I have to say this is the first time during Dunphy's tenure when I think the team's talent actually is more advanced than his coaching.
A few observations during the NJIT game:
Damien Moore plays really well in the first half, finally giving us some size and blocking ability down low. He has arguably Temple's two best defensive plays in the 1st half (two blocks leading to offensive points), and gets banished to the bench for the entire second half of the game. Maddening.
Daniel Dingle is forced to guard NJIT's quickest player, even though he has no speed and the kid keeps draining 3s on him. Stupidity.
Fran Dunphy rarely uses ball pressure with maybe a 3/4 quarter press or full court press, or perhaps complicated zones when playing opposing teams, especially teams with smaller players and lesser talent like NJIT. This could be very effective in getting quick and easy baskets, especially for a team that struggles in the half court. Stubbornness.
Mark Williams (nuff said). Denial.
It's become abundantly clear that Coach Dunphy is a man with two good feet that can't walk forward. He's too conservative. He has his rigid ideology as it relates to how to coach teams, which includes bland man to man defense with little versatility, and an offense that inceasingly relies on making outside shots with no back cuts, developed post play, or offensive sets that may free his players up offensively. He has no diversity or creativity in his coaching style. His teams prepare and execute HIS style exceedingly well which has and will work to some degree, but his Achilles heel as far as coaching goes is that he can't think outside the box he's placed himself in, and our program for that matter.
To me, this is one of the biggest reasons why he's such a terrible NCAA tournament coach. He has ZERO creativity as a coach and is afraid to take risk.
A few observations during the NJIT game:
Damien Moore plays really well in the first half, finally giving us some size and blocking ability down low. He has arguably Temple's two best defensive plays in the 1st half (two blocks leading to offensive points), and gets banished to the bench for the entire second half of the game. Maddening.
Daniel Dingle is forced to guard NJIT's quickest player, even though he has no speed and the kid keeps draining 3s on him. Stupidity.
Fran Dunphy rarely uses ball pressure with maybe a 3/4 quarter press or full court press, or perhaps complicated zones when playing opposing teams, especially teams with smaller players and lesser talent like NJIT. This could be very effective in getting quick and easy baskets, especially for a team that struggles in the half court. Stubbornness.
Mark Williams (nuff said). Denial.
It's become abundantly clear that Coach Dunphy is a man with two good feet that can't walk forward. He's too conservative. He has his rigid ideology as it relates to how to coach teams, which includes bland man to man defense with little versatility, and an offense that inceasingly relies on making outside shots with no back cuts, developed post play, or offensive sets that may free his players up offensively. He has no diversity or creativity in his coaching style. His teams prepare and execute HIS style exceedingly well which has and will work to some degree, but his Achilles heel as far as coaching goes is that he can't think outside the box he's placed himself in, and our program for that matter.
To me, this is one of the biggest reasons why he's such a terrible NCAA tournament coach. He has ZERO creativity as a coach and is afraid to take risk.
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