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Message: [QUOTE="SU91, post: 4582210, member: 8807"] There are several teams below us in the standings, are there not? Those teams play m2m, do they not? Do you think those teams would be better if they switched to zone? Probably not. Why do they suck worse than us? Because their players aren’t as good. Why do we suck worse than the teams ahead of us in the standings? Because our players aren’t as good. Should BC switch to a different defense? That must be the answer to their problems, right? I mean, they play m2m, but somehow still suck. They should probably switch to zone and they’d be winners! No. It’s because they suck. Just like we do. It’s been recorded, we have like one top 100 player. Recipe for …sucking. Now, the zone is one of the reasons we can’t recruit, because m2m is more “manly” and is the primary defense in the pros. I’ll give you that. It’s also one of the reasons we can’t get portal/transfer players to work, because it takes time to learn. It’s also the reason young player turnover affects us so badly, because, just as they’ve started to learn the zone, they leave. It’s also a problem with rebounding, we know that. Although, I’d argue Wes Johnson and AO didn’t have such a problem rebounding in the zone. In fact, many years we were a very good offensive rebounding team, not anymore. Offensive rebounding has nothing to do with the zone. Wonder why? The zone is the reason for many negative things, but I won’t stop arguing that m2m won’t make a difference with this team. I mean, I shudder at the thought of Joe Girard trying to cover someone. Holy cow! So, Joe, your primary option to score beyond your freshman PG, wouldn’t even be able to stay on the floor because he’d get shredded every time he ran back on D. It wouldn’t even be fair. We need a new coach because nobody wants to play for an old curmudgeon anymore. There’s too much negative recruiting going on. Recruiting against the zone is part of that, for sure. Less talented players equals losses. Look at Hurley. He sucks. UConn plays m2m. He’s eaten our lunch recruiting. His team is good. Why? Because they m2m? No, because his players are pretty good. I’d argue that Hurley is under achieving with those players. In fact, I think JB with that team, with those players, would be fairing much better than Hurley. JB is a better coach. Yet, Hurley has the better team. Hmm. Can’t get around it. Syracuse just isn’t the same anymore. Until a new image (ie Coach) can change the trajectory and get better players. [/QUOTE]

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