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In recent years, Karl said he became even more convinced about the advantages of a fast pace by watching Oregon football and Spain's soccer team that won the 2010 World Cup.
"Everything is based on quick decisions, fast decisions, and not allowing the defense to get stationary," Karl explained. "Basketball is the same way — you try to read the defensive mistake as quickly as possible. Once you get the defense in what I call 'scramble and recovery' you keep them in scramble and recovery. I think that's what Oregon football does."
Karl pointed out that Colorado struggled mightily to score in its last two games of the 2013-14 season: losses to Arizona (63-43) in the Pac-12 Tournament and to Pittsburgh (77-48) in the NCAA Tournament.
"It's tough as a coach when you see your players lose confidence," Karl said. "To pick up the tempo and play fast, take some controls of players' shot selection, let players have more freedom (on offense) but demand them to be defensive oriented, I actually think that's a simpler game."