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21 minutes ago, The Chazz said:

 

Statistical analysis in sport is always something I find interesting, but like all stats, you can dress it up to support your beliefs, but at the same time, not tell all of a story.  For example, comparing Offensive/Defensive rebounds from last season to 20 seasons ago, there's a significant drop in offensive rebounds these days, yet there's a significant increase in shots being taken in today's game.  I could easily spin that as the offensive team not positioning themselves in a true rebounding position when a shot goes up, which is likely because of the increase in 3 point attempts made in that time (over double the attempts than what it was 20 years ago), meaning more of the offensive players are planted outside the key.  Would be an interesting topic for a different thread, but I doubt it's one that would be objective on a site like this, mainly because there's no true "right" or "wrong" answer, just how one interprets it (hence why people specialise in the area and get paid big bucks for being good at it!).  

The bad nba teams are awful to watch and juniors should probably be made to watch top quality college sides not the pros. That’s very true.

But the pros are so deadly on the fast break and a second true big is often a defensive liability. So the big man waiting for the offensive rebound is usually clogging the lane and getting exposed in transition. 

The spread them out game is still fundamentally sound and fantastic to watch when it’s the Spurs and Warriors of late, even the Raptors tittle team. And LeBron is LeBron.

If I were coaching juniors I’d be fine with them shooting 3’s if they can make them. It’s sure better than long 2’s. The most important thing and the biggest issue I have with the nba is teams that don’t pass and cut. The James Harden iso step back 3 is a problem. 

 
6 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

The bad nba teams are awful to watch and juniors should probably be made to watch top quality college sides not the pros. That’s very true.

But the pros are so deadly on the fast break and a second true big is often a defensive liability. So the big man waiting for the offensive rebound is usually clogging the lane and getting exposed in transition. 

The spread them out game is still fundamentally sound and fantastic to watch when it’s the Spurs and Warriors of late, even the Raptors tittle team. And LeBron is LeBron.

If I were coaching juniors I’d be fine with them shooting 3’s if they can make them. It’s sure better than long 2’s. The most important thing and the biggest issue I have with the nba is teams that don’t pass and cut. The James Harden iso step back 3 is a problem. 

Sorry but this basketball debate does not add anything to our teams 2021 season and would not be occupying any of the Coaches thoughts on how to improve our team.

i am surprised these posts are accepted as they are not really on the topic of AFL 

7 minutes ago, 58er said:

Sorry but this basketball debate does not add anything to our teams 2021 season and would not be occupying any of the Coaches thoughts on how to improve our team.

i am surprised these posts are accepted as they are not really on the topic of AFL 

There are an awful lot of experts on this site, just ask them.

 
On 2/1/2021 at 4:04 PM, Grapeviney said:

So no-one could be bothered driving for an hour to watch training from behind a fence and then writing a long report about it?

This forum is hopeless!

If Deespicable was any good,  he would have gone out there again today and done a report !! 

I'm disappointed in Deespicable's lack of effort today !!' 

23 minutes ago, 58er said:

Sorry but this basketball debate does not add anything to our teams 2021 season and would not be occupying any of the Coaches thoughts on how to improve our team.

i am surprised these posts are accepted as they are not really on the topic of AFL 

The debate stemmed from a genuine discussion about overhead handballs. A few posts going slightly off topic that are pretty easy to scroll past shouldn't inconvenience your day. That's the lifeblood of internet forums. Personally I like when things tangent off from the main gist of a thread.

You've now contributed to 2 irrelevant posts. Your own and this reply.

Become a moderator if you want to police every post. In the meantime I trust the mods to know when to move posts to a new section of the forum if a topic becomes overrun. 


33 minutes ago, 58er said:

Sorry but this basketball debate does not add anything to our teams 2021 season and would not be occupying any of the Coaches thoughts on how to improve our team.

i am surprised these posts are accepted as they are not really on the topic of AFL 

If you can point me to a single post on this site that does add to our teams season I'll buy you a charcuterie board at our first home game

On 2/1/2021 at 2:40 PM, spalding said:

Shows we have poor coaching and a VFL quality backline at best,  which will get toweled up by Dixon, Lynch, Hawkins etc.

6-8 wins in 2021 is all we can hope for, with everyone below us except North and Adelaide going straight past us.

Just thought I'd get in before the usual glass half full posters.

 

On 2/1/2021 at 3:02 PM, In Harmes Way said:

glass half full....lol

6 wins would be more like quarter full than half full. 

On 2/1/2021 at 8:35 PM, In Harmes Way said:

You should go one harder dc and wait until it snows to really get some cred

I will take the bait - when it snows MFC members will â›· be at Buller. ???

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