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Message: [QUOTE="FreeKlaiber, post: 5129892, member: 9258"] They overplay and deny, all over the half court. Which is stifling with an athlete like Castle or even a lineup like Memphis. But if you have the speed disadvantage as the defender, you should give a step or 2 or get blown by. (we don't). Then if someone gets beaten, your shell defense helps out, with a teammate leaving their man and you stop penetration. (we don't) We stay with our man, don't stop penetration, and still give up the open 3 when our rotation quickly goes to hell, with high hedge on. Or samson tries to principle of verticality and he has his first foul 3 minutes in. Danny is an EXCELLENT defensive coach, but his drive can turn into stubbornness. Most "all man" coaches are stubborn in my experience. I guess he thinks he can get this roster to play the style of man to man that he wants eventually. It takes some time to get good man D rotations down, but you need the right type of athlete to play so far up on their men to start. AK, Liam, Mahaney won't ever be able to D up in isolation 35 feet from the hoop & in ISO's, all our PG can be posted up. Seeing a 2-3 and 1-3-1 late in 2 games is the start of his realization and hopefully adapting our X's and O's to our jimmys and joes. Just need to tone down the man to man overplay is a start but I dont think its gonna happen. [/QUOTE]