You are right. If you ignore the fact that Puke is an excellent passing team, our footwork sucks, we reach too much, our team defensive skills are minimal and we have guys that barely play man to man, then we are stupendous candidates for playing zone. I don’t know anyone stupid enough to ignore all that.
Much better strategy was to let 2 players that we couldn’t guard just continue to beat us by playing man to man. Got it!
I doubt that is possible.
1-12 Duke shooting 3s. Zone was warranted. It’s not rocket science.
Had fun in church league did you?
Don’t try to have a conversation with kybassman…he put the dumb in dumbass.
Perhaps but I’m not stupid enough to think a zone would have accomplished a thing.
Fishing may be more your sport. Wow- can’t believe you don’t think a zone would have helped or at minimum been tried. Read it Duke 1-12 on 3s. No shooters. Their game plan. Isolate 1 on 1- pick and roll and drive to finish at the rim. 1 footers vs 20 footers.
That’s correct. Zones are easy to play. Tough to master. If not we’ll played, a good passing team will shred them in the middle. Duke is an excellent passing team. We struggle with man to man. An outstanding zone is out of their reach right now.
Funny, I listened to Jack Givens on Tom Leach’s show this morning and he said he really thought this team would an effective zone team. But I guess you know much more than the Goose.
Good for Goose. When he is the coach, he can play zone. Then again you are assuming he’d actually do that. He may just be looking to score points with gullible listeners.
You’re 100% correct. Ole bassman will argue even when he knows he’s wrong…by far the worst posted on this board and that’s saying something.
I guess you think Jack Givens is stupid as well then. He stared on Tom Leach’s show that this would be a good zone team.
You said all of that like it’s a good thing. It isn’t. We need to be able to mix some zone in when our man defense is overmatched. The mere fact that we never have that option is telling.
You can continue with the same old stale ******** if you like, but it doesn’t make you any more right than any other year. You simply do not have a clue.
He knows absolutely NOTHING, but he did sleep at a Holiday Inn Express one time.
You’re right. We weren’t. Why? Because Cal never teaches or practices it. Why? He doesn’t know how.
Yeah, I get it. You and Jack are tight. Media is good at baiting followers. I see he got you.
Every kid playing basketball from grade school all the way through High school have been taught 2-3 2-1-2 1-3-1 etc along with inbounds plays. It’s not rocket science.
Now this guy NEVER played in a competent zone. Because little kiddies can stand on one spot on the floor doesn't make it a good college defense. Dude, they can PASS!! They'd have shredded a piss poor zone. Nobody breaks a zone shooting over it anymore. You attack it head up with penetration and passing.
Oh we won’t because Cal refuses to do so, even when his man defense is getting it’s *** kicked. It’s beyond obvious he doesn’t know how to teach something I played in Jr. Pro ball.
Why do you stick to the point that a zone we played would be “piss poor”? It wouldn’t be if we actually worked on it. You play a zone when teams are kicking your butt in the paint and/ or when you can’t stop dribble penetration. Duke did most of their damage in the paint. They had superior athletes, which is another reason you play some zone. It might have slowed them down and it might not have on that particular night, but the telling part is we weren’t in a position to switch it up to see. We no longer have Anthony Davus, KAT, Willie, Wall, etc. who are just physically better than the opponent. We can no longer just rely on superior athleticism. That’s exactly why we need to be able to mix up our defenses. We’ve been through this many times before and you just don’t get it.
Well Junior Pro ball boy, I’m guessing your zone sucked. Why? Your man to man sucked. The man that makes the money says man to man. He has a natty. You got a tshirt.
Can’t play man to man. Can’t play zone. Unless it’s church league and best you can do is stand flat footed with your arms up. I don’t care about some half *** zone in peewee pro ball or what grade schoolers do when they are learning the ball bouncers. We’re gonna pkay man to man. You haters are going to lay in the floor and scream. I get it
