[blackcat]

The coaches cannot play the game for the players. You tell me, who blew the three pointer against LSU? It was Stewart. The right defense was called, the coverage was there, the execution failed. That is not the coaces fault, nor was it because we didn't play a zone defense!

When a team is firing 3's from 25'+, there is ZERO zone defense in the nation that plays that deep. If you know basketball, you do not extend a zone beyond the three-point line, which would have never helped.

The Cats M2M defense created steals, you do not create steals from a zone defense.

I love hearing the "easy" way to play from those who have never coached the game. If you have, you know that going to a zone defense does not stop teams that can score, if it did, why don't they play Zone defense in the NBA?

I blame poor excution on the poor defense. If that is preparation, then it's preparation. But I watch a team lacking in athleticism go out each and every night and fail to execute on the defensive side of the ball. The lack of athletecism is not the players fault, but it certainly has not been gained by a coach who has not even recruited a graduating class yet.

Were all experts without a clue:please:

Sounds to me like you just contradicted yourself. You say that our players aren't athletic enough, yet we continue to play man to man defense hh:. And please don't compare college basketball to the NBA. I don't think we're all experts, but I guess your opinion is more qualified than that of Kyle Macy's, Mike Casey's or anyone else's on this message board that is feeling the same way.