New University of Kentucky men's basketball coach John Calipari says he will implement the Dribble-Drive offense at UK. I would expect many high school coaches to use the offense, much like when "Pitino Ball" became the rage after Rick Pitino brought his pressing defense and three-point shooting offense to the Bluegrass state. Calipari explained the Dribble-Drive offense during his press conference this morning.
"You know the old game of pass, pass, pass? This is dribble, dribble dribble," Calipari said. "This is take your man. This unleashes players. This lets players get to the level they want."
But the new coach had a warning for the UK players.
"I just told the team, 'if you cannot play, come and see me 'cause this is not the right program 'cause I can't hide you. You have to be able to put it on the floor and make basketball plays and do things. If you can, you're in heaven. If you can't, it's hard to play you. '"
The Mason County Royals used what Coach Chris O'Hearn called "a scaled down version" of the Dribble-Drive offense this past season. O'Hearn says the Royals used the basic parts of the offense after assistant coach Kelly Carwile attended one of Calipari's clinics in Memphis last year.
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