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Message: [QUOTE="JordyG, post: 2122249, member: 6819"] Hi. Just got up and haven't read anything previous. Mulkey stated that during the game before she had to go to a 2/3 defense. A defense they had not practiced. To me this is a major red flag. Why has her team not practiced a 2/3? More, if they haven't practiced a 2/3 they haven't practiced any of its variants such as the 3/2 (or triangle), diamond or box and one. What then do they practice? If you're not practicing zones and your teams are notorious for their lack of conditioning it sounds as if her practices are short and perfunctory, with not much teaching beyond keep your man in front of you and switch not here. A pressure defense needs quick agile guards with speed. Mulkey doesn't have that. She has bodies but not a lot of athleticism front and back. A box and 1 and the 3/2 alternating with man 2 man would have had some success against William, but her team was not prepared to play those defenses. A guard who is having success against your guards off the dribble needs to see different looks and Mulkey clearly doesn't prepare her team(s) well enough to do that. [/QUOTE]