Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
"UNC Coach showed complete confidence in her players, BC Coach showed a lack of confidence, she obviously believes in face guarding vs dominant players because she does not think her team can stop them straight up. Nothing wrong with it, it's a tactic that some coaches use but if they have complete confidence they do not use i"

Just so uninformed. First off BC uses a faceguard more often than not even at times using a double faceguard. UNC also at times during the season uses a faceguard. Has nothing to do with confidence in their defense has to do with what they feel will disrupt the other teams offense the most. Some teams will send an early slide only to certain players which again has nothing to do confidence. Calling Walker ,Levy, etc incompetent in your earlier posts just shows how you value your own opinion way too much.

I have not read a single post that called Levy or Walker incompetent. However, when they use the face guard it is likely because they are not confident that their normal defense is the best option.

There are many options to disrupt an opposing offense and a FG is one tactic that can be used. Some players struggle when it's applied, or it throws off the overall team dynamics. If you have a competent team with 7 threats on the field, it gives the others a chance to step up. Let's not over-read into the tactics chosen, as I'm certain the coaches had good reasons to use it.

Exactly. They had good reasons, not the least of which was they were not confident that their defense would be effective if certain players got the ball in their stick. I think the horse has been beaten.... ;-)