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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 4524143, member: 1414"] Sure, he's absolutely impactful. Part of that isn't him, it's the scheme they run when he's in and the situations where he plays. He's certainly an imposing force in the paint, but he's awful trying to guard anybody on the perimeter. So he is on the bench when that's what is called for. The parade to the rim isn't because Sanogo can't guard the rim, it's because he's often outside guarding on the perimeter in those situations, having to recover back to the rim. The hedge mitigated that, disrupting the ball carrier and buying time to get back. I think Hurley realizes it now. If you're going to send Sanogo out on bigs who can shoot, he has to hedge to cut off the ball handler, and someone else has to guard the P&R with Sanogo's man. It's what we've run for several years. Clingan isn't asked to go out there, so somebody else has to guard his man while he's inside. The team has really, really struggled to adjust to these two different defensive approaches, and I think Hurley's answer has been the 1-3-1 more often when Clingan is in. Can probably stick with man tomorrow, since Wahab isn't a threat to shoot. Diarra is probably our best man defender, but there's no Ricky Moore or Lyman DePriest on this team. I hoped Jackson would be, but it hasn't happened. [/QUOTE]