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Message: [QUOTE="CardiacCuse, post: 5041039, member: 6979"] i mean the roster was decimated - no centers no benny...no defense...its really not that hard to figure out. they were holdng things together with scotch tape at the end their only chance became scoring and they actually got really good at that in february thing is the talent was good enough to win against lesser teams...barely. but against equals or better ,...they often got the doors blown off. it was a rough season. the roster was decimated thats why the defense fell off...defense was decent early on despite the poor defending from some players[B][/B] again, it was more about literally having 4 centers who couldnt play and no PFs left on the roster than any tropes or generalizations. man is better for 3defense and rebounding. 100%[B][/B] i think youre overlooking the roster dynamics and things that went on with that a lot in your analysis...red didnt go down with the ship...he kept it afloat...barely... eh ...he also made the decision to bring a bunch of poor performers back...taylor, benny, carey, hima, etc its not just that his portalers mostly missed...its also that he decided to ride with bad holdovers. given the situation, he did well, but lack of offense until february and poor defense down the stretch...and just overall impression that the team was not cohesive and couldnt run plays...not reflecting well on the staff didnt really notice this as much as others - but JB harped on it a lot...I think there was more giving up and lack of effort generally than we've seen...maybe generational...but other teams in the NCAA tourney didnt do that so idk for me this shows that the talent was there but the cohesiveness and unity wasnt. they had the talent to overcome lack of scheme and system vs the alsorans...but not against the actual good teams with equal talent also reflects badly on ingame coaching, imo [B]can red get a team to elevate and become better than their talent??idk but hope so.[/B] lack of offense and plays was sooo bad. so bad. all the best teams run an offense...theydont play streetball ymca basketball. must get better and they did play well during parts of games in february...just need to stick with that[B][/B] JJ was way too passive...needs to get mean. and takeover...he fadedhard at the end of the year ...really weird [B]never really saw the issue with his defense...so many other way worse offenders on the team[/B] glad the roster is gone...red does deserve credit for the huge jumps q, brown and bell made last season though so glad they actually got a center...hope he is good. [B][/B] [/QUOTE]

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