tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385761582490647943.post3493017379931567221..comments2023-11-30T03:09:50.757-05:00Comments on Colonial Hoops: Let 'em shoot threesAndrew Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14897991196753070172noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385761582490647943.post-91585923994978233362010-01-08T17:25:52.442-05:002010-01-08T17:25:52.442-05:00Can't say I disagree with you Orel. Well said...Can't say I disagree with you Orel. Well said.<br /><br />I've also liked when we have long & agile F/Gs who can trap as well as play perimeter defense. I'm thinking about guys like Pinnock, Hall, Williams, Elliott. Hopefully in the coming years Smith, Ware, Pellom, and Kromah, all over 6'5", will also be able to trap and be tall enough to contest would be zone-beaters (not to mention the stellar on-the-ball lock-down D of Bynes and Johnson).Maximillianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11614744258057274739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385761582490647943.post-79292132604920908632010-01-04T15:35:45.538-05:002010-01-04T15:35:45.538-05:00This team would do well to mix in more man-to-man ...This team would do well to mix in more man-to-man defense to avoid giving up open looks from three. We have a great mix of ball-hawking guards who are more than capable of making one-on-one defensive stops. Hobbs refuses to do this because he believes that GW can only win by tiring out our opponents, thus the frenetic trapping defense and manic substitutions. <br /><br />I've long disagreed with this philosophy and in some ways see it as a cop-out by Hobbs that gets him off the hook from making actual coaching decisions. I'm reminded of the Vanderbilt game. All week leading up to that game we knew that they were a fantastic outside-shooting team that would take advantage of a trapping zone that left shooters open. We didn't make any adjustments though and predictably got blown out of the gym. By refusing to make adjustments Hobbs gets to say "we played our game and we lost" instead of "I made a decision that didn't work"Orel Miraculousnoreply@blogger.com