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Message: [QUOTE="MD#12Fan, post: 3047198, member: 8636"] One more point that I think isn't mentioned enough. Multiple defenses. When I played and coached it was "in vogue" to play multiple defenses and change defenses quickly and even on the fly. Dean Smith would have been one of the pioneers of this. There was always an opposing school of thought to this by other titans of the game, like Bobby Knight and Coach K, who only believed in man to man. IMO Geno is reaching back a little to these bygone days of switching defenses. By doing this, he also takes advantage of our experience and general smarts. You can't employ this strategy unless everyone is in the right place all the time. In an era, in which teams can score easily, a key stop here or there in a game can turn the tide. What if you can get a couple of stops or turnovers from the opponent being confused. (BTW- anyone watch the Indiana-Purdue game -mens- last night. OMG 48-46. Reminded me of Norman Dale and Hoosiers) [/QUOTE]