Hurley Planning on an 8 man rotation

[husky429]

Agree with this. Shot blockers at both the 4 and 5 improve things dramatically. And Jackson can do that at the 3 as well. It's not just as simple as the 5 staying put, although having Carlton chase out to the 3 and beyond was dumb. I also dislike when we chase guys who aren't actually good shooters. Out opponents don't chase Sanogo out there, they keep the 5 back. We too often got suckered into it and left the rim open.

Hopefully better scouting and tailoring our defensive scheme to specific opponents will be the next evolution on that end of the floor. You can beat a lot of teams--even a lot of T1 teams--with a 1 dimensional defense. You don't beat the Villanovas, Houstons, Michigan's etc. of the world if you aren't scouting and implementing a flexible defense like the NBA does come playoff time.

 

[Sphinx]

As Mike Tyson famously said, "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." Every coach's plans change after a couple of losses -- or one bad one.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

Agree with this. Shot blockers at both the 4 and 5 improve things dramatically. And Jackson can do that at the 3 as well. It's not just as simple as the 5 staying put, although having Carlton chase out to the 3 and beyond was dumb. I also dislike when we chase guys who aren't actually good shooters. Out opponents don't chase Sanogo out there, they keep the 5 back. We too often got suckered into it and left the rim open.

It's really not that relevant whether the person you're hard-hedging and chasing away from the basket can shoot the rock or not. Some of the basic principles/ideas/benefits are to:
-Put pressure on a potentially suspect dribbler/passer/poor decisionmaker when under duress
-Create direct turnovers due to exceptional defenders (i.e., Whaley with his many strip steals of even good ball handlers)
-Create secondary turnovers by forcing additional unplanned passes from bad points on the court
-At the very least, take the offense out of their planned flow/set

 

[bendm]

Forgot him. I'd think he's probably in the 10mpg-ish group.

All reports definitely do not have Johnson in that second group.

he was saying you forgot about johnson but that all reports have martin in the second group ie getting starters minutes, which i def agree with, for better or worse.

i'll go a step further and say he's the 4th lock to be in the starting lineup

 

[jibsey]

We pretty much know what Sanogo, Whaley, Cole, Martin and Gaffney can do because we’ve seen it. Everyone else because of past injury, development or just being freshman we simply do not know at this point.

 

[UCPharma11]

Yeah, because bad team chemistry has been a hallmark of all of Coach Hurley's teams.

In fact, one of the best things about Hurley's programs has been the culture & chemistry.

God, some of you BY'ers are so insufferable & unintentionally/intentionally daft.

Sounds like it's still an issue. When Hurley said "...when Tyler Polley is engaged defensively..."; that was coachspeak for "Tyler Polley isn't engaged defensively."

Lets put Polly at the top of a 1-2-2 zone, Akok and Samson down in the low post.