Style of play doesn't matter, but shot selection and team defense does. if you want to play faster then the other team it would help to have better athletes. Our offense looked great against Tulane and not so good vs seton hall. Maybe we could slow it down until we get some better players.
Name a successful coach who changes his system based on his personnel. Pro tip: you can't.
is that sarcasm?
No pretty sure he is dead serious. Coaches generally don't change their system. You see Boeheim switch to man? D'Antoni run a different offense? Phil Jackson? The list goes on...
Coach K has actually played zone despite his distaste for it once in a blue moon. But very minor and fleeting changes.
This might be the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Of course coaches change their style based on their personnel. What makes great coaches great is that they adjust to their players. It would be insane not to. I don't know how anybody that has watched one game of basketball can not see that.
Yes it's true that coaches generally recruit players that would fit their desired system, but then have to make changes to play to their players strengths. Huggins has been a great coach for a couple decades now but only recently changed to 40 minutes of pressure defense. He didn't do that when he had a 7 man rotation or guys that wouldn't succeed in that style. Now, he will try to recruit players that will fit that style going forward but he won't keep doing it if he doesn't have the horses
The 14-15 Kentucky team that went undefeated until the final 4 played at a really slow pace. This year's Kentucky team plays at the 10th fastest pace in the country. Coach K has had teams whose main offensive gameplan was to launch 3s and other teams who didn't shoot very many 3s at all.
You can choose to play man or zone essentially regardless of your personnel. It's the adjustments you make inside those defenses to fit your personnel that matter. If you have an elite shot blocker in the paint, you will have your guards play tighter on the perimeter forcing teams to penetrate. If your tallest player is 6-6 you're gonna tell your guards to sag on the perimeter to prevent penetration