Hawks turn (BACK) to video to fix defensive woes

Post #1 » by **Jamaaliver** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 4:04 pm

Hawks back in the lab to fix what ails them in preparation for the Playoffs.

The Hawks held another extended video session Monday.

Unlike the fiery early-season session, that led to the team winning 35 of its next 38 games after a 5-5 start, this one wasn’t all heated words from coach Mike Budenholzer. Instead, it was a give-and-take discussion as the Hawks look to return to the defensive form that has been the hallmark of their record-breaking season.

Much of the discussion involved the defensive coverages between the guards and the post players. If the guards get switching help from the big men, they might get caught have to defend the opposition’s big men. For example, Jeff Teague got caught several times having to guard the Spurs’ Tiago Splitter after a switch in Sunday’s 114-95 loss. If the post players aren’t going to switch as much, the guards need to be better at the point of attack. These are a few of the nuances to the Hawks defensive coverages that need to be ironed out.

Budenholzer and players readily admitted Monday that there has been slippage in the defense since the All-Star break. They insisted fatigue has not an issue and that some adversity now will help come the postseason.

Post #2 » by **Jamaaliver** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 4:05 pm

Demarre Carroll wrote:It was collectively a good talk, we are going to need different defensive coverages going into the playoffs. You can’t stick with one. We’ve been sticking to one ever since the All-Star break has been over. Now, we want to throw out a couple of different schemes. It will be good for us.

PandaKidd · Post #3 » by **PandaKidd** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 5:34 pm

This is what fears me about this team is that in a series, they will be easy to figure out when the opposing team has 7 games to prepare and make adjustments.

Glad they are in the film room, some of their rotations were just laughable this past sunday

Post #4 » by **ATL Boy** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 11:41 pm

I have a feeling that Bud has some secret plays up his sleeve for when things start to get bumpy in the playoffs, he's been to that mountain top and knows first hand just how big of an animal the conference finals/finals really are. At least, I hope...

ATLHawksfan21 · Post #5 » by **ATLHawksfan21** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 11:59 am

Jamaaliver wrote:
Demarre Carroll wrote:It was collectively a good talk, we are going to need different defensive coverages going into the playoffs. You can’t stick with one. We’ve been sticking to one ever since the All-Star break has been over. Now, we want to throw out a couple of different schemes. It will be good for us.

Sounds like they have been running some basic vanilla schemes since the all-star break.

I think we have a clear advantage over every team in the East when it comes to switching up schemes and adapting over a 7 game series.

PandaKidd · Post #6 » by **PandaKidd** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 1:56 pm

We may have the best all around Coach in the east on both sides of the ball.