Darlinstone Dubar
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I think you're also forgetting Blackwell. Dudley is a man and might be the most athletic guy on the team the moment he steps on campus.
While I 100% agree with your strategy (everyone on the team needs to play man defense), I disagree with your execution.
Most elite coaches don't do things serially. You have to teach in parallel as most concepts and skills take time to develop.
Now, if you would have said that Coach Prohm needs to prioritize man defense over zone defense (e.g., spend significantly more time coaching man over zone), I'd say you were spot on.
Again, it's worth experimenting, not completely changing defensive schemes.
Now, similar to what Scott Drew did this year (but in the reverse direction), you may change your defense scheme if, because of the talent you have on a particular year's roster, the experiment shows a scheme change is worth it.
I just think we have a different definition of guarding a wing.
I agree toward the end of the year Solo did a great job switching in ball screen action. Switching onto a wing in that ball screen coverage is a lot different then lining up and guarding a wing type player full time. His role in the ball screen was to basically be a big disruptor and he did a great job. (Side note I thought this was a good adjustment, probably too late in the season, but a good adjustment. If we can add "scram" switching after the ball screen action to eliminate the mismatch I think we can be effective in this way)
I think the post that started this discussion was implying that Foster/Young would be in the 5 position and playing this role and therefore Solo would have to line up and guard a 4. There are a lot of 4s in the Big 12 Solo is going to have a hard time defending.
While I'm generally a man defense proponent I think this point of view is a little archaic. There are plenty of coaches that have had success playing primarily zone defense. Also when you start switching everything and then rotating out of that on defense the lines between man and zone start to blur a little.
I think the point of the original zone post was that you can adjust to personnel. We have the potential to put line ups on the floor that have tremendous length and there are zone options with that length that can be very effective (see Baylor up until this season). If working in some zone allows advantages with some lineups then work it in. Basically play to your personnel. See what Nick Nurse has been doing at Toronto as an example.
These are D1 athletes that have been playing basketball a long time, it shouldn't have to be an exclusive one or the other.
I'm not saying we shouldn't implement a zone. We definitely should and ultimately will. I have always liked zone defenses, but I don't like it when teams fall in love with them. It can be a great tool but you get absolutely torched if the opposing team shoots it well. Baylor's best defensive year was this year and coincidentally enough, it was a year in which they played predominantly man-to-man.
I want our guys to be great man-to-man defenders because that means they're even better in a zone and know what to do when things break down. When the going gets tough, you have to be able to guard your man, one on one.
I'll take that football recruit who keeps dunking on everyone. Maybe he and Dudley should run the American Gladiators course.
A lot of his passes seem late and would be risky at the next level. If he's Haliburton 2.0 we are sitting pretty, but I still want to see a quality transfer he'd have to unseed.
I miss that show lol. And yes, those two are incredibly gifted athletically. Tampa could be an immediate impact guy in some capacity next year for the football team.
Relying isn't the word I'd use. Young knows better than any of us where he's at and where he needs to be. Seniors tend to find a way to dig deep and make those adjustments. However, against the right lineups stretches with Foster as a rim protector and Young chasing a less athletic 4 could work.. again in stretches.
If you have Pluto TV (free download on Roku) they have a channel dedicated to just playing American Gladiators. Thanks Quarantine for that find!
What stood out to me was his efficiency. Along with the top notch passing, his stat line was usually something like 6-9 FG, 2-4 from 3, 8-8 FT
Part 1 of the Darlinstone Dubar highlights I put together.
Part 2
Part 2
For those who think we need to implement more zone I have one question:
Do you think that will fix the rebounding issues?
Do you think that will fix the rebounding issues?
By having 2 seven footers on the floor at the same time? Nah it is going to get worse.
