Originally Posted by
Wander
This has been bothering me for a long time. The party line among our brilliant Tar Heel friends (and others) is that their team doesn't play great defense because they don't bring enough intensity to that end of the floor.
THAT IS ABSOLUTE BULLCRAP. It's like saying Greg Paulus can't dunk because he doesn't try hard enough. It's like saying Lance Thomas wasn't intense enough when he misses a fullcourt shot at the buzzer.
Lawson and Ellington are simply not elite defenders. And Roy Williams is not as good as a defensive coach as Coach K is. That's it. It's that simple. It maybe has a little bit to do with intensity, but that's an incredibly small part of it compared to skill and coaching.
That is all.