There is a nice interview(by Fred Mitchell) with Chris Collins in the online version of the Chicago Tribune today(7/16). Chris believes the key to a successful season is to play better defense. Let's hope for the Big Dance in 2016!
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There is a nice interview(by Fred Mitchell) with Chris Collins in the online version of the Chicago Tribune today(7/16). Chris believes the key to a successful season is to play better defense. Let's hope for the Big Dance in 2016!
He wants to go man and we were not in a position to really stay in man last year. D is what started to break down and he went to zone to shore it up.Interesting. I would have thought more consistency on offense and eliminating the 8-10 minute scoring droughts. I thought the defense was actually pretty good last season once they went zone.
I'm not sure NU is ever going to be able to play much man defense with Olah on the floor.
I really don't think Olah was the problem. He can hold his own and be a presence in the middle.
Here's looking at you guards....
Could you explain this a little bit for me?I really don't think Olah was the problem. He can hold his own and be a presence in the middle.
Here's looking at you guards....
Could you explain this a little bit for me?
I was thinking that when Olah tried to play man, some how it took him out of position and he got into foul trouble. I'm not sure where I got that idea but when they went to Zone his game seemed to get better and he became a more dominant force.
Then why the optimism? Our guards will be exactly the same - with the exception of Ash who may or may not play much this year.I agree with you. Olah had trouble when his man went up high and then rolled to the basket.
But the guards also couldn't guard. NU was not very athletic last season, and the zone covered up their lack of quickness.
Hopefully, the VaTech center will give us a sort of Adrian Jordan in the middle.
Our guards will be exactly the same
Or better yet, DeAndre Jordan. Only with better FT shooting.
That's who I meant to post. All I knew was his last name. .
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I hope so. But I'm not sure just how much one can improve their quickness. But I suppose a lot of things go into being a good defender in addition to quick feet and perhaps those can all improve during the off-season.So a year of experience, training and practice will have no impact?
Lindsey and Law are quick enough and an extra year of conditioning etc should help them a lot. New guys should help as well.I hope so. But I'm not sure just how much one can improve their quickness. But I suppose a lot of things go into being a good defender in addition to quick feet and perhaps those can all improve during the off-season.
It will be interesting to see how CC addresses this challenge if BMac or Olah's D hasn't improved, especially at the end of a tight game.
I agree with you. Olah had trouble when his man went up high and then rolled to the basket.
But the guards also couldn't guard. NU was not very athletic last season, and the zone covered up their lack of quickness.
I'm still in shock there's a fairly knowledgable discussion about defense out here. We're really moving up in the world.
Within the framework of a m2m defense, I think everybody has targeted the main culprits, except I think we can remove the plural in "guards."
To simplify this, I think most teams can hide one weak defender. For instance, I could see Law very easily covering a guard if BMac could be switched to defending a so-so 2 or a mid size, mediocre 3.
But when you have two crappy defenders, they are tough to hide in m2m.
It will be interesting to see how CC addresses this challenge if BMac or Olah's D hasn't improved, especially at the end of a tight game.
NU was 164 in adjusted defense, 94 in adjusted O, so the D was definitely a bigger issue.Interesting. I would have thought more consistency on offense and eliminating the 8-10 minute scoring droughts. I thought the defense was actually pretty good last season once they went zone.
NU was 164 in adjusted defense, 94 in adjusted O, so the D was definitely a bigger issue.
Which, at 15-17, would describe NU last year.Stats are for losers.
They will be in a zone if the M2M ain't better than it was last season. Olah and BMac are what they are defensively. Can't play JvZ down the stretch because Olah is a MUCH better FT shooter. Any time JvZ touched the ball he would be fouled which is as good as a turnover.