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[QUOTE="CU44SE, post: 4583956, member: 2196"]
I think there are 2 aspects to this.

On one hand, I look at it similar to football. If you are a QB and offensive coordinator. Do you want to go against the same defense every single play?  Do you think you may be able to make some adjustments if the team runs the same defense the entire game?

I think there is a place in the game for zone defense.  I just don’t think you should only play zone defense.

I also think the biggest issue with our zone defenses recently was the lack of athleticism on the floor.  look back at the past 10 years.  We have continuously been missing long athletic players that we used to always have.

How many times did we play Marek out of position down low?  How many times are we going to watch girard, cooney, buddy, even tyus not get out on shooters or not close off the lane from penetration?  Not to mention all the new guys and transfers that have come in and only played 1 or 2 seasons. We are not getting anyone to stay and learn the defense. Braswell is the best wing defender I have seen in the past several years and Jim refused to play him until it was too late (injuries as well). We don’t have the prototypical athletes that we used to have.

When Syracuse used to play zone, it was not your Rec league zone. It was tall, long, athletic dudes closing everything off. Now Jim has sacrificed that for offense and shooters. And the zone has now turned into that rec league zone. Where we have smaller, slower guys that can shoot but don’t get after it on the defensive side of the ball. This isn’t the zone that Syracuse predicated itself on.
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