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Message: [QUOTE="orangecuse, post: 3702526, member: 668"] Do we even know why JB still prefers 100% zone over any m2m nowadays? As others have mentioned, when we have had the appropriate personnel to maximize the zone's benefit, it can be quite problematic for the opponent. However, not having the necessary personnel, along with how the game has evolved, etc. (as others have also mentioned) why hasn't JB adjusted to the times? Is it simply his stubbornness and being unwilling to adapt? It reminds me of my old man (and other's of that age group) in how they are so rigid to change as the world around them changes, etc. You know, that; [I]why do I have to file my taxes electronically, I've been doing it by hand for years and it's been fine, [/I]etc.[I],[/I] mentality and/or the like. If using an [I]'exclusive'[/I] zone only defense was so enigmatic to its opponents, advantageous, etc., than why don't so many other schools follow suit? In reality, it's just the opposite where just about all of them play m2m as their primary defense. Additionally, along the [I]"can't"[/I] front, Syracuse is in the top 6 of all time wins in NCAA history, let alone being in the ACC, a premier P5 conference. Therefore talent (being physically able to play adequate m2m) should really never be an issue here. Jay Bilas, who is as big of a fan of JB in the national media that isn't an alum, on color last night was as polite about our horrendous D as he could have been. Pointing out that UVA only had two shooters, especially their best one in Wisky transfer in Hauser. Yet, our D left him continuously wide open from 3 and we paid dearly for it. The obvious/given retort is not just simply saying; [I]well our defender(s) continuously erred getting sucked in, [/I]etc. as to why that was the case. I mean, we are now less than a week from February, it isn't as if this was a November, December game when early season learning type excuses can be more easily accepted or tolerated. IMO, it was the broader scope of playing zone, and its inherent weaknesses, especially with our current personnel. [/QUOTE]

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