as a coach with Tim Grgurich assisting him — even though it worked as a gimmick during the era of illegal defenses, which has been long since abolished for almost over a decade now — and what an over-the-hill, washed-up has-been like Dick Harter is having guys run in Indiana.

In fact, here’s an earlier comment of mine on this very topic.

“Yeah, but that overaggressive swarming, trapping defense doesn’t hold up in the NBA nowadays. So, even though Dick Harter is still going strong — as Larry Bird has given him gainful employment in Indiana — the heavy emphasis on pressure defense is built for the college game and not here in the pros.”

http://www.blazersedge.com/2010/6/28/1542687/one-of-my-concerns#40830137

I’m sorry y’all, but I just want a coach in here who’ll order the guys to play staunch man-to-man defense — in which perimeter players fight through screens, focus on their on-ball matchups, and the post players stay at home to handle their guy one-on-one without being asked to switch up top — as I’ve noted in the past with comments like the one below here.

“Regarding all of Jeff Van Gundy and Tom Thibodeau’s stops, the most impressive is how they managed to take a collection of inferior individual defenders in Houston and turn them into a top-six defense — and that’s according to defensive rating, which accounts for efficiency — for four straight seasons from 2003-2004 to 2006-2007. Suffice it to say, Nate McMillan and Dean Demopoulos’ mix of the outdated SOS pressure defense with the occasional matchup zone — or George Karl and Tim Grgurich’s mix of aggressive trapping defense with the occasional amoeba zone — is piddling crap compared to Van Gundy and Thibodeau’s coaching of old-fashioned, staunch man-to-man defense.”

http://www.blazersedge.com/2010/5/29/1492921/lets-be-realistic-about-nate#39379368

So yeah, I’m down on Bob Ociepka if he’s going to run the same outdated, antiquated junk that Harter and Grgurich still think can work in the modern-day NBA. Oh, and for whatever it’s worth, the Bulls finished 18th in defensive rating in 2008-2009 and 11th in defensive rating in 2009-2010; thus, I would consider that fairly average for Mr. Ociepka during his time in Chi-Town.

Also, the Minnesota T’wolves sucked on defense during his one season there, 2007-2008, as finished 27th in defensive rating under Randy Wittman. Ociepka didn’t fare much better in Milwuakee, either, as the team was consistently a bottom-ten defense from 2003-2006 when he assisted garbage head coach Terry Porter and Karl disciple Terry Stotts.

It’s too bad that the Trail Blazers didn’t hire an assistant coach who’d push for strict man-to-man defensive principles — such as Lawrence Frank, 39, who smartly went to Boston — even though it’s doubtful that’d’ve been approved by “Sarge” Nate McMillan, who’ll hopefully be fired sooner rather than later here.

all it takes is a 5 minute segment on 95.5 and JQ has his quota of “hits” filled for the week

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