The Return of Pressure Defense

[intlzncster]

Either way I think this team will end up being more defensively capable without Brimah's slow footedness and too often being out of position.

These kids already look like they have more instincts than senior Brimah as well. Which makes it even faster.

 

[jayteeman]

Well Ollie mentioned it yesterday and it was reported today.

“I want that pressure to be turned up,” Ollie said. “I don’t like the pressure, I didn’t like having only five steals, but I did like the 26 points off turnovers. We want to make them uncomfortable. We did that [against Colgate] to a point, but it wasn’t a ‘level five,’ I’d say it was a ‘level three.’ … I don’t want our pressure just to be token pressure, I want our pressure to be pressure.”​

Well, first you have to learn to pace yourself, because you are really like everyone else. Then you only have to to run so far, so good.
Then you will come to a place where the only thing you feel are loaded guns in your face and you'll have to deal with ..........pressure.

 

[Paesano]

Always felt that the press was largely a tool (in modern bball) lesser teams use to beat better teams.

Yep, this team needs to press and trap. Question is, do they have the conditioning for it? Riding mopeds instead of walking sure doesn't help.