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[QUOTE="Orangezoo, post: 5547530, member: 237"]
Great stuff and not much to argue with. I rewatched the game again this morning and the one thing that keeps standing out to me is that we look like a team that wants to do a lot of different things and feature the many different talents of the kids on the roster but that we have no clue how to accomplish it. That’s just hands down coaching.

I’m not saying Red doesn’t have a vision but it seems so far he doesn’t know how to convey that into the players via a clear system and execution. The term versatility keeps coming up but it reads more like everyone is just going to do different things at different times out there on the court.

Honestly he should have kept it simple and looked to keep the zone with adding better athletes and then add the press concepts to it along with ensuring they were capable of switching to mtm. Our identity for many years has been a good zone and I find myself wondering why I hated it for so long recently. The lack of athletes and talent clearly was the reason more than the defense itself.

Add the press and take a Pitino like approach and then work hard on an offensive system. That would still allow for a faster pace of play like he wants. Instead Red went for a complete reset in approach.

If you look at the teams that are on second generation coaches - they play consistent with how those programs always have. Hurley at UConn has guys that play a lot like they did under Calhoun. Same for Duke, UNC etc. Continuity that fits the program even in this new world to me was the better move. Just needed the talent upgrade. Now we just look lost as a program.
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