It's pretty obvious what CAG's style of play has in store for us this year and the years to come, and it's very similar to the mentality of the football team. CNS wants the football team to consisteantly apply heavy pressure on their opponents and then go for the kill in the 4th quarter. The basketball team is no different.
In last nights game, it was so similar to every game they have played this year. The team looks so haphazard and disorganized when the game starts, but there is a good reason for that. I stated in an earlier thread after a watching a team scrimmage this season that the team practiced with a lot of intensity and it was very physical, well nothing has changed in the games that have been played so far this season. Bama's game plan is strictly to apply pressure, pressure, and more pressure and that is on both ends of the court. They are not giving their opponents a chance to get some air you might say either defensively or offensively and it is really showing in the second half of the game and paying big dividends. You could see the legs of the Lamar team starting to go away last night in the second half and Bama was scoring offensively and defensively and just blew the game away.
The amazing thing about this style of play is that Bama only has 10 scholarship players and for most of this season, at least 2 of them have sat out each game for injuries or an illness which means that only 8 players have been responsible for most their success this year. This is an amazing feat for them to have the conditioning and stamina that they have to play like this and it's all by design. I think the worst thing that can happen to Bama is when they run into a bunch of whistle happy refs because of the depth of the team.
I only wonder what it will be like for opposing teams when CAG has the luxury of having a full team of scholarship players in the years to come, but I really like what I am thinking. Roll Tide!!
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