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[QUOTE="malpearl31, post: 3298349, member: 6520"]
Good post, I agree with virtually all of it.  If I was a coach, I think I would implement multiple defenses as a way to keep the opposing offense off-balance (my HS coach had this philosophy, and it worked fairly well for us a hundred years ago).  JB's rationale for choosing one defense and sticking with it exclusively has been that with limited practice time, he prefers to have more time available for the offensive side of the ball. (Though you probably wouldn't have thought that with the way we played the last 2 years before this season.)

My issue with the zone is that it seems to force us to always have to play 2 guards, 2 forwards and 1 center - meaning, we can't really "go small" with the zone and maybe throw a 3 or 4-guard lineup out there for long stretches.  I don't think we've seen a lineup of Guerrier, Hughes, Boeheim, Girard and Goodine/Washington - but there are probably times when our opponent has gone small, and that lineup may have worked.
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