Right now this team just refuses to play defense or rebound. Defensive play and rebounding is all about effort, focus and communication. Until that happens, nothing will change.
I also believe that Fran needs to identify his best 7 defenders and make sure they get most of the minutes. I think Marble and White are giving very little effort on the defensive end. Maybe they need to sit a little bit.
Wow, that was a really nice write up!
As far as forwarding it to Fran goes, I would bet these points have already been made to the guys. This isn't grad-level rocket surgery, this is basketball 101 stuff. I think it's all indicative of a team that's not "in the zone" mentally. Hopefully a switch goes on between now & the BTT.
Right now this team just refuses to play defense or rebound. Defensive play and rebounding is all about effort, focus and communication. Until that happens, nothing will change.
I also believe that Fran needs to identify his best 7 defenders and make sure they get most of the minutes. I think Marble and White are giving very little effort on the defensive end. Maybe they need to sit a little bit.
For some reason I don't remember much about Raveling's coaching. I loved his recruiting, and the game at Indiana where his friend, Bobby Knight humiliated him by making a point about having a 35 second rule by stalling for almost an entire half or the whole game.....
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Sure you aren't confusing Mr. Davis with Raveling? Raveling used to drive fans nuts by pulling guys just as they were getting on fiya.