Gard learned at the feet of Bo Ryan. How often was the starting point guard asked to simply handle the ball and put up a shot at the end of close games in the Ryan era. It was infuriating at times but that was how he preferred to run end of game scenarios. Let the best ball handlers dribble, create, and shoot rather than running offense.
Gard probably entrusted Trice to do the same but he just wasn't that guy. Unfortunately nobody else was either last year. The bigs and Ford weren't any good off the dribble in space and couldn't get their own shots in situations like that. The only other guy who could was maybe Davison and he wasn't exactly having a stellar year.
