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I still don't understand what the rationale is for the shot-clock in high school. Does anyone know what is being discussed when states or regions discuss adopting it?
Is it to speed up the game for spectators? This seems a rather dubious reason to adjust high school rules and it has helped decrease the instruction of old-fashioned fundamentals in California since its adoption IMO. I also think it's helped contribute to the increase in blow-outs (an issue that was recently featured in our newspaper).
Is it to help prepare kids for the college game? As a college coach would you rather have a kid grounded in the fundamentals who had to learn to play faster or a kid who could play fast who had to be grounded in the fundamentals. I realize this is a bit of a strawman but I exaggerate to make a point.
I am a little bitter because I used to be able to take a mediocre group from a public school and turn them into a machine that would wait for a well-stocked private school to make tiny mistakes and put our collective foot on their figurative neck. We rarely looked to simply stall but one of my favorite coaching moments was watching my team run a high cutter offense for 2 1/2 minutes until the defense on one of my shooters literally straightened up and stopped playing real defense. Catch, three, swish, 12-point lead, game essentially over.
It seems maybe the big name private schools want more bang for their recuiting buck with no pesky upstarts buzzing around their picnic. *he murmurs bitterly*
[Edited by bebanovich on Feb 20th, 2006 at 11:56 PM]
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