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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 2563316, member: 5798"] This is part of the "[I]learning how to play defense, UConn style[/I]" I referenced in my earlier post. Learning how to do this the way the other players do is what takes time. Also physically learning how to keep your man in front of you. That's a huge part of playing defense. To most of the incoming freshmen, Geno's style of defense is totally foreign to them, especially if they're not use to communicating. His idea of playing defense is light years away from the defense their high school/AAU coaches were satisfied with. They know how to dribble, pass and shoot, but the can't play defense. Until they learn how to do this, they're a weak link. Any unit on the floor at any given time during a game is only as strong as its weakest player(s). :eek: Show me a freshman (any freshman at any school) that came in day 1 of practice, that can/could play defense for 40 minutes like Kia and Gabby. It takes time to learn, and time to learn how to do it at the speed UConn plays at (which is faster than the speed they played at in HS). This is why a good 6th man is so valuable to a team. A player that can come in and work with the other starters seamlessly, with out any drop off in production or effectiveness................on either end of the court!! Good post OD. :cool: [/QUOTE]