Pressure Defense

[World B. Free]

I was just thinking about when Caple left and Grant took over. A lot of the conversation coming from the new staff centered around pressure defense and how it would be the staple of the program. 3 years later, I have to say that I believe it was. Whether it was half or full court, VCU defended the ball very well (most of the time) and thrived on creating turnovers resulting from pressure defense.

Looking forward to the upcoming year, I see some interesting parallels for sure. Obviously not having #3 changes a lot of things but the principles are still the same. If we can apply consistent pressure and create turnovers, the PG situation will look much better. It is already going to be a transition that at times will be difficult due to the growing pains. Let's just hope Shaka takes the torch from Grant with regards to how we'll play defense because we all know it at least gives us a chance to win in a well balanced league.

 

[major ram]

pressure defense seemed to be Shaka's cornerstone in describing hius style of play....you have to have a deepbench to press the way I think he wants to press...he warned the players that if they thought they were in shape that they needed to think again...to plan on working even harder.
Conditioning is the major difference I have seen between pre-Grant and post-Grant. The strength coach does an awesome job. In listening to Smart, I am abslutely pumped about the defenses we may see this year. Defence can overcome lackluster offensive performances. Defense wins games.

 

[BA 4 the trey]

Defense wins games.

no....

 

[major ram]

true

 

[Natty]

Just wanna say the three avatars above me are brilliant.

BA for the trey ...Ram Nation name of the year

 

[BA 4 the trey]

BA for the trey ...Ram Nation name of the year

Thank you, thank you! I'll take my award at your convenience.

I must say that the switch to RN has really encouraged me to post more often. Back on the Zone I was cut down way too many times, even by our own fans, just for having a differing opinion. But I feel much more welcome by this group and I'm sure I'm not the only one out there that feels this way. Hopefully more fans will be willing to post more often, without fearing the chime-ins of the judgementalists that the Zone had.

 

[ramfan]

VCU has won 7 conference championships. No Division 1 school in the state has won as many.

 

[MarcusNation]

Just wanna say the three avatars above me are brilliant.

BA for the trey ...Ram Nation name of the year

Yeah not to lead this in the wrong direction, but I am super impressed with almost everyone's avatars.