Explain the zone defense

[sportsnut624]

Originally Posted by dickens821

Hat came up with a theory I agree with. He was very selfish as a freshman, and as a result was not liked by his teammates and was basically asked to leave the team by Jeff Capel. He seems to have matured a lot, and is not nearly as selfish. He wants to be a good teammate this go around, and is passing more than he needs to.

I think thats a good explanation for it. He needs to drive more I agree, but I'd rather him be too unselfish than the other way around.

[k-sny-vol]

yeah.. it seems as if ALOT of the guys on the team need to be more selfish.. Cough (Scotty) and B Maze

[cotton]

Originally Posted by k-sny-vol

thats what i meant, we should have kept the part of the flex that will let your guards be on the blocks at times..

To the best of my recollection, Pearl's flex has never made full use of the downscreen.

[USAF_Vol]

Originally Posted by BeecherVol

By the way man, Merry Christmas, and thanks for your service. I have a cousin that is a chaplin in the USAF with the rank of Major. He's a Bama fan, so you can imagine what Christmas will be like for me.

Go Vols!

Staff Safe

Ouch, how did that happen?

[Oldblood]

Originally Posted by VOLNBAMA

it's hard to improve when you're very good.

I don't think our halfcourt offense has ever been very good. We have had elite outside shooters and scored a lot of points in transition which has led to a lot of scoring, but halfcourt offense (and defense for that matter) has never been our strong point. Look at last year when we started turning teams over a lot less after them Memphis game - our scoring went way down.

[kidbourbon]

Originally Posted by Oldblood

I don't think our halfcourt offense has ever been very good. We have had elite outside shooters and scored a lot of points in transition which has led to a lot of scoring, but halfcourt offense (and defense for that matter) has never been our strong point. Look at last year when we started turning teams over a lot less after them Memphis game - our scoring went way down.

Good points. Last year when we had Jajuan, I never concerned myself with our halfcourt defense or offense. Because we turned them over...we *always* turned them over. It seemed like no matter how well we were playing overall, we would be able to pull together 1-2 small spurts per game(steal, dunk; steal, 3pt; steal, dunk) that ended up being game changing.

This year's team doesn't have the spurtability of last year's team, and so the halfcourt execution becomes crucial. And from what I've seen this year, it just doesn't seem like our halfcourt offense is a well-oiled machine. I'm just wondering if the system doesn't fit the personnel as well as it did last year. And, even though I love me some BP, I'm wondering how good he is at tailoring his system year in and year out to match the strengths of his personnel.