How involved should you become

[PGCougar]

Originally posted by Hawks Coach
You can't control who you play, but changing what your team is doing to a different philosphy is not a great idea, IMO. If you have a delay game you want to practice, so be it. Do it for a quarter if it gets something done that you want done. But you gotta get what you can and need from your games, regardless of who you are playing.

I understand what you are saying, but...

I don't like to think of making adjustments in blow-outs as changing to a different philosophy. Nope, I consider it to be expanding on other elements of our team's game. For example:

After gaining a ton of points off turnovers and transition baskets, wouldn't it be appropriate to work a little on scoring out of half-court sets? After demonstrating excellence on the press, wouldn't it make sense to work on some half-court D? After saying you live and die by the three (and this game you are living well off the three), wouldn't it make sense to work a little on the inside game? Why overlook an opportunity to work on the delay game a bit?

I look at blow-outs as an opportunity to develop other areas of team play, helping us to round out our abilities as a team. You might look at it as an opportunity to continue refining one or more existing aspects you consider your strengths and build on them. Both are valid approaches.

Like I said before, this is a complex issue.