Phantom Warrior
02-11-2017, 07:52 AM
According to most rankings, this year's team is extremely efficient overall in terms of offense but at best mediocre in terms of efficiency on defense. Historically we also had teams that fit the opposite profile - very efficient on defense but mediocre in terms of efficiency on offense.
My question: while obviously we'd love to have an MU team that was extremely efficient on both ends of the court, which would be your priority - to have a very strong team defensively and, lets' say, an average teams offensively, or vice versa?
I am guessing that I am in the minority in that I have always loved to have a team that was very good defensively, even if it was average offensively.
I've always figured that in terms of offense, there will be a few off nights when nothing is dropping. But defense is usually more consistent, and, therefore, more reliable.
But on top of that I just love watching really good defense. I find it just as aesthetically pleasing as really good offense.
I guess that is one reason I have become pretty bearish about this year's team: mediocre defense (I'm being pretty kind here, I think) bothers me a lot more than mediocre offense.
Maybe part of that was watching MU during the McGuire era. I loved it when his teams would beat some previously high-scoring team something like 72-64 or 66-58. Al had some terrific offensive talent: Brute Force, the Dream, Chones, McNeill, Luke, Earl, Lloyd, Bo, Butch, et al, but those teams were just so damn good on defense. It was beautiful to watch them shut down opponents.
Anyway, I'm curious what other posters' priority would be between good offense-poor defense and good defense-poor/mediocre offense.
My question: while obviously we'd love to have an MU team that was extremely efficient on both ends of the court, which would be your priority - to have a very strong team defensively and, lets' say, an average teams offensively, or vice versa?
I am guessing that I am in the minority in that I have always loved to have a team that was very good defensively, even if it was average offensively.
I've always figured that in terms of offense, there will be a few off nights when nothing is dropping. But defense is usually more consistent, and, therefore, more reliable.
But on top of that I just love watching really good defense. I find it just as aesthetically pleasing as really good offense.
I guess that is one reason I have become pretty bearish about this year's team: mediocre defense (I'm being pretty kind here, I think) bothers me a lot more than mediocre offense.
Maybe part of that was watching MU during the McGuire era. I loved it when his teams would beat some previously high-scoring team something like 72-64 or 66-58. Al had some terrific offensive talent: Brute Force, the Dream, Chones, McNeill, Luke, Earl, Lloyd, Bo, Butch, et al, but those teams were just so damn good on defense. It was beautiful to watch them shut down opponents.
Anyway, I'm curious what other posters' priority would be between good offense-poor defense and good defense-poor/mediocre offense.