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[Missouri Kid]

Maybe. If it is the height issue I would think they would want to keep things sped up and not have to try to score in a half court set. Now the depth thing maybe true. But you can play a little less aggressive in a zone to handle the depth problem and still get out in transition on offense.

Princeton would take the transition basket if you got lazy but basically they wanted to eat clock and make you defend hard for their entire possession. They could usually cause a breakdown or mental lapse in the half court set with constant but varied movement and the more frustrated the defenders became, the more mistakes they would make. It was a thing of beauty when ran to perfection. Probably out of favor with the run and gun offenses we see today and considered to be more entertaining.

 

[Ftballfan16]

I bet as the season goes along they will start pushing a little more tempo. I think they are still just trying to get the new offense down. I also think their philosophy is that the season is practice till you get to districts. Being great in the regular season means nothing. Their lack of depth and size will for sure hurt them in a lot of their games against all the big schools they play. Probably not going to be that big of a deal when that start playing schools their own size in districts and state playoffs in class 2.

 

[Razzy417]

Princeton would take the transition basket if you got lazy but basically they wanted to eat clock and make you defend hard for their entire possession. They could usually cause a breakdown or mental lapse in the half court set with constant but varied movement and the more frustrated the defenders became, the more mistakes they would make. It was a thing of beauty when ran to perfection. Probably out of favor with the run and gun offenses we see today and considered to be more entertaining.

That's pretty much how the Hartville boys have been winning lately.

 

[TadQueasy]

LOL that is not at all how the Hartville boys won over the last few years. They did not try to eat clock and play really structured.

They defended the crap out of you and could all shoot the rock and they loved to get out and run. They could run with the really good Dora teams.

 

[Razzy417]

I didn't watch every game of theirs of course, but that's pretty much how they played when I watched them play the likes of Kickapoo and Greenwood. The scores of those games were in the 30's and 40's.

I'm sure they ran more against the weaker teams.

 

[AC100]

If you only have 6 players you may not be able to finish the season or at least have to forfeit games even with minor injuries.

 

[TadQueasy]

I didn't watch every game of theirs of course, but that's pretty much how they played when I watched them play the likes of Kickapoo and Greenwood. The scores of those games were in the 30's and 40's.

I'm sure they ran more against the weaker teams.

Yeah the Hartville games against those high power teams was not their normal plan. 90% of the time they were not that way

 

[Ftballfan16]

If you only have 6 players you may not be able to finish the season or at least have to forfeit games even with minor injuries.

They dress 9 players but the bench is freshman that are nowhere near ready for varsity. The bad thing is with only 9 players they cant play any jv games. They have not played any full JV games in 3 years.