Changing Roles

[BlueSycamore]

Taken from an article about Duke basketball:

" Duke is a study in successful role-changing. A year ago at this time, Smith was a point guard, Scheyer was a shooting guard and power forward Kyle Singler and small forward Gerald Henderson were their lead offensive options. Now Scheyer is a point guard, Smith is a shooting guard who can handle the ball, and if defenses decide to key on Singler, a first-team preseason All-American who's now playing on the wing, the two guards become offensive options Nos. 1 and 2."

With our Sycamore's depth beginning to emerge this season (and it appears that it will get even deeper in years to come) role changing will be a necessity from year to year. Not everyone can be the point guard; some players need to pitch and some need to catch FOR THE OVERALL STRENGTH OF THE T.E.A.M.

 

[BankShot]

You must be browsing the "NASA Weekly"...just kidding. Unfortunately, some players' psyche(s) are not amendable to change. In pizza largon, that's what separates the crust from the cheeese! Good coaches are capable of reshaping/remolding to fit their team design needs. Sometimes it's hard to teach an OLD DAWG new tricks, right? :bigsmile: