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Message: [QUOTE="CardiacCuse, post: 5688595, member: 6979"] i think kyle got in foul trouble the first 3 or 4 ACC games and that changed everything not having a backup center or even a center who can actually be an offensive threat means kyle has to be on the floor...so I think the coaches told kyle to play pasively and just do what he has to do to stay on the floor thus, the rim protection that he offered in out of conference that covered up for mistakes disappeared...and teams have a layup line to the rim i think ACC reffing is spotty at best and somehow calls games in a way that hurts SUs style to the maximum...because it usually seems opponents are allowed to play extremely physically with the orange...but a guy like sadiq gets every slight touch clalled against him so he also has been taken out of his possible defensive role i also think that opposing bigs in the ACC are BIG and physical and skilled and having a 69 PF be your ceneter doesnt work all the time...even despite playing soft or aggressive...plus donnie plays more like a guard at times and also is more of a perimter player and can be caight missing a lot in terms of protecting things inside guys like kingz and betsey are not really interior players either. so points in the paint has been a critical area where the defense has collapsed and it was pretty predictable imo from when the roster was constructed (even though I got lambasted for trying to call it out)...alll the forwards basically wanna be on the perimter: donnie, betsey, kingz on the perimter, guys like kiyan jj betsey etc are poor at staying in fornt of their man off the dribble...so they cant funnel theri man to the hoop for kyle blocks because he doesnt wanna get foul trouble then on top of everything, once the lofty expectations that red sold them on in the offseason began to evaporate...effort has waned...at this point they dont have anythng realistic to play for...they arent going to win the ACCT. the season is over. getting whopped by like 48 points by duke has to do a number on motivation. its infectious...now theyre just trying to stay on the floor and not have to sit for foul trouble to get the stats they need for their next team imo [/QUOTE]

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