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<blockquote data-quote="Rodney Kent" data-source="post: 38898" data-attributes="member: 923"><p>Same old, Same old. I place this loss squarely on the coach. I remember the coach stating that his team needed to learn to defend better in the latter part of the game. I did not watch any games this year until the Syracuse-Tech game where this appeared to happen. It happened again in the Boston College game, and again against Clemson. As I watched the games, I have come to the conclusion that it is not the matter of the defense as much as the coaches neglect to have his guards shooting the two or threes from outside.</p><p> </p><p>These teams see Tech play a tight game insided on offense and they were getting a lot of offensive rebounds. Each time (in the 3 games) when Tech had a comfortable lead with a short time on the clock, the opposition pulled their defenders in close to get the rebounds and dared Tech to shoot from outside. The Tech guards continued to try to take the ball to the hoop or pass it inside when the defense was stacked against it. When they did get foul shots, they would miss them. This was definitely the coache's fault for not demanding the guards to shoot from the outside. If the coach had sent this message to his players, he would also tell the center and forwards to understand that the shots would come from the outside, and for them to be ready to rebound any offensive missed shots. Had they shot from the outside and hit a few shots, it would have stretched their lead instead of letting the opposition catch up with them.</p><p> </p><p>When the defense pulls in and dares the offense to either pass inside or drive for the hoop, the offensive guards must be ready when the ball hits their hands and take shots from the outside. It is the continued philosophy of the coach to take it inside that is the problem, not the defense. When opposition's defense knows they have Tech's offense stymied by this tactic, it gives the hope that they can overcome Tech's lead and they do. In all three games the problem was with the coache's philosophy rather than poor defense by Tech.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rodney Kent, post: 38898, member: 923"] Same old, Same old. I place this loss squarely on the coach. I remember the coach stating that his team needed to learn to defend better in the latter part of the game. I did not watch any games this year until the Syracuse-Tech game where this appeared to happen. It happened again in the Boston College game, and again against Clemson. As I watched the games, I have come to the conclusion that it is not the matter of the defense as much as the coaches neglect to have his guards shooting the two or threes from outside. These teams see Tech play a tight game insided on offense and they were getting a lot of offensive rebounds. Each time (in the 3 games) when Tech had a comfortable lead with a short time on the clock, the opposition pulled their defenders in close to get the rebounds and dared Tech to shoot from outside. The Tech guards continued to try to take the ball to the hoop or pass it inside when the defense was stacked against it. When they did get foul shots, they would miss them. This was definitely the coache's fault for not demanding the guards to shoot from the outside. If the coach had sent this message to his players, he would also tell the center and forwards to understand that the shots would come from the outside, and for them to be ready to rebound any offensive missed shots. Had they shot from the outside and hit a few shots, it would have stretched their lead instead of letting the opposition catch up with them. When the defense pulls in and dares the offense to either pass inside or drive for the hoop, the offensive guards must be ready when the ball hits their hands and take shots from the outside. It is the continued philosophy of the coach to take it inside that is the problem, not the defense. When opposition's defense knows they have Tech's offense stymied by this tactic, it gives the hope that they can overcome Tech's lead and they do. In all three games the problem was with the coache's philosophy rather than poor defense by Tech. [/QUOTE]
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