redbirdron1
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Thoroughly enjoyed the quartet of Flem, Washington, Horne and Reeves in yesterday's second half against Valpo.
These 4 should become the norm as they understand the Zone concept of coverage and using their length to maximize
deflections. IMO, the key to Zone D is the athleticism of wings to sag and annoy the opponents Bigs with reach in steals.
These 4 kids can also drive the ball on offense. They all need to hone their free throw % as they'll be at the line quite often - so
no excuses not to drain the freebies.
Guys like Boyd and Strong are fine but if they ain't hittin - gotta be sittin cause they don't bring the other intangibles.
Watch Washington closely - the kid has a knack of getting his hands on the ball for O rebounds and actually checks out on the D end.
He needs to play.
Mahorcic needs this quartet to hide his D deficiencies. Abdou and H - we need ya but you gotta figure out your niche and deliver that so
called skill on a night by night basis.
Everyone knows we are hurting in the front court and sorely missing a traditional 4. So be it - let the 2 frosh/2 Sophs rotate the 4 perimeter slots
- the key in my limited opinion is Sissoko/Abdou. Either need to embrace the Enforcer role and just become a nasty, sweaty, smelly dude who gives you 5
hard fouls/game, REBOUND and be a shutdown D guy. U don't have to shoot the ball as we got plenty of guys to hoist.
Go Birds.
These 4 should become the norm as they understand the Zone concept of coverage and using their length to maximize
deflections. IMO, the key to Zone D is the athleticism of wings to sag and annoy the opponents Bigs with reach in steals.
These 4 kids can also drive the ball on offense. They all need to hone their free throw % as they'll be at the line quite often - so
no excuses not to drain the freebies.
Guys like Boyd and Strong are fine but if they ain't hittin - gotta be sittin cause they don't bring the other intangibles.
Watch Washington closely - the kid has a knack of getting his hands on the ball for O rebounds and actually checks out on the D end.
He needs to play.
Mahorcic needs this quartet to hide his D deficiencies. Abdou and H - we need ya but you gotta figure out your niche and deliver that so
called skill on a night by night basis.
Everyone knows we are hurting in the front court and sorely missing a traditional 4. So be it - let the 2 frosh/2 Sophs rotate the 4 perimeter slots
- the key in my limited opinion is Sissoko/Abdou. Either need to embrace the Enforcer role and just become a nasty, sweaty, smelly dude who gives you 5
hard fouls/game, REBOUND and be a shutdown D guy. U don't have to shoot the ball as we got plenty of guys to hoist.
Go Birds.