SIAP Zone Defense
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Ian Pike Hammer
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Gotta be worth a try!!
HawkGold
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Zone all the time will be the quickest way to complete meltdown. To play zone effectively as the defense you need to have some very quick players to cover a lot of wood.
Face it, the reason for Iowa woes is the lack of quickness. The Hawks get broke down at the top and it cascades from there and then it looks like the big guys are making dumb fouls, but the problem began at the top. Like dominoes.
Have you been watching our man defense? We can’t keep guards from driving past us going straight down the lane. This forces our bigs to leave their man to play help defense.
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Ian Pike Hammer
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Maybe we can sneak one or two more guys on the court on the defensive end. From the officiating I've seen this year the refs won't even notice.
Very true but Wisconsin seems to have figured out a way to play good defense while not having great athletes. Whenever I watch them its 5 guys on the same page. When I watch Iowa its like 5 guys who just got together for a pickup game.
For the life of me I can't figure out why Iowa can't put together a functional, slightly below average defense. With their offense, that would be good enough.
HawkGold
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Going to zone exclusivly because you are bad at man is a disaster receipe. Yes I see and understand the sentiment. Coaching in hs I learned its a good way to get buried. Either way we're screwed.
HawkGold
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Wouldnt mind seeing a 1 3 1 sometimes with Moss or Baer running the baseline wing.
Robowe
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That's what you do when you don't trust your teammates. At least Baer is putting in some effort. He's trying to step up a be a leader (as the only senior on the team). Not sure it will make a difference. We shall see.
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Been advocating the 1-3-1 for two years now!!
Northside Hawk
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I said it October. If Baer is playing 15 or more minutes a night it's a bad sign because it means others aren't improving.
He's an 8-12 minute a night guy. Period. Any more than that and his deficiencies are exposed in a hurry. And when he, Cook and JBo were addressing the team they better have started by pointing the thumb first.
We'd better see a hell of an effort tomorrow. Even if it's an ugly 54-50 type game like Minnesota vs Wisconsin was the other night.
I think if you 100% commit to playing zone defense it would eliminate or at least hide some of the issues we seem to be having with ball screens and dribble drive. Over committing to help defense is because our guards cant stop anyone from driving by them into the lane.
HawkGold
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Historically the Hawks give up career nights for obscure 3 point shooters. That would be the result.
Northside Hawk
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When skinny uncoordinated kids who couldn't dribble would stand in the corner all night in city rec ball and launch three pointers we would call them "Lafesters".
