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214215.26 in reply to 214215.25
Date: 4/24/2012 1:09:42 PM
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We had 21 offensive rebounds. I'll take the quick shots thanks.

"and that fact that englands U21 took 18 3pt shots attempts, means that they weren't able to penetrate inside to get the ball close to the basket."

Erm, that's because it was the slow paced LP taking too much of the clock looking for non-existent OD weakness. Throw the ball in with LI and you take lower percentage inside shots than LP, which driving can compensate for - but if you can't get inside with LP, as happened, youend up taking even lower percentage end of shot clock shots. It is not rocket science to know that the Czechs favour balanced players and LP is best avoided against them.



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214215.27 in reply to 214215.26
Date: 4/24/2012 3:48:25 PM
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We too had very good secondaries(at least on our big men), and thus we decided it was a risk worth taking to get our inside guys mid range jump shots instead of just trying to post up on them with only 1 player with above wondrous IS.

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214215.28 in reply to 214215.27
Date: 4/24/2012 5:02:18 PM
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I think that makes sense against another team, but not against the Czechs, who porbably have three guys like Adams on their roseter.

I must admit, I'm surprised we only had one guy >14 on the roster. Makes the previous results even more impressive.

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214215.29 in reply to 214215.27
Date: 4/24/2012 8:05:46 PM
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Blank lineup was a nice idea, but like you said I don't know if it's worth ever trying again (or at least not during a game where the opponent is about even with us). I'll pretty much just restate what I said on the offsite: The 2-3 zone seemed like it worked very well, and our ratings and player ratings were great. It was definitely a winnable game, but I guess it just wasn't meant to happen. It probably would have been better to have more control over who was in the game and where, but I guess that's a lesson learned. Overall great season for England, and whoever disapproves of Eminence's job as U21 manager please tell me why :)

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214215.30 in reply to 214215.27
Date: 4/26/2012 7:26:59 AM
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Great job throughout the competition. Always sad when it comes to an end, but you did a great job!

I don't know enough about tactics to have a valid opinion on the last game, but I guess I can say that some players got pretty unlucky with shots. Mainly Dante Ward and Homer Lucey.

Hindsight is a lovely thing, but I prefer to be happy about the total performance!

galla