Rabid, your initial longer post was very well written. Agree with the sentiments and don't want to detract from that.
But you have said this twice now. Talk about expectations...what do you want people here to do? Take a semester class on basketball Xs and Os? DVR every game and break down the defenses, and then come back here to report? That's for the coaches to do and the insiders (whatever their affiliation and desire to share) to report here. Of course they are a big point of reference but it is up to every individual here to filter accordingly.
To my untrained eye our defense was crap this year, I've posted a million times here on it. Sometimes I was in the majority and sometimes (NW game in Champaign) I was in the minority. I don't need training to see that a drop and chase defense is awful, how do you guard from behind? And really all the opponent has to do (Purdue was best at this) is come to a stop suddenly, we run into them, foul on us.
Agree the leggings meme has run its course but more importantly to me it is shorthand for a coach for whom the players have no respect, which is a big problem in and of itself. Yes the buck stops at Brad but we are not (and should not) be making a change there, so Hamer it is.
