This might have been posted somewhere along the way but I was surprised to read it in Jon Solomon's article:
...Seven of the 12 members of the NCAA men's basketball rules committee are coaches: Akron's Keith Dambrot, Belmont's Rick Byrd, Long Island-Brooklyn's Jack Perri, Fairfield's Sydney Johnson, Division II Caldwell's Mark Corino, Division III Southern University's William Raleigh, and Division III University of La Verne's Richard Reed...
I found this excerpt from espn.com Dana O'Neil's article on the proposed rules changes interesting:
...Two years ago, in fact, Byrd (rules committee chairman and Belmont coach) called me and asked if I thought a select few media members might be willing to meet with the committee at the Final Four. What he said then rings in my ears today -- namely, that the media looks at games differently than coaches and is more likely to hear directly from the viewing public than a coach, and that he thought it would be helpful if we all got in a room to discuss what’s right and wrong with college basketball. So for the past two years, the meetings have happened, and they have been more dialogue than interview sessions, an open, give-and-take conversation about ways the game could be improved...
They are still only recommendations at this point.The next step is: ... The recommendations must be approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel, which is scheduled to discuss the recommended men’s basketball rules changes via conference call June 8...
I think it means a player can call time out when trapped or at half court etc., but not the coach from the sidelines.
This means the kids have to be "coached" on how to manage these situations.
We know how that turns out: 6 men on the court, calling T.O. when you have none, inability to inbound (Can a coach call time out in this case? Is the ball officially "live" once handed to the player?)
Our coaching has not been stellar in this area. These are facts, not negative banter.
the average points per game scored continues to move downward so the NCAA reacts by lower the shot clock to 30 seconds to increase the "play of the game". Good move as far as I can see. The college game has become some what slow and boring to watch. Offenses (lack of) like those run by Syd "" Johnson are not helping. However, in the same breath they are allowing the officials more video leeway to review possible shot clock violations. Nothing slows the game down like the officials stopping to take time to complete a video review. This seems counter productive to increasing the play of the game.
the average points per game scored continues to move downward so the NCAA reacts by lower the shot clock to 30 seconds to increase the "play of the game". Good move as far as I can see. The college game has become some what slow and boring to watch. Offenses (lack of) like those run by Syd "" Johnson are not helping. However, in the same breath they are allowing the officials more video leeway to review possible shot clock violations. Nothing slows the game down like the officials stopping to take time to complete a video review. This seems counter productive to increasing the play of the game.
I agree, the 30 second clock is better. However I hope they don't go any further (like the NBA 24 second). Not all college teams have the manpower to play like a Duke or Kentucky every night. As far as speeding up play, maybe more video leeway will hurt a bit. However they have cut down the number of timeouts, plus taken away the media timeout in the second half if a coach uses one of his within a certain prescribed time too close to the scheduled one, something Sydney has a habit of doing quite often. So I would think that they have actually done a couple of things to speed up the game to a small degree.
the average points per game scored continues to move downward so the NCAA reacts by lower the shot clock to 30 seconds to increase the "play of the game". Good move as far as I can see. The college game has become some what slow and boring to watch. Offenses (lack of) like those run by Syd "" Johnson are not helping. However, in the led same breath they are allowing the officials more video leeway to review possible shot clock violations. Nothing slows the game down like the officials stopping to take time to complete a video review. This seems counter productive to increasing the play of the game.
I agree, the 30 second clock is better. However I hope they don't go any further (like the NBA 24 second). Not all college teams have the manpower to play like a Duke or Kentucky every night. As far as speeding up play, maybe more video leeway will hurt a bit. However they have cut down the number of timeouts, plus taken away the media timeout in the second half if a coach uses one of his within a certain prescribed time too close to the scheduled one, something Sydney has a habit of doing quite often. So I would think that they have actually done a couple of things to speed up the game to a small degree.
Nash, you just struck a nerve. I wish I had a count on the number of times Syd has called a time out within 30 seconds of a schedule media time out. I understand it if the momentum is out of control but Syd would do it oftentimes when he could wait for the TV timeout. This also caused problems as you ran out of TOs at the end of games.
I hope his new assistants can stay on top of this. Just so frustrating and poor coaching IMO.
I agree, the 30 second clock is better. However I hope they don't go any further (like the NBA 24 second). Not all college teams have the manpower to play like a Duke or Kentucky every night. As far as speeding up play, maybe more video leeway will hurt a bit. However they have cut down the number of timeouts, plus taken away the media timeout in the second half if a coach uses one of his within a certain prescribed time too close to the scheduled one, something Sydney has a habit of doing quite often. So I would think that they have actually done a couple of things to speed up the game to a small degree.
Nash, you just struck a nerve. I wish I had a count on the number of times Syd has called a time out within 30 seconds of a schedule media time out. I understand it if the momentum is out of control but Syd would do it oftentimes when he could wait for the TV timeout. This also caused problems as you ran out of TOs at the end of games.
I hope his new assistants can stay on top of this. Just so frustrating and poor coaching IMO.
Also Paulie, how about this one. Stags hit a basket, maybe a couple in a row, NOT the other team. TO Sydney. Good-bye momentum!
Last Edit: Jun 21, 2015 13:14:55 GMT -5 by nashvillestag
