Bring in Kelvin Sampson…

[ManitouDan]

I think the OP and someone who responded right quickly are one and the same . #trollcity

 

[The_Answer1313]

All of this being said Sampson is a freaking good defensive coach lol.

 

[megablue]

Is the defense really that much better than last year? Currently 87 KP and 109 last year. That’s really calling it “better” in your eyes? And u say it’s good in stretches? So anytime the opposing team misses a shot are u calling that a good stretch? Please enlighten me on how I should feel good about our defense for a March run. I’m not busy today so i got all day to sit and wait for a good well thought out response by you. Feel free to display numbers to back it up if you’d like

I think it is only fair to compare defensive metrics until after the season is over, as we still have 13 conference games, SECT and NCAAT to play. If our defense is better than last year’s right now, it is only slightly better, it seems to me. We definitely need to improve our defense … I think we can all agree on that. Scoring 97 points and losing at home says we must do better on defense.

 

[NociHTTP]

I mean if you wanna win 65-63 we can bring can bring cal back. I’d rather win 106-100 any day of the week and I’d say most on here would. You spew negative 24-7. I mean it was the top two offensive teams in the county, wtf did you expect? We did enough to win, we just didn’t capitalize but we’re due to lose a ranked game eventually.

He's right on this one. We didn't do enough to win, or we would have. The defense is not good. It can't be "let's score 90 and rest up while Butler and Oweh get mauled on the other end".

 

[NociHTTP]

Kentucky does not have the athletes to compete defensively against teams like Alabama. I mean, it could be better, but you can only do so much. I do expect max effort like Bama played with, and at times, Kentucky did not.

For the hundredth time, it was FUNDAMENTALS on defense that got us beat today.

NEG hands down under the basket
NEG go under screens especially on elite shooters
NEG not jump on time for rebounds
NEG ball watch on defense, losing the guy you're supposed to be guarding.
NEG push opponents out of bounds
NEG hang out halfway between two guys on the other team instead picking one to defend or helping your teammate defend someone else

It's either fundamentals or laziness, but those things don't need athletes. The only time athletes really come into the question is when you have two players doing the right things and one of them falls behind.

 

[hoggwildcat]

For the hundredth time, it was FUNDAMENTALS on defense that got us beat today.

NEG hands down under the basket
NEG go under screens especially on elite shooters
NEG not jump on time for rebounds
NEG ball watch on defense, losing the guy you're supposed to be guarding.
NEG push opponents out of bounds
NEG hang out halfway between two guys on the other team instead picking one to defend or helping your teammate defend someone else

It's either fundamentals or laziness, but those things don't need athletes. The only time athletes really come into the question is when you have two players doing the right things and one of them falls behind.

Fire Pope he can't coach defense

 

[NociHTTP]

Fire Pope he can't coach defense

You said it, not me. Teaching defense, and the players implementing what they are taught, are two completely different things. Are you going to stick with your position?