Comments on: 2010 One-and-Dones: Was It Worth It?

By: rtmsf

rtmsf — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:26:37 +0000

In reply to Bill.

Bill – no problem here with Self’s offense. We’re just heard that criticism before. Doesn’t mean it’s true.

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:55:09 +0000

What do people say is deliberate and fixed about Bill Selfs coaching? His offense?

I’ve honestly not heard this much, except from bitter Illinois fans that swear he only runs high low. At Kansas he’s always adapted his offense to the talent on his roster. When his best scoring options are in the post (Wayne Simien) he runs a lot of Hi Low, but other than that…most years he runs multiple different offensive sets or schemes that put his best offensive players in position to get good shots versus the defense that they’re playing. Thats why I think he’s a fantastic coach…he doesn’t have a set offense that’ he’ll never adjust from and the attitude that “we don’t adjust to you, you’re going to have to adjust to us”. His offense has set principles typically, but they run sets based on what they’re opponent does defensively. And throughout his career his teams following this approach have been wildly successful at all of his stops…espcecially KU.

His teams at Kansas have almost always been in the top 10 to 15 of offenisve efficiency. His best teams at KU (’10, ’08) were both #2 in KenPoms Offensive EFF ratings

By: rtmsf

rtmsf — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:15:28 +0000

In reply to Bruno.

Bruno – good comment. I haven’t focused on that b/c there hasn’t been enough data to make determinations on that yet, but certainly a school like Kentucky with four 1-and-dones in a single year may need to worry about that in the future. Thanks.

By: Bruno

Bruno — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:03:41 +0000

One thing missing from the discussion is Academic Progress Rate (APR). In the short-term, recruiting one-and-dones might be worthwhile, but it the long-run, if done consistency, won’t a college’s APR be damaged?