SLUMS81 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Comparing RM's 5 year career at SLU vs TF's last 5 years: Team defense (ppg allowed) rank in A10 RM 2007-2008 Rank 6 TF 2019-2020 Rank 3 2008-2009 2 2020-2021 4 2009-2010 3 2021-2022 7 2010-2011 6 2022-2023 9 2011-2012 1 2023-2024 15 Team Rebounding RM 2007-2008 Rank 8 TF 2019-2020 1 2008-2009 9 2020-2021 1 2009-2010 9 2021-2022 1 2010-2011 11 2022-2023 2 2011-2012 7 2023-2024 13 It is unlikely that TF and his coaching staff forgot all about the principles of basketball defense last fall as they were preparing for this season. More likely that these stats are a result of a combination of no inside defensive presence, freshman bigs who are guaranteed to take time to develop, a rebuilding year with questionable NIL resources and an improved A10 conference ( #8 in the country vs #11 last year). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLUMS81 Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 TF PPG 2019-2020 Rank 3 2020-2021 4 2021-2022 7 2022-2023 9 2023-2024 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARon Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Keep in mind two of the best years of RM's teams are in the record books as JC's first two seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 11 hours ago, SLUMS81 said: Comparing RM's 5 year career at SLU vs TF's last 5 years: Team defense (ppg allowed) rank in A10 RM 2007-2008 Rank 6 TF 2019-2020 Rank 3 2008-2009 2 2020-2021 4 2009-2010 3 2021-2022 7 2010-2011 6 2022-2023 9 2011-2012 1 2023-2024 15 Team Rebounding RM 2007-2008 Rank 8 TF 2019-2020 1 2008-2009 9 2020-2021 1 2009-2010 9 2021-2022 1 2010-2011 11 2022-2023 2 2011-2012 7 2023-2024 13 It is unlikely that TF and his coaching staff forgot all about the principles of basketball defense last fall as they were preparing for this season. More likely that these stats are a result of a combination of no inside defensive presence, freshman bigs who are guaranteed to take time to develop, a rebuilding year with questionable NIL resources and an improved A10 conference ( #8 in the country vs #11 last year). No inside defensive presence = Ford's fault, he chose to run off Bell, Traore, Momo and replaced them with poor players. Freshman Bigs = Ford's fault Rebuilding year = Not what Ford said Questionable NIL = FALSE Improved A10 = A good thing not bad. When the A10 stunk Ford couldn't beat the best teams and get us in the tourney. An improved league makes more bids possible. Quit the excuses. RiseOfTheBillikens likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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