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The Advocate - Will Wade on defense
Posted on 2/21/20 at 9:25 am
Posted on 2/21/20 at 9:25 am
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After allowing 80 or more points twice in a 15-game stretch in which it went 13-2, LSU has given up that many in three of the past five games — and Missouri (78) and Kentucky (79) came close.
Four of those five most recent foes shot 40% or better from beyond the 3-point arc and Alabama wasn’t far off at 37.1%.
“We’ve got to just make drastic improvements there,” Wade said of his sluggish defense. “We’re going to change a little bit of what we do.
“Some of the defensive stuff, a lot of it is my fault. We try a bunch of different things to just see what sticks. We’ll try to get very good at one or two things defensively; if teams beat us on other stuff, they’re just going to have to beat us.”
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the Tigers don’t have an identity on defense, he said.
Cutting down on the opponents’ 3-point shooting with better rotations and keeping them out of the paint would be a start.
“We’re going to work on those couple things to see if we can get better and solve a little bit of our defensive issues,” Wade said. “We just have to be 10 or 15% better, that’s four or five possessions a game.
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Posted on 2/21/20 at 9:28 am to TigerLunatik
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“Some of the defensive stuff, a lot of it is my fault.
There he goes throwing people under the bus again
Posted on 2/21/20 at 9:30 am to TigerLunatik
I'm actually all for this. I thought the amount of different things we tried to do defensively became a little taxing.
One possession we would be in a 2-3, then the next we're in man, then the next we're in a full court press.
One possession we would be in a 2-3, then the next we're in man, then the next we're in a full court press.
Posted on 2/21/20 at 9:32 am to TigerLunatik
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Some of the defensive stuff, a lot of it is my fault.
MUH EXCUSES
Posted on 2/21/20 at 9:39 am to TigerLunatik
I trust in WW to get it done. Looking for a drastic improvement that fuels a deep postseason run, just like football
Posted on 2/21/20 at 9:41 am to CP3forMVP
On a serious note, I like the idea of narrowing our focus on defense. Everyone likes to blame the 3pt defense (and it is a huge problem), but the real problem is that we weren’t stopping the easy buckets either.
Posted on 2/21/20 at 9:48 am to TigerLunatik
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“Some of the defensive stuff, a lot of it is my fault. We try a bunch of different things to just see what sticks. We’ll try to get very good at one or two things defensively; if teams beat us on other stuff, they’re just going to have to beat us.”
My thought has been most of the season is that the defensive gameplan has been too overly-detailed at the expense of execution. You can see it over and over again after a defensive lapse. The coaches are yelling at the player who screwed up and, in return, the player is shouting back at the coach essentially saying he wasn't sure what he was supposed to do. Maybe simplifying things will allow them to be much better overall because...
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“We just have to be 10 or 15% better, that’s four or five possessions a game.
He's 100% right. Despite playing horrible defense, LSU has still been within striking distance in every game they've lost (absent the ETSU game). Assuming they can keep up the same high level of efficiency on offense, we're talking about LSU only needing to get about 4-6 more defensive stops per game to turn those close losses into wins.
We can discuss the talent level. The lack of a PG. The absence of a "big man". But the reality is this team is still pretty good and not far away from being really good. That has been the most frustrating part. With even just a marginally better defensive output this team would likely be leading the SEC and a top 15 team. They are one of, if not arguably the most balanced offensive team in the nation. They have 5 starters averaging at least 12 points per game. NO ONE else can say that. FIVE guys that can get you a bucket any time one-on-one. They are a nightmare to defend because you can't double team anyone. Now just imagine if they could hold teams to just 8 less points per game.
This post was edited on 2/21/20 at 9:50 am
Posted on 2/21/20 at 9:54 am to TigerLunatik
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“We’ve got to just make drastic improvements there,” Wade said of his sluggish defense. “We’re going to change a little bit of what we do.
That doesn't make any sense at all. Wade contradicted himself in two sentences.
Posted on 2/21/20 at 9:55 am to Alt26
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LSU has still been within striking distance in every game they've lost (absent the ETSU game). Assuming they can keep up the same high level of efficiency on offense, we're talking about LSU only needing to get about 4-6 more defensive stops per game to turn those close losses into wins.
This has been my point even when I've been on my soapbox about the lack of effort vs Vandy, Mizzou and Bama. As bad as we've played, we've still been right there at the end. The conference championship is all but not going to happen, but IF these improvements do happen we can go on a nice little run heading into tournament time.
Posted on 2/21/20 at 9:56 am to OchoDedos
Drastic improvements don’t need you mean to necessarily change things. It means you need to get better. Maybe this is just more practice, idk.
Posted on 2/21/20 at 9:57 am to OchoDedos
Acknowledging the need for drastic IMPROVEMENTS =/= We're going to change a little bit of what WE DO.
From that take it seems plausible, and not contradictory, that Will Wade believes "changing a little bit of what we do" will help "make drastic improvements".
One more time, acknowledging that we need to improve defense drastically does not contradict the idea of needing some small tweaks to do so.
From that take it seems plausible, and not contradictory, that Will Wade believes "changing a little bit of what we do" will help "make drastic improvements".
One more time, acknowledging that we need to improve defense drastically does not contradict the idea of needing some small tweaks to do so.
Posted on 2/21/20 at 10:00 am to OchoDedos
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That doesn't make any sense at all. Wade contradicted himself in two sentences.
It could be worded better, but it makes sense. He’s going to make small changes that will hopefully lead to drastic improvements.
Posted on 2/21/20 at 10:00 am to jimbeam
Lost in all this is the fact he was handcuffed in recruiting last year.
We missed out on some good recruits that could be the difference in winning/losing those close games this year.
When he gets the guys he wants the next few years LSU won’t be losing those close games.
We missed out on some good recruits that could be the difference in winning/losing those close games this year.
When he gets the guys he wants the next few years LSU won’t be losing those close games.
Posted on 2/21/20 at 10:02 am to TigerLunatik
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Posted on 2/21/20 at 10:02 am to TigerLunatik
He has two resources at his disposal:
John Brady - his teams had no offense, but they could play defense.
Dale Brown - bring back the triangle and two or diamond defense or whatever it was he would use occasionally that would really stymie opponents.
John Brady - his teams had no offense, but they could play defense.
Dale Brown - bring back the triangle and two or diamond defense or whatever it was he would use occasionally that would really stymie opponents.
Posted on 2/21/20 at 10:03 am to OchoDedos
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That doesn't make any sense at all. Wade contradicted himself in two sentences.
Sometimes the fault lies in your understanding.
Posted on 2/21/20 at 10:06 am to KingofthePoint
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There he goes throwing people under the bus again
I'm glad he actually took responsibility for the defense Thursday. Wednesday night, he did not do that.
I can call him out on not being accountable on Wednesday night, and I can also acknowledge and appreciate his acceptability of accountability on Thursday. The two are not mutually exclusive.
This post was edited on 2/21/20 at 10:07 am
Posted on 2/21/20 at 10:10 am to Stretch Suba
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I can call him out on not being accountable on Wednesday night, and I can also acknowledge and appreciate his acceptability of accountability on Thursday. The two are not mutually exclusive.
Of course, I completely agree. However, some were acting as if he never takes any responsibility.
Posted on 2/21/20 at 10:10 am to TriedandTrue
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