Is the fact that we're going to play a lot of man-to-man defense a revelation? I'm almost definitely reading too much into it, but this could be part of the philosophical shift from what Miller brought on the bench to what Killings and Chill bring. The rift between the two appeared to originate from that dichotomy in attitudes. In a vacuum, they should have played more zone last year, and I think Miller recognized that. But I get the sense that to Ollie playing zone is an admission of defeat, and even amidst a lost season he preserved the values of the program by stubbornly sticking to his guns. It was the sort of brashness that signaled a pivotal moment in his tenure, and in the process, he has reached the climax of his autonomy to recruit, develop, and mold his players, even at the expense of alienating his mentor, Jim Calhoun.
For better or worse, this is a guy that at the very least has the balls to leave his hand-prints on the program.
