2025-2026 Lumberjack Basketball

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SFAXE93
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The injuries could be from going at it too much during practice, (the grind) and it doesn't have to be that way.

Coach B. talked about this before going with shorter practices, not over doing it.

In football the national champion Indiana Hoosiers coach Cignetti same way, short practices saying it is not about doing less, it's about wasting nothing.

"Cignetti learned early:
Less exposure = fewer injuries.
Fewer injuries = more continuity.

But the practices aren't just shorter, They're sharper.

Over half the time is scheme communication and job assignment reps.

They're rehearsing decisions.

Practice days are mental
so game days can be physical."


More coaches are moving to this philosophy when it comes to practice.

Intensity of modern competition and year-round training have pushed the human body to its structural limits, they do so much more than in the past and for longer times.

  • Pre-Existing "Mileage": Many college athletes enter the NCAA with "mileage" already on their bodies from years of repetitive youth training, making them more prone to breakdown during the high-stress collegiate season.
"It's not the years, it's the mileage"

Indiana Jones




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SCH890 said:

SFAXE93 said:

They may have ben Kaspar's recruits but IMO Underwood utilized them better, for example Underwood saw the potential in guard Deshaunt Walker who Kaspar used very sparingly, only recording about 7 minutes a game in 25 games as a junior.

In his final season, as a senior Underwood played Walker in 35 games, recording 22 minutes a game, had a season high 24 points (6 of 9 from 3) at Texas when SFA lead the Longhorns at halftime, and it was tied at 60 with less than 3 minutes in the game. Walker became a very reliable 3-point shooter along with Demetrious Floyd.

Underwood had some good recruits Dallas Cameron, Demetrious Floyd, Ty Charles, Clide Geffrard, Ty Holyfield, Nathan Bain, and Jared Johnson

In the end Keller had the injuries, and too much with the subbing players in and out of the game on every little mistake that may have been made, which I felt hurt the flow of the game, instead of letting them play through it.



I honestly don't understand the injury bug with Keller. Unless he is just naturally picking up players with injury histories. So bizarre.

I also think people found the easiest way to exploit Keller's Gameplan. Once that was figured out, it was a downward spiral.


Keller ran a very physically demanding scheme, and I just don't think he was ever able to get the players who were tough enough for it. His practices were also notoriously very physical. I'm sure some of it was pre existing as well.

I just don't think a mid Major long term was the best fit for Keller. He needed to be somewhere he can recruit the type of players who could run his system
 
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