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[QUOTE="pfister1, post: 2017627, member: 285"]
It is not a system question it is a personnel question.    The personnel that we have don't seem to be able to work together well enough to run the system.    Whether it is a matter of desire/effort, athletic ability or understanding isn't entirely clear.    I don't think that the system itself is broken, but I do think that the system is broken with respect to the group that we currently have trying to run it.

The key question is; what is keeping them from playing even half effective defense today?    Is it something that can be changed enough to make a difference?  If it is, maybe they need to stick with the system and continue working at it.   If it is the case that no matter how much they buy in they are still either (i)  not athletic enough or (ii) too dense to understand and execute their responsibilities correctly then we need to try something else.

I guess no one knows the answer at this point.    Many of us feel like we've seen enough to know that we probably don't want to see how continuing to try to learn to play zone correctly is going to go against the remainder of the ACC schedule.

If you can't execute the defense well, why be exclusively committed to it?

If you can't shoot threes well, you wouldn't exclusively shoot 3s in the hopes of improving over the course of the season.

We've certainly seen years where we've tried to implement a press and seen it be totally ineffectual and then JB has refused to use it further.

How is this any different?    If it isn't working, try something different.
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