He might struggle in CYO ball. Nice kid but outclassed at this level. We have so many holes in our defense I don't know where to start and it is just not being undersized.
Rutgers - Wisconsin Game Thread
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I've been saying this until I'm blue in the face: It doesn't take a lot of talent to play good defense. To move your feet. To block out and to get over screens instead of going under, which we seem to do all of the time. That's coaching. Talent on the offensive side is another matter, which right now we lack. But not playing tough defense is inexcusable. And that's on Eddie. Sorry Eddie, but you've spent too much time in the NBA where defense is a dirty word until they get to the playoffs.
It is not that we are just terrible we do not try. It takes effort to get over screens , we have to get up on their shooters and force them to put it on the floor. None of the guards are trying to be disruptive. Again, Eddie or the assistants must demand it, tell it, reinforce it or whatever it takes. Unfortunately , I get the sense Eddie does not demand it enough and just wants them to move on and run the offense. Offensively, when run properly we will get an open look, a drive to the bucket or a back cut . Just make a better effort playing defense and rebounding and we can win this game going away
Actually I believe that being a good defender is more about desire and willingness than it is coaching.
Either you want to stop your man from scoring more than he wants to score, or you don't. In a nutshell that's what defense comes down to.
Defensive techniques and fundamentals can be taught by coaches, but if a player doesn't commit to being a good defender no level of coaching can change that.
At that point the player should just be benched.
In Rutgers case there's not enough scholarship players available to bench players who aren't defending properly.
But that "willingness" you talk about IS coaching. A good coach will get his players motivated to play tough hardnosed defense. It's something that we have lacked under EJ since he got here.
Blowout city....when we bad...we really bad...oh welll played well for 10 minutes but fell back into same bad habits in a winnable game...Wisky is average and likely to miss the tourney this year
Sadly, with Freeman, and other out for the rest of the year, we will get killed inside the rest of the year.
