Every possession needs to include Haliburton or Bolton attacking the lane. That's the only way this crew of bricklayers is going to be effective on offense.
This team plays their ass off, but they can't shoot at all.
No doubt. Love the effort they are playing with.
As to your point, if we're going to keep the two-man game / pick and roll / pick and pop offense (which has been a Prohm staple so there's little to suggest he will change), then when Halliburton or others are doing the hard work and trying to drive, the other players need to be reading their man and 1.) be ready to back cut if their defender turns his head, or 2.) move and relocate to another spot to shoot a three (not showing good three point shooting so far though), or 3.) set picks for each other
off the ball.
In general, if we're going to continue to play a free-flowing offense that relies on guys making individual plays and reading and reacting to the defense during the play, which has been a staple of Prohm, then they need to move better. I've only watched 1.5 games with this team yet, but too many guys are standing when someone like Halliburton is driving. Halliburton has great vision, he'll find you, you just need to cut. I saw several possessions where Halliburton was driving to the cup and nobody else was moving, even when the other player's man turned his head! That would drive you crazy as a coach.
I'm glad to see them play hard. I will give Prohm credit. He recognized a little bit how poor our half court offense was going and ran a couple plays out of timeouts. Some resulted in buckets, some didn't, but each got us good shots. Glad to see that. Michigan is a good team. Don't throw in the towel so early in the season yet people. Lots to come still and we've got some talent. Sure, it's not the talent we've seen in other years, but we've got enough talent to do some damage if they pull it together.
