I honestly just can’t take any more of watching us on defense. Worst defensive team I have ever seen. Period. Full stop.
And we are every bit as bad now as we were against Longwood and every bit as bad as last year. Worst team by FAR at any level in keeping our man in front of us (recruiting issue). Worst team BY FAR at understanding what you are supposed to be doing (teaching problem or scheme problem). Won’t even discuss rebounding. We can only win if we either shoot 60% ourselves or the other team happens to simply miss a lot of open shots. Open shots. We never shut anyone down or limit their good looks. Offensively we are fine. Pretty good even. But if you are going to be the worst team in the country rebounding (by choice) AND on defense (not by choice) it’s going to be really hard to win. And no signs that either of those phases of the game are getting any better.
And some folks on this board see a game where we do shoot 58% and win and see “progress”. No, you saw a good better then normal shooting night. Nothing more. We have them. Not every night but sometimes. But if the only way you win is to have an exceptional shooting night, you are what we are- - - a bad team.
Defense is schemed and taught etc. You can be a good defensive team even when you are not as athletic etc. as your opponent. There are tons of teams that do it. There is a defense for every team that can work to be at least passable unless your talent level is just so far below your peers.
But whether it’s talent level or lack of knowledge about defenses and schemes and theories that would work for your talent, or lack of willingness to commit to change, or a lack of teaching ability or lack of leadership ability to get the buy in you need to be better on defense or some combo of all of the above, it’s all coaching. Period. We are this bad defensively this year and for several years because of coaching. All above are coach problems.
Being consistently bad here year in and year out and from beginning of years to end of years and with different player groups is the clearest sign of why we need to make the change at the top. He doesn’t have a solution and isn’t going to. He knows more than we do how bad we are defensively and that that’s where the major problem is, but he can’t get it fixed. Again, this is a multi year and different player groups problem that has been, if anything, getting progressively worse. He’s not going to suddenly have an epiphany of defensive theory and teaching ability next week or next year. He’s done all he’s capable of at his point and here we are, watching virtually every team get endless drives and wide open jumpers.
And I can’t take it any more. It’s more than losing, its how we are losing. And seeing so clearly how it’s not going to change unless we make a change!
And we are every bit as bad now as we were against Longwood and every bit as bad as last year. Worst team by FAR at any level in keeping our man in front of us (recruiting issue). Worst team BY FAR at understanding what you are supposed to be doing (teaching problem or scheme problem). Won’t even discuss rebounding. We can only win if we either shoot 60% ourselves or the other team happens to simply miss a lot of open shots. Open shots. We never shut anyone down or limit their good looks. Offensively we are fine. Pretty good even. But if you are going to be the worst team in the country rebounding (by choice) AND on defense (not by choice) it’s going to be really hard to win. And no signs that either of those phases of the game are getting any better.
And some folks on this board see a game where we do shoot 58% and win and see “progress”. No, you saw a good better then normal shooting night. Nothing more. We have them. Not every night but sometimes. But if the only way you win is to have an exceptional shooting night, you are what we are- - - a bad team.
Defense is schemed and taught etc. You can be a good defensive team even when you are not as athletic etc. as your opponent. There are tons of teams that do it. There is a defense for every team that can work to be at least passable unless your talent level is just so far below your peers.
But whether it’s talent level or lack of knowledge about defenses and schemes and theories that would work for your talent, or lack of willingness to commit to change, or a lack of teaching ability or lack of leadership ability to get the buy in you need to be better on defense or some combo of all of the above, it’s all coaching. Period. We are this bad defensively this year and for several years because of coaching. All above are coach problems.
Being consistently bad here year in and year out and from beginning of years to end of years and with different player groups is the clearest sign of why we need to make the change at the top. He doesn’t have a solution and isn’t going to. He knows more than we do how bad we are defensively and that that’s where the major problem is, but he can’t get it fixed. Again, this is a multi year and different player groups problem that has been, if anything, getting progressively worse. He’s not going to suddenly have an epiphany of defensive theory and teaching ability next week or next year. He’s done all he’s capable of at his point and here we are, watching virtually every team get endless drives and wide open jumpers.
And I can’t take it any more. It’s more than losing, its how we are losing. And seeing so clearly how it’s not going to change unless we make a change!
