St. Louis does it again...

[sman]

I know Schertz said they couldn't pay Avila market ... but they paid him. SLU and VCU were tops with Dayton in A10 NIL spending. that's obviously where serious A10 programs need to be.

 

[*23*]

Right, Schertz sold him on a vision. I get it, most of the time money talks. But if it is close, you need to be able to sell the vision and fit. And I don't trust Mooney to do that. If insider is believed, AA is coming back and he already knows the whole story of "little guard U" if you have listened to his inteviews - and he got to play a lot this season. But it is the 6'3 to 6'7 guard athletic guard wings Mooney needs to sell, and have enough money for.

 

[brooklyn brownstone]

watching SLU play, you see the differences between their offensive gameplan and MilkMoonBall.

1. When they weave it is not just to end up with the ball on the wing in the same spot every time. Tons of effective ball movement that led to actual different looks nonstop.
2. They also then immediately run different actions out of their beginning passes, like using Avila / big guys to work pick and roll actions out of any beginning passes/weave. UR runs same 2 options, dribble handoff or corner pass, nonstop.
3. Avila faced the basket with the ball becoming a threat to do more than just be a hand off or pass to the corner guy. One of the board's main complaints about how MilkMan utilizes our bigs. It was a clinic on how to use a skilled big man on offense.
4. Avila was used all over the court, not just top of key. Baseline, wing, etc.
5. They take a gigantic percentage of their 2 point attempts at the rim, not in the mid range. This was one of the grossest disparities for me. UR settles for 12 foot jumpers and has bigs shooting 1980s fadeaways. SLU took layups.
6. SLU effectively ran out in transition a lot.
7. Guys with 2 fouls were allowed to play after getting the 2nd foul. Trust by the coach.
8. Guys who tried shit were not immediately benched if it didn't work out. Avila tried an ill-advised behind the back pass and it led to a UGa runout and score. He was not benched and shamed, but allowed to play through that mistake.

Maybe MilkMoon will learn from SLU the same way he learned about offensive rebounding last offseason. Though he probably found out about that because Hovde directly told him, so I'm not hopeful.