I thought about the Edwards thing as well & even though he also is a great defender, he makes a lot of mistakes for an experienced player & that bothers the Hell out of me.
I wish Terry would substitute like Barbee used to. If a kid made a major mistake (ie- step out of bounds, throw away the ball, etc) or a 2 minor mistake (ie- miss an open shot, miss an assignment, etc) then he would pull them immediately. That helped minimize mistakes & get the kids more focused.
Barbee would bring them back in 3-5 min later because he needed to replace the next kid who screwed up.
What Terry does is yell at the kids & get upset. Let's just say that tactic has yet to work with this club.
We are better than OK at defending and good not allowing the fast break. We are horrible at rebounding. Terry depends on individual effort for that and not board crashing. I think that's a huge mistake. The only think I liked about Floyd is using junk defense which is switch up every other defensive posession. Terry should use a page from that book and mix up board crashing & fast break defense.
Also, we are probably the worst team in the history of the Miners with caughing up the ball. This is a discipline thing and is all on Terry & other coaches. If a kid loses focus, pull his ass out & let him think about it while someone else gets the opportunity to prove themselves.
I really think Terry needs some kind of plan for these issues or the year will get away from him & it could be another losing season. Believe me, no big program wants a 50+ year coach that has a hard time winning in an inferior conference.
