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Originally Posted by siberian khatru
I was about to post something similar. Basically, admitting that I underestimated their loss. I focused too much on their offensive limitations and took their defensive contributions for granted. I thought "the system" would make up for their defense.
I was dead wrong, and that has been probably the biggest weakness on this team. MU's press has sucked this year, and they do a terrible job defending the perimeter -- guards have been driving on us in the lane all year and either scoring or getting fouled. Or they pass it out for open 3s. That poor defense in turn hampers our offense.
There are other problems, but I think it all starts with lacking that tough D that Tiller and Taylor (and Ramsey) provided.
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Exactly.
It's why I'm reluctant to slam Anderson right now. Look, Anderson knows this team better than I do. I blistered his ass last season for sticking with Tiller because I thought Tiller was holding us back. I thought Ramsey was making us play 4 on 5. I was pretty damn sure I knew how to run the team better than Anderson was.
Well, looks like Tiller and Ramsey did a hell of a lot more than I gave them credit for. And Anderson knew that. So I refuse to believe that he doesn't see the failings on this team and isn't busting his ass to fix them. At the same time, sometimes you just can't get through to guys. Hell, they're 20 year olds; sometimes they're just going to do their own thing.