Forget about man and play zone 100% of the time. I think it would do us good. No worrying about switches, hedges, help defense.
Forget about man and play zone 100% of the time. I think it would do us good. No worrying about switches, hedges, help defense.
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Man or zone they seem to be a step late on cuts to the basket, closing out on shooters, hedging on screens......all of it.
maybe it is an effort issue, maybe it isn't. I have no idea.
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.
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.
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.
Baer is the worst of them all. He’s good for a couple plays here and there but most of the time he’s out of position, leaves his man a lot for help defense when he doesn’t need to.
Wouldnt mind seeing a 1 3 1 sometimes with Moss or Baer running the baseline wing.
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.Baer is the worst of them all. He’s good for a couple plays here and there but most of the time he’s out of position, leaves his man a lot for help defense when he doesn’t need to.
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.Forget about man and play zone 100% of the time. I think it would do us good. No worrying about switches, hedges, help defense.
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.
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".Historically the Hawks give up career nights for obscure 3 point shooters. That would be the result.