Regardless of what anyone thinks of Charles Barkley he made an interesting comment after the Syracuse/Virginia game. Charles suggested that the difference between good and great teams in the tournament is the ability of their coaches to make the right in-game adjustments. Obviously he was pointing to Jim Boeheim switching up the Syracuse defense that completely changed the outcome of the Syracuse/Virginia game.
Fran may be a guy who can prepare well for a game however when I look at Fran's history I don't see a guy who can make in game adjustments and alter the outcome. If Fran is going to continue to struggle with recruiting more talented players then he'd better present a look that superior teams aren't used to seeing. Playing man to man against teams with superior talent is a losing recipie. John Chaney's match up zone defense presented a unique challenge to teams that weren't used to playing it. They often won games against more talented teams because those teams were unsure how to attack the match up zone. Same thing with Syracuse when they changed their D tonight against Virginia.
Fran may be a guy who can prepare well for a game however when I look at Fran's history I don't see a guy who can make in game adjustments and alter the outcome. If Fran is going to continue to struggle with recruiting more talented players then he'd better present a look that superior teams aren't used to seeing. Playing man to man against teams with superior talent is a losing recipie. John Chaney's match up zone defense presented a unique challenge to teams that weren't used to playing it. They often won games against more talented teams because those teams were unsure how to attack the match up zone. Same thing with Syracuse when they changed their D tonight against Virginia.
