EtomicB
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Post by EtomicB on Jan 10, 2023 13:56:10 GMT -5
Of course, the answer is that our defense is beyond abysmal. Frankly, I see the stats of just how bad we are, and it's hard to fathom how we get there. We have been ranked in the 280s on defense, our players are clearly better than this. But, it often makes me wonder whether, if we had absolutely no head coach at all, our players would play better defense. I feel like we are playing at a level less than the sum of our parts. I know I have been beating this drum, but our guys clearly have no idea what to do on defense. They don't know where to position themselves, they don't know what rotations to make, they don't know when to help or not, etc. This is true in our man to man, it's true in our zone. It's just a huge mess. They need coaching on fundamentals of team defense. It all falls on Pat. Let’s get that out of the way. But to be this bad, there has to be a perfect storm of ineptitude, from assistants who must not be assisting to some players who have reached college without a personal clue of basic defensive concepts. Knickelberry is supposed to be the defensive coordinator this season but I haven’t seen anything new defensively… As most things I post nowadays, this is a broken record..l PE believes in the individual over the group, that philosophy breeds selfishness which is a killer when it comes to defense
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Post by Lethal_Interjection on Jan 10, 2023 14:02:43 GMT -5
Of course, the answer is that our defense is beyond abysmal. Frankly, I see the stats of just how bad we are, and it's hard to fathom how we get there. We have been ranked in the 280s on defense, our players are clearly better than this. But, it often makes me wonder whether, if we had absolutely no head coach at all, our players would play better defense. I feel like we are playing at a level less than the sum of our parts. I know I have been beating this drum, but our guys clearly have no idea what to do on defense. They don't know where to position themselves, they don't know what rotations to make, they don't know when to help or not, etc. This is true in our man to man, it's true in our zone. It's just a huge mess. They need coaching on fundamentals of team defense. It all falls on Pat. Let’s get that out of the way. But to be this bad, there has to be a perfect storm of ineptitude, from assistants who must not be assisting to some players who have reached college without a personal clue of basic defensive concepts. The losses have taken it's toll on the team, and it's to the point nothing is working. The team has perhaps checked out and and just walking around numb to what's going on the court. It's time to move from the coaching staff and anything related to the Thompson family.
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