Wayne23 wrote:I settle on 2 offenses against man to man, and stick with them, matching strategy to practice time. I like Princeton (20 minutes practice time) and Triangle (15 min.) or Motion (20 min.) and Flex (15 min.). As to D when I coached in real life I went mostly with man to man but here i find that if i do that for more than about 60% of the time I get in constant foul trouble so I go 60% Man, 20% 2-3, 20% 3-2. Not sure that's the best but it works. I only press if I'm behind and it's close late in the game but I practice a man press for 5 minutes every practice. I don't screw around with O or D based on my opponents. I follow the philosophy of, "I'm going with what I do best. Let the other coach adjust to MY strategy."
This is close to what I was thinking regarding 2 offenses against m2m; still playing around with which sets I like and optimal players for them. Along with recruiting, developing and fine tuning my system is what I'm looking forward to over the many season grind. It appears, at least until you're highly rated as a coach, that having a narrow focus scheme and practice wise is best - what the sets/scheme is can vary widely, but sticking to a few concepts seems optimal. Maybe with a very high rated O&D concepts and player development you could coach up proficiencies well enough to mix up defense based on opponent but I'd think offense should stay the same all season as its more heavily tied to personnel. General skills help with defense but you need specific offensive skills to run sets well.
PointGuard wrote:Staying clear of this one. I said that different CB game players approached and handled recruiting in a wide variety of ways. Well, I think there is even a greater diversity in selecting strategies and playing out games. There are many threads in the CB2020 forum and a few in the CB2021 forum that discuss strategy/game play...and as you will see one person feels X is the best way and another thinks Y is better. It's probably just best to try different things you think will work and adjust as necessary until you find the ways you like and that work for your team.
Maybe others can chime in here who are more X & O type of guys or have developed strategies and game play they feel works great.
I've dug through the CB21 forum but need to check through CB20. From a strategy standpoint, has much changed from last year's version? And I certainly don't expect - or want - a universal answer to either the recruiting or strategy puzzle. Both appear to be and should be black boxes of sorts where nothing works all the time and there is uncertainty in what you think you know. While I certainly am curious how others strategize, I'm mainly curious how they've tested those strategies. I'd imagine spending some time in the open modes controlling strategy for both teams would yield some interesting observations.
Part of the 'fog of war' appears to be scout margin of error in who's favored in a matchup so judging my strategy based on that seems less than accurate. I fully expect there isn't a perfect solution to testing strategy - which makes sense as is accurate to life - but any less than obvious methods from veteran players wouldn't hurt.
Can't thank you both enough for taking the time, probably best for me to dig through boards and such while enjoying the game.
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