(01-16-2018 02:07 AM)bmf25 Wrote: Once again, lets examine the root cause of why Bruiser's quality of players dropped
1. Departures of VCU, George Mason, Old Dominion /// The CAA used to be a premiere, multi-bid conference
2. Lack of appearances on TV
3. Pennsylvania has middle school gyms with nicer facilities
The departures of VCU, GM and ODU were huge blows to the CAA, but it also made it weaker and resemble conferences of Drexel's past, and yet after the conference became weaker, Bruiser's record in the tournament was 1-5. If he could not get into The Dance after those changes, he was not going to do it. And those were years where he had guys like Fouch, Lee and Frantz.
The problem with Bruiser's game was it was really predictable. It never changed up. Plays were so scripted that as a fan I could sit in the stands and walk through them.. just a series of handoffs at the top of the key, and on the ball picks. Who cares about the back door, right? I actually used to track the performance in second and third meetings for Drexel against teams and the results were not pretty. Ultimately though, this is way off base from the topic here..
I saw a lot from Drexel on Saturday. On the offensive end of the floor. It was by far Isabell's best game of the year more because of the vision he showed rather than his point total.
Some things at the other end of the floor really get under my skin though, like setting up a 3-2 zone that puts Harper on the low block, or pressing with four guys three quarters of the way up the court, which, as shown, leaves you just a skip pass away from a 2 or 3 on 1.
The offense is there.. This team just needs to figure things out on defense. There are some things that I think they could do, but thats for a different time.