Good question. I do think it’s a real test for Danny playing a higher level of competition than when he was at Wagner and URI. That level doesn’t typically have good Bigs. So you have a 6-7 guy at center who might be able to defend multiple positions on the High Hedge or a 6-9 guy whose not very good and it’s not a big deal if he gets in foul trouble. But, we have a 6-10 240pd star or a 7-2 250 pd top recruit next season. For those guys you want to use their fouls in the paint and not waste them chasing down a guard 25 feet from the hoop.
Maybe this will help the Casual Fan understand. Calhoun press helped him win some games early in his UConn tenure. However, as we got better players and played even better national teams. He realized they could prepare for it and break it and score easy hoops and that he had the talent that needed to stay on the floor and not pick up the fouls pressing could create. So he wasn’t stubborn and changed. Doesn’t mean what he did previously was wrong given the situation then but things changed as did he. I hope this helps.
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