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[QUOTE="Brooky03, post: 5006480, member: 8594"]
Lack of effort, losing Hop, the reputational damage of the Fine fiasco, and being sanctioned a recruiter for multiple seasons is what hurt recruiting, imo.  The system probably didn’t matter much.  Playing zone never hurt any of our players in the draft and our offensive style allowed guys to flourish and get to the League who otherwise wouldn’t have.  Our downward spiral oddly coincided with the NBA playing more zone defense.  We were losing games because we didn’t have the guys, not because teams could shoot against the zone.

Anyway, I prefer to be the team that other teams have to adjust to, rather than being a team that relies on making adjustments.  Flexibility isn’t bad but being good at a lot of things comes at the expense of being great at a couple things, in my experience.  I think the teams that are great at a couple things, with a couple weaknesses tend to be champions more often than the good at everything teams.

We’re in agreement that we want athletes here.  My preference is for a run and gun team that plays Pitino’s Louisville style defense that was incredibly frustrating to face.  Pick up the ballhandler at halfcourt, sellout for steals and have the size/athleticism to erase mistakes with blocks at the rim.
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