan]

23 minutes into the game with a 17 point deficit and Xavier not even playing that well offensively and we finally get a timeout. Nice!

Kinda think this isn't really the problem.

[wadesworld]

Kinda think this isn't really the problem.

Would be nice to find out. We haven't looked in sync for one second of the game. Would've liked to see if we could've turned the momentum when we weren't this far back. I mean, could using your use it or lose it timeout really have hurt in the first half? Maybe it doesn't help. But it couldn't have gone much worse.

[1SE]

I love Shaka, he's our long term guy, but this is his worst game in a long time

[The Sultan]

I love Shaka, he's our long term guy, but this is his worst game in a long time

Please. They're getting plenty of opportunities. Coaching isn't the reason they can't hit shots and turn it over far too often.

[1SE]

Please. They're getting plenty of opportunities. Coaching isn't the reason they can't hit shots and turn it over far too often.

Putting in 3 players off the bench in the middle of our run was terrible - if guys need a blow (doubtful w 3 minute TV time outs) pull them one at a time.

[The Sultan]

Putting in 3 players off the bench in the middle of our run was terrible - if guys need a blow (doubtful w 3 minute TV time outs) pull them one at a time.

Write a letter. I hear it can be effective.

Anyway they had a chance to win at the end. You think the substitution patterns at the 10 minute mark had anything to do with it? lol.

[tower912]

Scoop after a loss. Rarely rational.  Scoopers have to vent. 

[Uncle Rico]

Scoop after a loss. Rarely rational.  Scoopers have to vent. 

I get it.  Shaka is a nice guy but he's no great shakes as a coach.  He is what he is.  Mediocre