Situation Play Part II

Rich McKay, head coach of the hapless Tampa Bay Buccaneers was once asked what he thought of his team's execution, his reply was that he was in favor of it. Your team's execution down the stretch will determine your success as a coach. Have you prepared them well? Here's a sample list of situations you may encounter

Channeling Hubie Brown here....

What do you do when....
Your ball, side line out of bounds (SLOB), down 2, no timeouts, 5 seconds or less

Your ball, SLOB, down 3, no timeouts, 5 seconds or less.

Your ball, Base Line out of Bounds (BLOB), down 2, no timeouts.

Opponents ball, who do you foul? Do you and your players know who their best FT shooter is, their worst?

Your on the free throw line, down 3, 2 shots, 3 seconds or less.
BCR Note: The NFHS really screwed high school coaches by not allowing players to go in the lane until the ball hits.

What play or option are you running @ the end of a game. What option are you running if your best player is fouled out?

Your team is on the free throw line, up 2, 1 shot, 0.5 seconds left, do you miss intentionally?

You're up 3, opponent is bringing the ball up 10 seconds to go, do you foul?
5 seconds to go? 3 seconds?

You're up 1, your opponent just scores to take the lead with 5 seconds left. Do you call a timeout or do you get the ball in and attack the chaos?

These are just some of the situations that you'll encounter over the course of a season, do you have a plan of attack and do your kids know it in case you don't have any timeouts left?