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Message: [QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 3831496, member: 716"] Lot of things to quibble over, but in general the conclusion seems reasonable. I thought this was really perceptive, not something that gets mentioned too much, if at all: "“For as much as the zone can hide a bad defender, you need a defensive-minded center to anchor the zone that is the solution for hiding other guys,” one source said." The writer didn't follow this through to its logical conclusion: in a wing-oriented system whose wings are often the worst defenders on the team, Boeheim [U]really[/U] needs a strong defensive center who can hide those weaknesses. But those centers are unicorns now; the good ones don't want to play for Syracuse for a number of reasons, and the less-than-good ones just aren't going to get it done. Not, at least, right away. And that's what matters these days with all the annual personnel turnover. [/QUOTE]