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I think either Reynolds had read what I had posted or he was having some similar thoughts. Again I wince when coaches get hung up on "systems". What rule says that once you declare an offense or defense as your "system" that you have to ride it exactly without any modification, variation, or even abandon it when called for. A good coach should be able to adapt. As for someone comparing Salley to Mike Williams...not even close. That's like comparing Andrew Warren to Hersey Hawkins. I would wonder what we would do now if we had a Mike Williams--play him 7 minutes a game if at all?
We can still put up points with the offense, but it has weaknesses in terms of how the line up is constructed in terms of defense and rebounding. And, if we didn't go so small, the offense would be even better. And, if we incroporated some occassional strong-side posts rather than keeping the lone 5 on the weakside for spacing almost all the time unless when ball screening, we would do better. And lastly, we would do better if we had another big guy in there as a presence to help out when the other rotates up top for ball screens.
However, someone would rather play three guys at 5'10" at the sametime. My favorite quote from last game, that could be chalked up to the influence of the fever was, "We went small because they went small and I thought we matched up better going zone in the second half..." Oh, the irony and self-contradiction of that statement...you could cut it with a knife.