That's true, and a fair response. I would say there are minor adjustments and major adjustments - and to tell everyone to not switch at all (or worse, to only switch on certain screens/players) after doing it exclusively all year seems to me to be a major adjustment. And like I said, with that kind of thing, there's a real risk of confusion and people running around wide open. Certainly going to a zone would be big deal, since we never play it. Major adjustments like that, to me it would look like panic, and I wonder if the players would take it as a sign of worry/weakness. This isn't like what K did before the UofL game. Duke's D had been shredded - he knew he had to do something, had several days to prepare and instituted a (gasp) zone. Worked wonders. That's not the scenario for UK leading to the Wisonconsin game. I don't know...
I do agree a timeout down the stretch would have been a good thing. Ironic. I watched the 2014 games repeatedly over the summer on a treadmill. What i finally came to appreciated about Cal's bench coaching is his feel for the game. He is not going to draw up some out of bounds play that will knock your socks off like Brad Stevens might do. No. His strength as far as in-game coaching is feel - when to make certain substitutions, when to exploit a certain matchup on either end, that kind of thing. And you know what stood out the most as far as that kind of thing, as I watched those tournament games? His use of timeouts. He was masterful with the timeout. Most especially against Wisconsin. Ironic. Even in this year's tournament, watch the ND game, where he called several timeouts to change the flow of the game. And then none against Wisconsin. So two choices. Either he froze, which several posters here would say is right. Or he saw something about this particular game, the flow of it, something about his own guys, something about the opponent or Ryan, that made him think calling a TO would do more harm than good.....
