two things,
first, the time Mac spent at ISU hardly screams "success".
Secondly, from what I can glean, most of the success he
HAS had, here, there, or anywhere, was due to the assistant coaches
he's had around him.
This is no kidding, I was specifically told by a nephew that went to
uni at the time we hired mac "we had hired the wrong uni coach and
time would prove it" I disagreed, cause after the "previous" previous
coach all I could think of was, "gimmee some structured BB."
Well, let's just say it cost me a BIG bottle of crown royal on that bet, HA.
imho, if FH wants to let'em play like J.O. I'm all good with it.
m.
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CFH said in his post game presser that running plays was situation dependent. If he felt that it's appropriate, he'll stay out of the way, let his players set up and run the offense w/o any set plays. Likewise, if the situation's appropriate, he'll be calling set plays in order to maximize any advantages at the time of the call. Sometimes the best way to coach is to let your players play and stay out of the way, then use the time outs to make adjustments as necessary. Very much the way JO coached back in the day. Almost all the really good coaches have that flexibility in coaching style as basketball is such a fluid game anyway. Very few coaches who are rigid in their style succeed; coach Mac being one of the exceptions.