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Message: [QUOTE="Umami Zen, post: 3815380, member: 10678"] I thought Cole had a decent "floor game" given the constant pressure he was under by their press all game.. Would the BY agree that much of what a PG does on offense(as a distributor of the ball) is through silent visual communication with the potential recipients of their passes?? If those potential recipients have their heads down most of the time while they are going through the motions of the offense.. What do you want the PG to do?? In other words.. They are not ready to accept a pass nor are they even trying to get open.. I can't tell you how many times in the last few games that Cole (or Gaffney) has been left isolated dribbling the ball waiting for anyone to shake free and get open so that they can even accept a pass/assist..No hard cuts..No back doors.. No using screens to get free.. After we broke the initial pressure of their press.. We seemed content to settle back into the offensive scheme rather than attack any advantages that we might have had.. If no one is running the lanes.. Head up.. What are you supposed to do?? Help defense..A totally different subject.. Was flawed for the same reason.. St Johns was doing a lay up drill when going to the hoop once past their defender because UConn's help defense was terrible. Head up and being aware of your surroundings/game situation/peripheral vision/call out picks/switching are a fundamental part of team defense.. No one was helping anyone.. How many times did St John's guards score off of the dribble with absolutely no help defense yesterday?? Credit their coach for adjusting to our early lead by going small.. It's all he could do with AS dominating like he was.. We will be a better team with Bouk/Andre/AA healthy.. You can't hang everything on PG play.. We have other flaws as a team the way it is currently constructed(with injuries). PG play is not a team advantage.. But its adequate. [/QUOTE]

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