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Message: [QUOTE="Giddyup5, post: 4252496, member: 804"] Fair point. We know for the hard hedge to work effectively you need the right personnel and incredible communication. Of our 8 rotational players we had the reigning defensive player of the year, Martin and Cole who schematically rarely made mistakes. Jackson a defensive freak. Polley who struggled on occasion but rarely was out of position in terms of team defense. Sanogo who improved rapidly. Gaffney who has played in every game since he stepped foot on campus. Hurley had to only integrate Hawkins. Akok missed key rotations and we saw what happened. I get that Floyd, Karaban, Johnson, and Diggins practiced with the team, but that is obviously different than playing. We will have to integrate any transfers that come in. Donovan. In summary, we had an experienced laden team that could have absorbed more defensive complexity to handle different in game situations if our staff recognized their opportunity. Next year we will be spending all year just getting our base defense up to speed. Now, 2023/24 we will likely be returning an experienced group again and hopefully learned from this experience. [/QUOTE]