A couple examples:
- In an earlier game this year, we were clearly drilled in practice to have the strong side guy guarding a wing help on a dribble drive from the top of the key. If the driver kicked to the wing player, the plan was clearly for the guy guarding whomever was in the corner to slide up one, leaving the guy wide open in the corner. The defender giving the initial help would then have to scramble to the guy in the corner. The result was about 15 open shots from the corner or drives from the corner. I think we got lucky in that the opponent missed a number of the shots, but they were wide open chances.
- Our weak side wing defender is constantly overhelping into the lane, leaving a simple cross-court kick pass for wide open threes. It's abysmal. There's no way there should be two feet in the lane. You simply can't get there in time, and even if you do, the close out is completely out of control, and then its scramble-rama time.
- Last game, the concerted effort to double Johnni Broome, sometimes with Mikkel Tyne, which was never going to be effective. Ever. Broome could be kneeling and still pass it over Tyne.
I just don't have a lot of hope in any of it -- the players aren't good defenders (excluding DeLonnie and Mikkel on-ball defending, which I think is good), they don't appear to have the attitude to be or become good defenders, and they are being coached to a scheme that exacerbates rather than masks the deficiencies.
It's not great to be back in 2018/2019. And even then, I liked what I saw from Buck, Sherod, Gilyard, and Golden and had hope for the future. I really don't know who the good players are on this team. And I don't love the tape on the incoming class either.