Brian Brinkerhoff offers a correction to our
twining the offenses of Boyd Grant's Fresno State teams of yore and that of Frank Allocco's De La Salle squads.
one small note -
i take issue with your comparison of DLS and Fresno State when you wrote-
"DLS's offense is very similar to that of Boyd Grant during his late 70's - early 80's tenure at Fresno State -- run time off the clock, frustrate defenders and then get a good look through a bevy of fundamental maneuvers."
having worked with Boyd Grant on a project about defense, I can tell you that a breakdown of old game tape from that era actually proved quite the opposite - Fresno State actually shot the ball faster than their opponents did on an average possession in the half court
FSU averaged a shot within 17 seconds per possession per game, whereas their opponents averaged a shot within 19 seconds per possession game-
this was due to FSU's defense approach which forced teams to burn clock in an effort to get something going on
it still frosts Boyd and Ron Adams to this day that people say they held the ball - they didn't- it was actually their opponents who burned more clock.
Brian Brinkerhoff
We stand corrected and thank Brian for reaching out. Please do so if anything appearing here deserves challenging.
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