The defender may have been beat regardless, not sure, however I suspect the dropped backwards pass drew him off his coverage assignment more than if it had been a clean completion.
From what I’m reading sounds like Saban has always been a strong recruiter. I can’t find any class rankings for the Spartans in the 90’s when he was there. I suspect he wasn’t taking his pick of blue chippers though, at least early on.
This mentality is not unique to Fleck. I came across this article about Nick Saban when I was in a leadership program a while back. It’s easy to understand why Saban has been so successful. He is quoted saying essentially the same thing Fleck is saying about wins and losses...
Izzo mentioned gopher rebounding in the post game. Pointed out that it may be an intentional strategy to not go after rebounds to aggressively, due to our depth issues. He was talking specifically on the offensive end. I’m not a great basketball mind but he implied teams are more prone to foul...