After one of the most entertaining, but disappointing losses in Iowa State history, I still will point the finger at CFH and his staff, not the players. The players continue to do what the coaches tell them to, but the opposing coaches continue to out coach CFH and his staff in the waning minutes of close games. As we all are well aware of, CFH is still learning and very new to the coaching scene. He has been commended for the huge strides he has made thus far in his coaching career, which I feel he has done a fair job so far at Iowa State. He has started to bring us back to National prominence (leading us to 2012 NCAA tourney after a seven year drought) and has gotten the fans, players, and recruits excited about coming the experience the "Magic".
Last night, the leadership, experience, and execution of the Kansas coaching staff prevailed once again. How many games this year have we been out coached in close games, with less than two minutes? The only that comes to mind is the West Virginia game, where we squandered and 18 point lead with 6 minutes left, and setup a play to George to get a layup, which was brilliant.
Although Bill Self is tenured at Kansas, he has surrounded himself with "ex-head coaches" (all of his current assistants have been head coaches at the D-1 level), who are former D-1 players, and all who have over 25 years of coaching experience each, 111 years of coaching experience total at the D-1 level.
Our coaching staff has 51 years of experience, with only half of those coming at the D-1 level. Much more credibility and experience on his staff than ours. All of them have head coaching experience, which pinpoints their success and how much Bill Self trusts his staff in late-game situations. This deems to be even more reason why CFH needs to re-analyze the coaching staff at the end of 2013.
I think our team losing all of these close games is very indicative of the youth we have on our coaching staff and the lack of head coaching experience. Our players always seem to look as unorganized in the final two minutes; like the coaches didn't call a play or we don’t have any sets to get a bucket late in the game or how to guard down the stretch (man or zone). Our coaching staff looks even more indecisive or unsure of what their roles are at times, and the utilization of timeouts and clock management is horrendous. I know I’m not at practice, or don’t see what goes on behind the scenes, but we cannot continue to “meltdown†at the end of games like we have. Our coaching staff needs to be the rock and foundation that our players can lean on and depend on late in games.
Since losing Bobby Lutz, Hoiberg has not revamped his staff in any way to have a coaching “mentor†to help him through the late game situations or tough scenarios. Not one coach on our staff has coached as a head coach at the college level. We have the best assistants or even close to what we are capable of in playing in a “BIG 6†power conference. We need to upgrade and go after former head coaches, who have great experience that will give our team the best chance of winning. Recruiters are great, but “former coachesâ€, with the intangibles are priceless. They have great basketball I.Q., fundamental knowledge, and have coached thousands of late-game situations.
So far this year, we are unable to close out close against these prominent teams, i.e. Cincinnati, @ Kansas, @ Oklahoma State, @ Kansas State, all of these where we were in the game late, but couldn't execute at the end or there was miscommunication/confusion between players and coaching staff.
In the four conference games where we have been ahead or within 1 possession with 2:00 to go, we have gotten only four stops in four games. For all you math majors out there, that amounts to one stop per game, inside two minutes, which isn't a very good recipe in winning close games.
Last night, the leadership, experience, and execution of the Kansas coaching staff prevailed once again. How many games this year have we been out coached in close games, with less than two minutes? The only that comes to mind is the West Virginia game, where we squandered and 18 point lead with 6 minutes left, and setup a play to George to get a layup, which was brilliant.
Although Bill Self is tenured at Kansas, he has surrounded himself with "ex-head coaches" (all of his current assistants have been head coaches at the D-1 level), who are former D-1 players, and all who have over 25 years of coaching experience each, 111 years of coaching experience total at the D-1 level.
Our coaching staff has 51 years of experience, with only half of those coming at the D-1 level. Much more credibility and experience on his staff than ours. All of them have head coaching experience, which pinpoints their success and how much Bill Self trusts his staff in late-game situations. This deems to be even more reason why CFH needs to re-analyze the coaching staff at the end of 2013.
I think our team losing all of these close games is very indicative of the youth we have on our coaching staff and the lack of head coaching experience. Our players always seem to look as unorganized in the final two minutes; like the coaches didn't call a play or we don’t have any sets to get a bucket late in the game or how to guard down the stretch (man or zone). Our coaching staff looks even more indecisive or unsure of what their roles are at times, and the utilization of timeouts and clock management is horrendous. I know I’m not at practice, or don’t see what goes on behind the scenes, but we cannot continue to “meltdown†at the end of games like we have. Our coaching staff needs to be the rock and foundation that our players can lean on and depend on late in games.
Since losing Bobby Lutz, Hoiberg has not revamped his staff in any way to have a coaching “mentor†to help him through the late game situations or tough scenarios. Not one coach on our staff has coached as a head coach at the college level. We have the best assistants or even close to what we are capable of in playing in a “BIG 6†power conference. We need to upgrade and go after former head coaches, who have great experience that will give our team the best chance of winning. Recruiters are great, but “former coachesâ€, with the intangibles are priceless. They have great basketball I.Q., fundamental knowledge, and have coached thousands of late-game situations.
So far this year, we are unable to close out close against these prominent teams, i.e. Cincinnati, @ Kansas, @ Oklahoma State, @ Kansas State, all of these where we were in the game late, but couldn't execute at the end or there was miscommunication/confusion between players and coaching staff.
In the four conference games where we have been ahead or within 1 possession with 2:00 to go, we have gotten only four stops in four games. For all you math majors out there, that amounts to one stop per game, inside two minutes, which isn't a very good recipe in winning close games.
