Lip
Goodwin had nearly a perfect shooting night and the Irish needed it. It will be difficult to win consistently in the conf. games playing the starters nearly 40 minutes each time out.
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Bigger problem
The defense can't stop anyone. Lipscomb was getting whatever they wanted.
Maybe Brey needs some more 5th yr. players or super seniors as he puts it.
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As Charlie might say, "He is who he is."
Defense will never be a consistent strength under Brey. He values his players putting forth the most effort on the offensive side of the court. That will never change season-to-season. He will never broaden to a seven or eight-player rotation from season-to-season. That certainly doesn't mean that we can't complain about these things, but hoping that with new variables added, that he will change, is ultimately foolish.
Brey is just about the hardest person to criticize because he's so likable, by all accounts. It's not an act. I would lose my stack if my players played defense as poorly as Brey's guys often/usually do, or at the passiveness and lack of aggression that I see so often. I can't imagine playing a college schedule, with the goal of a Tournament bid, and giving six players nearly all the minutes over an entire season. If anyone is puzzled by why ND is almost always gone by the end of the first week of the Tournament, he needs his head examined. The players are tired and beat up. This is the tradeoff by having an Iron Five/Six.
My comment was dripping w/sarcasm. What you wrote is all true that's why it's
hard for many people to get behind this program. Defense and rebounding (esp. offensive rebounding)
is poor compared to the better teams. Except for a player or 2 here and there his teams are slow and
not very athletic. Brey does OK with who he recruits and he had a couple of good runs in the tourney
but that's his ceiling.