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Thoughts on Low Post as a strategy for our team?

And look at the 4 DNP's. What was that, a "Blank gone bad" or something? They had way better minute management. 40 minutes is too many minutes when we are talking about the NT. Maeda went from Cup MVP/winner to bench warmer DNP. I'm sure he could have played 5-10 minutes and SURELY not hurt the team. Come on coach, NT teams are only good as their benches, and the way you are setting up rosters, it looks like Japan doesn't have one. 12 players chosen and only 8 get minutes. OUCH!!!

Last edited by Yellow cake at 12/8/2014 7:30:29 PM

Erm... I have absolutely no problem with Maeda not getting time as a critique of this game, and with any selection of a roster, if the game's tight (or you're losing) then the starters are going to pull in big minutes. As you well know.

My issue is more that the team shot 28-74, and we played a slower paced game. Amori has consistently been one of our better scorers (along with K-Mat), and he only took 9 shots (and only scored on 3 of them) - and only played 21 minutes.
I think Yasujiro is one of the key players in our team... but I don't think he should be taking 24 shots when the entire team only shoots 74. He's simply not an effective scorer to warrant shooting the ball pretty much double anyone else.

@wolph: yup on Tsunami. It happens. 0 dimes/5 TOs is going to hurt (the 3-13 was nasty too).

@Brutus: I *feel* that LP is probably a strategy that doesn't really fit our team, but I'd like to hear your thoughts on the game.

This game is like a scrimmage, both teams are through, Taiwan is usually the better team. Don't be to predictable, but Taiwan's interior defense is weaker than it's exterior defense...... Some games are need to win, some games are nice to win.

Haven't used Blank the last two seasons, just the way it worked out. If the starters are far better then the bench players then the engine will tend to keep the starters in for more minutes. Currently when Maeda is suited up to play he is 3rd in the depth chart. Unfortunately for Maeda we are very deep with guards.

I'd like to see us take a shot at II as well.

After watching the replay, it seems like the 4 players that DNP'ed were in the reserve spots which means they were never coming into the game. Having only 8 players in the starter and back up spots are going to hurt you late in the game. I would have rather seen straight accross subs instead of one sub backing up two spots. Better for managing stamina. I guess we will see going forward, I guess the next games aren't like scrimmages.

After watching the replay, it seems like the 4 players that DNP'ed were in the reserve spots which means they were never coming into the game. Having only 8 players in the starter and back up spots are going to hurt you late in the game. I would have rather seen straight accross subs instead of one sub backing up two spots. Better for managing stamina. I guess we will see going forward, I guess the next games aren't like scrimmages.

I think this depends on the players. If the players are at similar skill level then certainly it would be better to have 1:1 backups. But if there is a sizeable gap to the next best player then maybe not. For our guards I think 3 players covering 2 spots is best for as the moment.

Currently our guards sit in two different groups. We have a set of players at high skill level who stand out above the others: Matsuyama, Miura, and Amori plus you could add Tsunami to that group but he's better in his natural position as our starting SF. Then you have a gap in skills to five other players who are younger trainees who continue to improve and will eventually close the gap: Shidehara, Maeda, Torii, Kumatani, Takabe. These guys are getting better but not quite ready to take playing time from the others. When they are ready I will be excited to get them in there.

I know we all love our guys and think they're the best and should get more playing time. Hell, I would love to put Takabe in there but I know he's not ready yet and would drag the team down.

yeah, I've typically like that one.