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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 4083496, member: 1414"] Maybe look at my post just before that where I said he was hurt by our scheme. It's similar to what [USER=1047]@August_West[/USER] said. We can perhaps disagree a bit on his team defense, it was better before his ACL injury. But he can't keep most of the people he guards outside from blowing by him and he can't handle anybody physical inside. He can lay off a bit of shorter guys and use his length to bother their shot. But the real issue is that our defense too frequently asks our 5 to vacate the lane and hedge outside, which is an open invitation to attack the rim. I believe this is a problem for Gaffney as well, who also struggled (to a lesser degree) to keep his man from getting past him. Park a shot blocker in the paint and this is less of an issue and our ability to guard tight outside improves. It's what Calhoun did for years. It's what the Celtics did with Russell ("hey Bill"). Will Hurley change things? I don't know. He's got Clingan coming in, and I don't see how he can play defense in our current system. Calhoun made his shift after we started recruiting real 5s. Maybe Hurley will as well. This is the year to do it. Sanogo (or whoever is the 5) shouldn't venture past the foul line. Use Whaley and Akok at the 4 to hard hedge if you need to, they can both recover quickly. [/QUOTE]