ISU defense analysis.
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I guess I need to find time to watch this because its popped up in a bunch of threads recently.
People crying about Hassel in the other thread because they don't understand he's in the "entertainment" business and not the "news" or "analysis" business should fire up the Google machine and watch stuff like this instead of turning into Two Guys.
Maybe dont be so obsessed with people's opinions on Hassell you bring it up in a completely unrelated thread? Weirdly obsessive with this one.
Love that breakdown
Goes to show you why TJ needs guys here ASAP in the summer. You absolutely need all 5 guys understanding where they need to be at all times
One guy out of position and teams can make those skip passes or backdoor cuts to the offensive player the defense is leaving open
Goes to show you why TJ needs guys here ASAP in the summer. You absolutely need all 5 guys understanding where they need to be at all times
One guy out of position and teams can make those skip passes or backdoor cuts to the offensive player the defense is leaving open
Yeah. Seems like a lot of chalk talk and repetition. And need basketball IQ across the board. I feel like this would be almost impossible to coach this effectively in high school. Maybe some components of it...
Just my opnion but other teams do try to do some of this, but the effort and commitment out of all 5 players on the floor and any players subbing into the unit is off the charts. ISU wasn't as good defensively last year because one player - Jackson - was not able to stay in front of guards when he got switched. If the guard can penetrate regularly all of the helping ends up leaving someone open for a good shot. It wasn't an accident that Chatfield who could do a better job when switched onto guards ended up getting starter minutes as the season wore on because the defense was more cohesive with him out there.
So you need excellent one on one guard defenders, disciplined play as a unit, bigs that can hold their own when switched on guards and players with high BB IQ who can anticipate the pass and disrupt it. And then you need players with the stamina (both mental and physical) to repeat it again and again for 40+ minutes.
By the way, I was floored by those post defense numbers in that video. I knew they were good, but that is absolutely ridiculous.
Agree this is a combination of personnel and execution. The latter of which requires both intense focus and commitment. If one fails, a well-coached offense is going to absolutely pick it apart.
It's like trying to run a press. You better be really serious about it or it's going to be a lay-up drill at the other end.
Finding players these days who want to commit that much to defense and finding that many of them is not an easy task either. In ways, it might actually make TJ‘s evaluations and recruiting a bit easier. If a player is not willing to commit that much to play defense, they probably won’t fit in on this team.
