(05-21-2019 02:51 PM)Seahawkhoops Wrote:  

(05-21-2019 02:48 PM)SEA33HAWK Wrote:  

(05-21-2019 01:31 PM)Seahawkhoops Wrote:  

(05-21-2019 12:26 PM)SEA33HAWK Wrote:  

(05-21-2019 09:40 AM)Seahawkhoops Wrote:  Does it though?

Why do you think the Keatts recruits are transferring? While our defense as a whole sucked, their D was the worst on the team. Missed assignments, poor shots, and in one's case, breaking team rules hurt us big time. Now, I'm still not sure if this staff can instill the proper defensive scheme. But they were actually trying last year. I saw Manuel pulling players off to the side and telling them what they are not/should be doing. Some really struggled on D. I'm hoping this off season an emphasis was put on D. And along with what we are bringing in, hopefully we will see a vast change.
I blame some on CB for not realizing when he got here defense was going to be a problem. I blame a lot on AAU ball for just showboating players on offense and throwing defense out the window. I remember when Buzz brought brought the two freshmen guards in from Georgia. One, Adam Smith, was a McDonald's All-american. Neither could play a lick of defense. And Buzz caught hell for that. All we can hope for now is CB righting this ship with more emphasis on defense. If not, it's probably going to be another long season. Unless he takes the Keatts approach and try to make up for defensive lapses with a more potent offense. But, really don't see that. It's not CB's style.

While i get it, our D has never been as bad as it was last year. I agree with you in regards to AAU, but we are picking from the same pool as other schools that get kids that can play D.

That's why I blame CB for not noticing how bad of a defense our guys played. It was terrible with Keatts. He just depended on offense to make up for it. Mostly what the press did was help take time off the clock. The closer the ball got to the basket, the worse defense we played.

He offset bad halfcourt D by creating turnovers

Yep, and was deeply exposed come NCAA tournament time for that bad defense AND for not adjusting.