<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><br><div><div>On Jul 1, 2018, at 2:04 PM, Gwen Enokian <<a href="mailto:gmcnhawkeye@gmail.com">gmcnhawkeye@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span style="font-family: ComicSansMS; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;">I guess it does not matter now but I sure don't understand how the defense got so bad </span></blockquote></div><br><div><br></div><div>In football, it’s sometimes said that good tackling is largely about desire — a mental attitude. It’s probably something that applies to basketball defense as well. </div><div><br></div><div>That said, coaches can obviously teach defense tactics and strategies. And, as Jeff points out, reward good defensive performance. I think they’ll get it figured out this season.</div><div><br></div><div>JMK</div><div><br></div><div>In hot hot hot Connecticut</div></body></html>