Exhibition games

[Shldr2Shldr]

Because Marmalade is the best big man in the conference.

Wait...

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[Quattro]

While this news is a little concerning, we don't know anything about who played or what the setup of the scrimmage was like. It's a bit like the Broncos fans who were saying the sky was falling when they lost two games in the NFL preseason.

Tad knows what he has in his starters, I'm willing to bet Hopkins, Fletch, Thomas and King all got a lot of minutes.

This

Was Tad working on different lineup combinations to see what works outside of the 1st line? Was Tad giving guys like Eli, Nelson, and Mills a lot of time? Lot of unknowns here.

 

[Junction]

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The next person who posts anything about compote or preserves is getting neg repped to oblivion...

 

[SECOBuffsFan]

This isn't actually true - scrimmages can be glorified practices, yes. But they can be structured anyway the coaches agree on. It can be a normal 40 minute game with refs, it can be situational/match-up work, ie practicing against a zone, practicing a press. From the way we've heard that CU "lost" against both Boise St and SMU it appears that Tad favors organized games more than situational work.

I know exactly what scrimmages are designed to do.....I was a varsity high school head coach for a long time....and I am telling you that I don't worry about scrimmages being "won" or "lost". No game plan, no score on the scoreboard to have actual gamelike score and situations.....we don't know that the team struggled to shoot or if they struggled on the boards....it gives Boyle a chance to see what he has to focus in on this week...it is all about having coaching points to work on in practice, not who won or lost

 

[Buffnik]

The next person who posts anything about compote or preserves is getting neg repped to oblivion...

Yes. We must conserves the integrity of the AllBuffs board.

 

[Buffnik]

I know exactly what scrimmages are designed to do.....I was a varsity high school head coach for a long time....and I am telling you that I don't worry about scrimmages being "won" or "lost". No game plan, no score on the scoreboard to have actual gamelike score and situations.....we don't know that the team struggled to shoot or if they struggled on the boards....it gives Boyle a chance to see what he has to focus in on this week...it is all about having coaching points to work on in practice, not who won or lost

As a coach, if you had a team that you think may have gotten a bit big-headed, might you try to rig it so they got beat?

 

[SECOBuffsFan]

I was always heavy handed with my really good teams and more encouraging with my weaker teams. I didn't want the really good teams ever feeling comfortable so I can see Boyle rigging things a little absolutely.

 

[jgisland]

I know exactly what scrimmages are designed to do.....I was a varsity high school head coach for a long time....and I am telling you that I don't worry about scrimmages being "won" or "lost". No game plan, no score on the scoreboard to have actual gamelike score and situations.....we don't know that the team struggled to shoot or if they struggled on the boards....it gives Boyle a chance to see what he has to focus in on this week...it is all about having coaching points to work on in practice, not who won or lost

My point was that the way the NCAA rule is scrimmages can mean many things, it's left completely up to the coaches. It doesn't have to be a glorified practice, it can be a complete officiated game vs just being a situational practice.

 

[Bone Buff]

The Dream Team once lost a scrimmage....

Just sayin.