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[QUOTE="FfldCntyFan, post: 5097030, member: 71"]
One thing that we need to accept (this may be the third or fourth time I've posted something like this) is we will not be able to replicate last season's defense.  I'm confident that Dan Hurley will get this team playing as good a defense as they can but it is a given we won't be able to replace Clingan's defensive presence and it is highly unlikely that we will be able to fully replicate Castle's defensive presence.  This does not mean we cannot win it all again, we will just need a bit of a different approach.

One thing I can see as a strong possibility is that with our depth, we can have the opponent gasping for air a couple times each half.  We can still run complex offensive sets, requiring the opponent to try to match up, but we may be able to run them at a higher pace, forcing the defense to expel an inordinate amount of energy, wearing them out while we continue to swap players in and out of the lineup.

I'm looking forward to an interesting season.
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