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[QUOTE="Orangezoo, post: 5236062, member: 237"]
it’s been mentioned a lot but several key points relative to specific moments in both first games.

Vs Lemoyne when we evened the game up with 4 minutes left in the 1H only to then cede a 6 point deficit, then again we go up 65-60 after a Jyare dunk then give up a 3 and play cat and mouse with pulling away and never do. The game should have been put away when we grabbed the game back with 4 mins in the first half but multiple times it should have again in the second half but still wasn’t.

Vs Colgate we built several 8 pt leads in the first half and again should have put them to bed and didn’t. Second half up 13 two times and again should have spread that out quickly and ran away with it. This was an issue last year that is persisting. Different players but same outcome.

A big part also again this year is defending the 3 pt line once we get a lead and defending in transition all the same.

Finally there is zero pressure on the decision makers over two games either. Just too easy to operate. This is why i think Red needs to look long and hard at using more zone and rotate the defenses- especially to offset adjustments allowing teams to get strong starts early on and to claw back from deficits.

These are things that JB managed well for most of his time here until the end. They are things that Red is struggling with mightily so far.
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