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[QUOTE="orangecuse, post: 5347833, member: 668"]
On that premise, this is a quote from an from an NBA head coach (which I've posted before) whose defense had been the best the past two seasons.  And, this year has a different and consistently bottom dweller team in the league, currently sitting in an above [I]play-in[/I] game playoff spot.

[I]"If you want to win and win in this league at the level that we hope to, you can't do it if you don't guard. And defense comes down to the[B] effort[/B] you're willing to put in. The second [B]effort[/B], the third[B] effort[/B], the fourth [B]effort[/B] that you're willing to put in. And right now, we don't have enough guys that are putting in the second, third and fourth [B]effort.[/B]"[/I]

Defense, first and foremost is mindset, just as Bulldog's post showing Frank Martin's comment on same. And, in regards to athleticism or lack thereof, a P4 level program, especially one of SU's stature, should rarely, if ever, make such an EXCUSE of it being a factor, let alone it being a significant one.

As several other posters have indicated, this has NOTHING to do with NIL.  The [I]usual suspects [/I]can continue to make these lame arse EXCUSES, just as the SAME did in blaming those sanctions of being the proximate cause of our issues back then.
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