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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Magooch" data-source="post: 1077328" data-attributes="member: 17987">IMO defensively it was a good example of the trouble that “bend but don’t break” can cause. Yes we limited them to relatively few points and that SHOULD have been enough to get a win. But we also allowed some very long drives to them that made it difficult for us to get much of an offensive rhythm (among other things). To be fair it was basically 50-50 time of possession but they drove in such a way that it didn’t really allow us to get going I thought. And of course it’s problematic when you play with a bend-don’t-break philosophy that effectively treats 3pts instead of 6 as a “win” when you’re in a tie game situation and the opponent has a chance to drive on you. It’s hard to flip the switch from “bend don’t break” to “lock them down and don’t even let them get into field goal range.” If you hold them to 13 points for most the day but can’t prevent them from driving the field in less than 2 minutes and giving up the game winning 3pts then that doesn’t mean too much, does it?</blockquote>

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