Gates has built his success on a 40 minutes of hell defensive and run and gun offense that he learned at Florida State, implemented at Clevland State, and has now implemented at Missouri

This article breaks this down, but also shows cracks in the system because one of their key guards went down. But it's not his scoring ability the analysis talks about, but how it impacted their depth, and therefore the success of the system ... apparently they've lost games since the guard's been out, and they can sustain their style late in the game due to wearing down

My thoughts were two things:

1. the completely failed attempt of WK implementing a similar system when we didn't have the horses (and the only coaching experience to run this scheme was an assistant coach that ran it for a Texas AAU team)

2. that some coaching success does not necessarily translate over to Cal, at least not initially (I would love to play faster, and have a much more aggressive defense, but I think we are a ways away for 40 minutes of hell)

https://www.rockmnation.com/2023/1/17/23556454/missouri-tigers-basketball-analysis-verdict-2022-23-florida-depth-dmoi-hodge-nick-honor-dennis-gates

Part of "having the horses" is developing the players to fill the roles as necessary. Part of the 40 minutes of hell approach is to make up for a lack of talent and skill with hustle and conditioning. As Bill Walton says regularly, these are young guys and they don't get tired. Well, they shouldn't. A benefit of the 40 minutes approach is that all the players will be engaged and the bench gets some run.

bearchamp said:

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Part of "having the horses" is developing the players to fill the roles as necessary. Part of the 40 minutes of hell approach is to make up for a lack of talent and skill with hustle and conditioning. As Bill Walton says regularly, these are young guys and they don't get tired. Well, they shouldn't. A benefit of the 40 minutes approach is that all the players will be engaged and the bench gets some run.

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Reminds me of Jorge Gutierrez. He never let up.

Interesting that it focuses on his defense, which is average efficiency in Ken Pom while his offense is #10 in Offensive Effeciency. I don't think it is just fast break points that get you there.