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ehhh...I guess you have a point..scores seem to be higher now than they were 30-40 years ago...it could probably be argued that there are other factors contributing to that other than offensive advantages based on rules..I've always been in the group thinking that if the defense wants to get off the field they better stop the offense.

Brian, I also disagree here. Offensive philosophy gets drilled into players as early as middle school. Yes, the action and motion will change from coach to coach, but the nuances and subtleties you describe in your article do not. If you come off a screen and the defender goes underneath the screen, you flail out. If he follows you around the screen, you roll off it to the basket. The bigs are taught when to seal their man and come back to the baksetball. If your point gets doubled, the other guys are taught how to react. D1 college basketball players know how to do this stuff as they've been doing it since 8th grade - - JJ is either not reinforcing it or requiring it for his offense.

I'd like to point out the recent Duke / Syracuse up in NY as a case study. Watch those two teams play offense. It's clear they have an identity. For Duke, they would either get penetration with the point or work the ball inside, and the perimeter guys would all find open spaces to set up for jump shots. Over and over again. They were not necessarily running a "set play", but the guys knew the approach and the nuances you discussed in your post. They've known those nuances for years. Syracuse would run a high ball screen, and would either roll off it, or the other low post player would simply seal his man away from the action for an open pass and score. Consistently. Again, no set play, just a set of basic basketball rules that the players knew and followed.

What are JJ's basketball rules? Don't tell me his D1 basketball players don't know these things yet becuase I won't believe you. Again, I just don't think it's clear what this basetkball team wants to do offensively, and the players player accordingly. It starts with an identity from the top.

I'd like to see statistics on how often we let the shot clock go down to 5 and jack up a poor 3. To me, it seems like that is our main offense. I know I could be wrong but what I see and what I'm sure most people see is an inept offense that freaks out and jacks a 3 up when they realize the shot clock is down to 3.

At least when it comes to French's film reviews and Virginia Tech football!

I would downvote this but apparently you're drunk.

I see what you did there.

And no, I don't...their cool. We had one good one (VT-Miami score).

Hopkins and Tyler both got snubbed. Those kids can play at an NFL level, definitely.

You have something against palindromes?

Smdh. Damn son.

Good Point. +1 sir.

And we won't have to wait long to find out!

1500 words finished on #Hokie QB prospect @tmcmillian2 . Look for it on Monday exclusively at http://t.co/X0cWGfcmvk @TKP_Recruiting— French (@french60wasp) February 13, 2014

Judging by French's comments in this review, it sounds like this could potentially be a 3 man competion...

French said this, "especially given Travon McMillian's tremendous accuracy coupled with his effectiveness in the option game, as I will discuss in another review."

Sounds like another QB has impressed French also....