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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 2942225, member: 289"] Our system is a variable zone on defense with occasional full-court pressure when we have to make a comeback and no man-for-man and an offense based on three pointers, isolation plays and the pick and roll. The defensive result has been good with occasional lapses but an inability to dictate the nature of the game and impose our will on the other team beyond that. The offensive result has been too many ugly, grind it out games. Our running game for which we were once famous and which put so many fans in the stands, has disappeared. I'd like to see us use more consistent, pro-active defensive pressure, digging the ball to get steals or steal time from the other team's offense and using more traps to force turnovers. I don't care if we don't use man for man, which can be played as poorly as a zone when you aren't hustling. I'd like to see an offense that emphasizes motion and passing to get defenders moving, which would create more opportunities that the pinball-like spacing we currently use. Personnel wise, there's a reason why the classic C-PF-SF-SG-PG line-up is considered classic. it gives the right combination of size and speed, inside and outside scoring, rebounding, ball handling and passing. You kick the doors and you don't hear a rattle. When you've got three of one thing and none of another, you are going to have someone playing out of position and you will be the weaker for it. The wing players get to be the stars in modern basketball but good teams are strong up the middle. We've got to get strong at center and point guard to have a really strong team and we haven't been really good at both positions since early in the decade when we had three different teams achieve a number one ranking. What I'm tired of is statements like "nobody does that any more" or there aren't any of those type of players any more". They are out there. We see them every day and we'll be reading about them as we fill out our NCAA sheets. I hope JB's honesty in last night's show signals that he realizes that and that he's going to make the changes that will make us strong again. [/QUOTE]

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