I have seen a much better organized game-plan for the team this season than in the final years under Horn. Horn's teams declined in most every offensive stat from year to year: scoring ppg, FG%, etc. Under Horn, the team would dribble the ball, dribble, the ball, dribble the ball. The others not with the ball just stood and watched. There was no spacing, no ball movement from player to player. And because the other 4 were standing around, that meant the defense was ALSO standing around...
When you have the ball, you work the ball around the horn, and the teammates that Don't have the ball should be in constant movement. This FORCES the defense move as well, and with picks and screens to create openings and poor matchups that you can exploit. When the defense doesn't have to move around, they don't get confused or lose their man, and will be in your face all the time...
So under Horn, our offense was typically a lot of dribbling and standing around, then the shot clock runs down and it's a poor heave at the rim with a defender all in your face because you never made them move. And because they never moved around they are also in great shape to rebound the miss from your heaved up poor shot selection at the buzzer.
Under Coach Martin, I see a LOT more intelligent spacing, movement of players without the ball, passing of the ball, and proper placement on the court for higher-percentage shots. The only thing is we're missing a lot of those high-percentage shots, and are not executing. We're also still making dumb fouls and turnovers, although we've improved on the TOs in the past 2-3 games. But we need players that can make the shots when they get them. I guess that will come in the next couple of seasons, but I like Coach Martin's approach thus far: he IS coaching the team, something I saw very little of from Horn....
