The idea that because we lost Hobbs and Blaney and KO is somehow not up to coaching guards doesn't seem right to me. UCONN has always gotten the best players they could but went for athletes that could push the tempo sometimes at the expense of bulk down low and shooting ability. This is where we are now with tall gazelles without bulk and questionable shooting ability. BTW, this has worked for us in the past when we had a Kemba or a Bazz to bail us out but not now. We are getting zoned as we did last year but we can't make them pay quite as well.
We have to recruit at least some blue collar guys who can hold their own down low and we need better shooters. I thought Jalen, and Rodney should have spent his summer working with Ray Allen to improve that, obviously they didn't. That is a learned skill and maybe they didn't put the work in, maybe they just can't do it, but when presented with wide open 3's that should be duck soup for 2 guards or point guards we get 20%. We see it from low level opponents' guards we play, guys with no ranking numbers next to their names. The other thing is I don't know how Carl Hobbs keeps our guards from turning the ball over, getting stripped, or receiving passes while standing on the sideline by this level of basketball.
