"The System" -- Grinnell College Basketball

"The System" in a nutshell...

[@bball3048mmfr]

I love the System. I became enamored with it when I saw the JmxHighRoller video about almost a year ago. I think more teams should play like that if they cannot recruit 1) athletic players 2) High IQ players 3) tall and lengthy players. It's much easier to get good at running fast and hard for 30 seconds and shooting 3 pointers than it is to run an intricate offense that relies on complicated reads.

[@tperk]

I'm sold on this System and willing to use it in other sports. Late in his career, tennis champ Andre Agassi opted to charge the net to get points over with as soon as possible because he didn't have the energy to sit and blast away for 2 minutes from the baseline. Agassi got passed a lot but the point was over within 10 seconds. He won a lot of matches that went the distance, including Australia in 2003. The keys: 1. Don't get tired and 2. Put the pressure on the other guy to make a play EVERY time.

[@bball3048mmfr]

"Why practice the same thing that everybody else is doing and just be a poor man's version of them?"

[@ericgaskins571]

Its not illegal and is within the rules. Kinda reminds me of moneyball in baseball.

[@neilryan9301]

Sounds like the old LMU system in the late 80's, early 90's

[@bball3048mmfr]

Yep. Paul Westhead who also coached the 90-91 _enver Nuggets (No "D")

[@hankthetank18]

I would love to play on that team