blueeyedbear said:
Adriacus Peratuun said:
Leonidas said:
This was not from the press conference, but the interview the Trib did with her afterwards and reported this morning. I thought these specific comments about the offense might be of interest to those who have not seen this yet:
- She said part of her job as a WNBA coach has been to evaluate college talent, so she's already familiar with much of the Baylor roster.
In particular, if Smith, the reigning Big 12 Player of the Year, comes back for the Lady Bears, Collen has a good idea how she wants to use the versatile 6-foot-2 forward.
"I think where her growth is going to be is can we really help her grown in terms of her perimeter game?" Collen said. "Can we truly stretch her to the arc? Can we get her in dribble handoffs? Can we get her in open space where she can drive? Can she facilitate? We want to drive up her assist-to-turnover ratio. Her versatility is what will translate the most to the pros. At 6-2, she's an elite athlete, but it will be important for her to develop her perimeter game, to shoot it, to handle it."
Along with having a plan for the Lady Bears' best returning player, Collen said she'll implement more of a pro style look on the offensive end of the floor.
"My goal will be to lead the league in total pick-and-rolls," she said. "We want to play early offense. We want to play in space. We're certainly going to rim run and post up."
That one item is very telling. Due to Baylor's primary transition O, statistics were misleading as to the REALLY slow pace of play that Baylor had in its half court O and the fact that it got almost zero secondary break baskets.
Establishing a secondary break and speeding up the half court O should lead to at least 8ish more shot attempts per game. With a roster full of talent and a far deeper "quality" bench than most teams, could never understand why Mulkey played at such a slow pace in half court O.
Smith should be ecstatic about getting the ball in space rather than facing double/triple teams every possession.
she was smiling through CNC whole introduction program comments
I did a little breakdown on the offense and Smith, Andrews, Egbo, Dauda, etc. should be smiling ear to ear on the spacing and motion in her offense, if she brings that from Atlanta.
It'll be much different from what was seen in the past 21 years and more of what you see out of Stanford or Golden State with the elevator picks and screens.