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Message: [QUOTE="MSUFan2003, post: 3853013, member: 9409"] Vic was always very reticent to change up his signature defensive plan (full court man defense). He did show some willingness to change it up in his last two years at State and pulled out a matchup zone at times. In his last two years, he pulled his teams out of a full court press a handful of times (Georgia, South Carolina). He admitted it was sometimes an assistant coach who convinced him he needed to change defenses. He was almost certainly going to lose to Vanderbilt his last year at State, but one of his assistants convinced him to play zone in the 4th Q. My feeling was that his identity as a coach was wrapped up in playing full court man coverage, so he felt very uncomfortable pulling his team out of it. [/QUOTE]