Reply to thread

Message

[QUOTE="SU91, post: 4578887, member: 8807"]
Not sure what you’re saying here, but, yes, we’ve had skinny dorks who can’t play m2m for a long time now. JB has specifically recruited that mold. In the past we’ve had more highly skilled players who still weren’t built for m2m and we did win a lot of games. Another example of this would be JBs obsession with tall combo guards playing point for height in the zone at the expense of our offense, which suffered significantly.

If you’ll recall, some of our best teams in the zone era didn’t have have prototypical zone players (ie AO, Scoop). That’s because they were actually basketball players as opposed to stick figures forced into a scheme.

And, let’s not forget JB’s teams that did play m2m.  He won a lot of games utilizing that scheme as well.

This is all to say it’s the players. I do believe the zone has hurt us in many ways. I do believe the game has changed and 100% zone no longer works. All I’m saying is, JB is correct, we can’t play m2m. But, whose fault is that?  It’s JB’s of course, but not because he can’t coach it. It’s because he hasn’t recruited all around players.
[/QUOTE]

Verification

What is a Syracuse fan's favorite color?