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Post by uwm97 on Dec 22, 2005 15:52:14 GMT -6
"But I am committed to the press and committed to how these guys are willing to get back and defend, and we forced some turnovers and took them out of rhythm. The full-court pressure had a lot to do with that." --Rob Jeter, post-game press conference.
In the recent past, I have questioned just what Jeter's style is. He said at the time of his hiring that he wanted to continue the press and push the ball in transition. Well, up until the last week we hadn't seen much of it. Judged by last night's game and his comments afterward, I believe Jeter is now true to his word and is utilizing a tool that has granted us success: the press. Maybe Jeter didn't think it would work, maybe he thought the team wouldn't drop back and play half-court "d," whatever. He now believes in the press and believes in our half-court defense. Needless to say, this bodes extremely well heading into conference play. But it certainly doesn't bode well for our opponents ;D
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Post by PantherLou on Dec 22, 2005 16:07:27 GMT -6
"But I am committed to the press and committed to how these guys are willing to get back and defend, and we forced some turnovers and took them out of rhythm. The full-court pressure had a lot to do with that." --Rob Jeter, post-game press conference. Jeter is now true to his word and is utilizing a tool that has granted us success: the press. You can't play full court defense if the half court version doesn't work. Until this team is able to function in half court defense, there was no way that they were going to press. As our defense gets better, and it is still a work in progress, you will see the press employed more. I guess I wonder who you think this is a moment of clarity for. You? Or Rob Jeter? |
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Post by uwm97 on Dec 22, 2005 17:26:12 GMT -6
It's for me.
I wasn't aware our halfcourt defense was that bad. Did you think that? Now, I understand the swing offense was/is a work in progress. But our halfcourt defense? If it sucked that's news to me.
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Post by dutchpthr on Dec 22, 2005 17:48:19 GMT -6
IMHO our half court d was pretty suspect during BP's tenure and the thing that i noticed the quickest with RJ is that he MADE the guys play half court d and MADE them prove to him that they could play half court d before he seemed to feel comfortable releasing the hounds to let our guys get after whichever other team we are playing that given night.
Although i believe that we are all in agreement with the notion that we may run into teams that we can not press in the full court which would then be where the half court d will come in (I believe). but i am going to suspect that things are going to be pretty similar to what happened vs. GB & Oakland for the rest of the conference season, but depending on who we get in the Bracket-buster maybe things will be different, like i said just my honest opinion.
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Post by BBFran on Dec 22, 2005 21:28:10 GMT -6
The team is making the progress in base D that RJ needed to see, and now that he has confidence (and compliance) he can use the press more. The press is always a situational defense, and was even under Pearl. I watched Tennessee tonight and they didn't press Ok St much. I would think it's obvious why.
I thought last night was our most complete game of the year -- except for the horrible number of turnovers.
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Post by dylanrocks on Dec 22, 2005 22:12:26 GMT -6
Love the compliance remark. Coach Jeter is wise beyond his years and clearly knows when to press and when to hold back. I think this should be obvious by now to the naysayers. (Anyone?)
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Post by uwm97 on Dec 22, 2005 22:35:51 GMT -6
Bruce Pearl didn't press much tonight because his players aren't experienced running it yet. Not to mention he's playing with the former coach's players. I remember when Bruce got here we didn't press a whole lot the first year, but when more of his players came to UWM, it became the team's identity.
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Post by PantherLou on Dec 23, 2005 11:00:00 GMT -6
I wasn't aware our halfcourt defense was that bad. Did you think that? Now, I understand the swing offense was/is a work in progress. But our halfcourt defense? If it sucked that's news to me. I wouldn't say that it sucked, but I think it was pretty obvious that our inexperience in Jeter's defensive system led to some pretty poor transition defense those first few games. In fact, I am of the opinion that it still isn't anywhere near as good as it can be. However, it has improved greatly, and that is evident in the fact that Jeter now has the confidence to play the press. It really has very little to do with him "keeping his word", as you put it. It's a matter of the players learning the basic concepts before asking them to expand into full court pressure. |
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Post by uwm97 on Dec 23, 2005 14:23:56 GMT -6
Whatever the case might be, I'm just glad we're back to running it. No one can deny its effectiveness.
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Post by JimmyLemke on Dec 24, 2005 5:11:15 GMT -6
Whatever the case might be, I'm just glad we're back to running it. No one can deny its effectiveness. Very true. I thought the half court D was PHENOMENAL(in perfect Jim Rome impersonation) in the Hawaii game. Just wanted to make fun of Rome. It wasn't truly PHENOMENAL, but it worked well enough for my satisfaction. |
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