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So what is your theory for why Jones sagged so far off of her mark?  Clearly it was a bad outcome.  I am trying to figure out if this was on Jones or on the coaches for instructing her to defend in a particular way.  Is there any chance this was a zone?  At the very least it seems a lot like a sagging man defense, which is one of our more common defenses.  I feel that if Jones had been instructed to closely defend her player that shot would not have happened, but that she was probably doing her assignment in a sagging man.  If so, she sagged about 6' too far.

I have no idea if the coaches told them to tighten up their defenses, to deny passes, or what in the timeout before that possession.   Whatever they said, Jones is an experienced player and, IMO, should have known to defend enough to discourage the pass.  She didn't and IMO it hurt.  Obviously she's got a lot of talent.  Whether under the coaches' orders or through her own tendency, she plays a roving style of defense, thus often leaving 4 to guard 5. (In OT, Jump is left to guard 2 players on the 3pt line, and she can't get to the one that the pass comes out to.)    I do agree that the coaches are aware of this and at the least permit it to continue.  And I certainly agree they know better than me.  Maybe I'm just a disappointed fan, but I see the points that she doesn't stop.  (This particular shot was the most damaging.  There were other plays that I feel she should have done better.)

At the previous game, I said "I bet that Jones doesn't block out on a rebound even once in the South Carolina game".  I'm glad to have been proven wrong.

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So what is your theory for why Jones sagged so far off of her mark?  Clearly it was a bad outcome.  I am trying to figure out if this was on Jones or on the coaches for instructing her to defend in a particular way.  Is there any chance this was a zone?  At the very least it seems a lot like a sagging man defense, which is one of our more common defenses.  I feel that if Jones had been instructed to closely defend her player that shot would not have happened, but that she was probably doing her assignment in a sagging man.  If so, she sagged about 6' too far.

I have no idea if the coaches told them to tighten up their defenses, to deny passes, or what in the timeout before that possession.   Whatever they said, Jones is an experienced player and, IMO, should have known to defend enough to discourage the pass.  She didn't and IMO it hurt.  Obviously she's got a lot of talent.  Whether under the coaches' orders or through her own tendency, she plays a roving style of defense, thus often leaving 4 to guard 5. (In OT, Jump is left to guard 2 players on the 3pt line, and she can't get to the one that the pass comes out to.)    I do agree that the coaches are aware of this and at the least permit it to continue.  And I certainly agree they know better than me.  Maybe I'm just a disappointed fan, but I see the points that she doesn't stop.  (This particular shot was the most damaging.  There were other plays that I feel she should have done better.)

At the previous game, I said "I bet that Jones doesn't block out on a rebound even once in the South Carolina game".  I'm glad to have been proven wrong.