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I think you just hit it on the head. It's basically a prevent as a base D. You're on point with the rest as well. What I can't figure out is why give so much cushion/respect to teams that have no ability to beat us down the field. Those teams make plays down the field not because they are good...

You're right of course. I just have a tough time understanding why our kids always suck at zone. It's pretty frustrating.

Forget about stepping on toes my friend. I greatly appreciate the feedback. You said that it's considered archaic to spot drop exclusively. Why is it that we still do it then? There must be some reason. Also you said something about this making it difficult to look good in our calls and that...

The thing is that this defense has a history of being terrible in zone coverage. We were terrible in zone under Donofrio as well and that fact hasn't changed since. I would venture to guess that zone isn't something commonly run in our recruiting area in South Florida and many of these kids...

@LuCane Could you please elaborate? I always enjoy reading your breakdowns. Are we pattern matching or spot dropping? Didn't Donofrio use spot dropping in that abortion of a zone he ran?