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[QUOTE="Brooky03, post: 5251941, member: 8594"]
I don’t think we’re going to see a ‘Syracuse team’ for a while because a Jim Boeheim constructed and coached team is what has defined a ‘Syracuse team’ for so long.  Autry is purposefully trying to depart from that.

It’s messy, for sure, but I think chemistry and learning to play together will improve considerably.  The disjointedness will smooth out.  I just don’t know how long it will take for that to happen.  The bench should and will get shorter.  Players should start feeling more comfortable in their roles.  Right now, it feels like an all-star team.  Not that they’re all-star caliber, but that they’re a bunch of individuals not really sure how to play off each other and put their teammates in the best spots.

I’m not worried about the offense much.  We’ll start shooting better, probably sooner than later.  We have guys who can shoot.  Rhythm will help a lot with that.  I am worried about the defense, though.  The m2m is exactly as bad as I had feared it would be.  Everybody plays m2m and we play m2m like everybody.  There are no wrinkles to it.  There are no plus matchups in our favor.  And the zone is a weaker version of what it once was, so it’s become what it is for every other team, a trunk monkey that can knock opponents off guard for a few possessions and that’s it.
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