Duke of Earlington post=453030 said:
Why did it take coach half a season to go with the 40 minutes of hell? Its really bizarre.
I was thinking that in order to get Champy to return, we promised him we would run a pro style offense/defense to showcase him for the nba. And after Sat and our season slipping away, coach had to tell him im pulling the plug on that. And Champy probably agreed with him.
Why else would coach not have this team play the way they have since he got here?
CMA isn't going to change what he does or promise a player he'll change his system if he returns, he's had much better players than Julian... Portis, Gafford, Carroll, etc.
Also, he answered the question at the press conference, he's able to trust his bench more now. If you remember, outside of Champ, Posh, Mathis, and Wusu, everybody else at the beginning of the season was wildly inconsistent. So, he has to play all those guys 30 minutes a game, so you can't press all games because you will tire your core guys down. We can go back to posts where we're asking why Wheeler, Soriano, Smith, Coburn, Nyiwe and so on are in the game.
Now these same guys are starting to learn and you can trust them on the floor for longer stretches and you can run 40 minutes of hell. They've tried at times this year, but lots of missed assignments and they gave up a ton of layups and open 3's, so he's had to go back to the basics. Honestly today was by far the best they've looked on defense all year long. People talk about CMA's system being dated and doesn't work anymore, but when you get 10-12 guys that buy in and actually play it the correct way like they did tonight, it's a thing of beauty to watch, and it's hard to beat. If you only have 4 or 5 guys that know how to do it, it looks terrible like it has most of the season.
