It’s ironic because our success as a program has been built off small guards. With that said, the game is very different now and as much as I loved and respected RJ, it will be nice to have one and hopefully several big point guards.
Sure, and we had teams that played 3 guys who were 6'10" or taller. Charlie V was a small forward. Those mid 2000s UConn teams were often massively long. You can absolutely hide small guards in that system, because you leave your 5 and a help shot blocker in the paint and funnel people to them. It's a variation on the Celtics dynasty "hey Bill" defense, which of course would be what Calhoun would know and love (also with Bird, McHale Parrish, another huge lineup). It's how we lead the country in shot blocking year after year.
Hurley is trying to run something that looks a lot more like the 2022 Celtics defense. Current Celtics starters (if Rob healthy):
6'4 (and strong), 6'5, 6'8, 6'9, 6'9.