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[QUOTE="HoustonCuse, post: 2968368, member: 87"]
I don't understand. I used that stat to say the zone, even in a year where we didn't play it very well and faced top competition, was fully adequate and was in fact a top 10% defense nationally.

I think you are arguing that we should have a better defense to switch to when our top 10% defense is giving up too many points? From what JB has said, and it does make sense, he choses to focus the NCAA-limited practice time he has on a primary defense so that it can become as good as possible. This is probably how you get a top 10% defense in the first place.

So if you wanted to spend the limited resources you have on multiple defenses, you might expect to have a Top 30% Man and a Top 30% zone for instance. So you could have an elite defense or you could have mulitple fair defenses. Overall splitting your resources to buy multiple less efficient defenses is a net negative. That is the argument JB makes. I have no reason to question it as the logic is sound.
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