It is what it is... one of the biggest cliches in sports today but I think it is going to hold true for the 2009-10 Wildcats. This Wildcat team is not a good defensive team. Who can blame them. An uber talented squad that absolutely fills it up, focuses on running and gunning and can't get back on D.
The defense can be improved but I don't think that should be the overall focus of Coach Cal. The overall focus of Cal should be the, well..... FOCUS. The biggest lapses defensively have been defensers losing sight of their man and allowing them open looks. That part of the UK defense needs to be improved.
With that being said, this team is a scoring machine. I'm looking forward to games with UNC, Louisville and Tennesee where we could possibly see scores such as the one above. Bring on the Loyola Marymount/UNLV early 90's type games where the scoreboard has to be cooled down.
The reality of it all is you can't have it both ways. With the new faces that Kentucky has fundamentals are going to get thrown out the door and with the talent they have brings in the showboating as well. I think we should have known that with Cal coming into town. Memphis wasn't Hickory High. They ran, they showboated, the kicked some butt. If that's the way it has to be.. so be it. A lot better and more fun to watch than last year.
This is Kentucky... of course we want our cake and we want to eat it too!
ReplyDeleteOur interior defense is really good. Nobody can really get to the lane and score. Our perimeter D must improve though. That's just gonna take hustle and ball denial (along with people playing up on their man)
ReplyDeleteI think once the team develops a level of understanding with the offense, the defense will come pretty easy. Still if we alow another scrub to go off the boo birds will come out. Sad, but true.
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