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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 185287, member: 837"]
I don't think the answer is A (attitude) or B (system/zone) but I think it's a combination of both. I think it's possible to rebound decently out of a zone but there's no doubt it is much easier to rebound offensively vs. a zone. I mean, when was the last time we were a dominant team on the glass. Our best rebounding teams are usually good but not great overall. We had a good rebounding team in 03 largely b/c Melo was willing to put for the effort and big enough to clear the weak side glass pretty regularly.
 
I don't get the impression that any of our forwards love to rebound and I don't get the impression that it's focused on by the staff the way it is at MSU/Pitt, etc. 
 
I just think, at the end of the day, when you recruit a lot of long players for the zone you tend to give up a bit of physical tenacity and but it's really difficult to find players (like Carmelo) who can do both (be long enough to play well on the wing in the zone and big enough to bang down low).
 
I think this team could use a bit more tenacity inside from an attitude standpoint but I agree they have some limitations based on size and defensive system.
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