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Message: [QUOTE="FreeKlaiber, post: 4498079, member: 9258"] Hurley's defensive stubbornness will be the achilles heel that holds back his great recruiting/excitement he generates for program 1)the aggressive 5 man (adama) double team off the high pick and roll is easy to scout for and beat...it creates a scramble and if the opposing 5 slips the screen, we've created a 4 on 3 for other team consistently, with our 5 sitting at top of key....whaley was great at it, and adama is better and it will vex a crappy team, BUT its easy to defeat with scouting (big east teams)- note it happens less with clingan in the game, as his comparative lack of mobility keeps him in paint and we dont turn every high pick and roll against good team into opposing 4 on 3... 2) NO help defense this yr...they clearly have been coached this yr as if theyve never done a shell drill- if you are 2 passes away defensively, you are foot in paint and ready to step in for charge...so if opposing man beats our overplay man 1 on 1, we would have a player to step in...that doesnt happen...just talking about strength in our chest in our d, or whatever goofy saying ive heard 2x now, wont fix this 3)we continually get creamed by a simple iso clear out on a 1 on 1 matchup with no/slow adjustments...think karaban vs providence pf, andre jackson getting stuck at power forward against xavier, and posted on....not to mention the ncaa game against maryland, or any game with villanova...his lack of in game adjustment (double team, change matchup, zone) allows us to get shredded...clingan sat on bench whole 2nd half vs xavier who pf was not overly mobile...going away from our weak 4 out one in "offense" to put both bigs in will cause other teams to have to adjust.. 4)hes recently thrown out a john beilein ish 1-3-1 with andre at top late in game when losing, hiding smallest guy at bottom...it might work if clingan extends arms, but SOMETIMES a zone or BASIC HELP MAN not overextending(like Izzo coaches) works more effectively than the aggressive d hurley coaches against top teams/coaches... but we will continue to double the high pick and rolls, with adama out at the 3 pt circle, play no help defense on blow bys, and hurley will make no adjustements.... dont think we go deep in tourney til talent overcomes these shortcomings in future yrs....hope im wrong [/QUOTE]

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