Hello. I was wondering if anyone has tried this O/D combo, or at least has any thoughts on it. Just took over a new team and I have been considering switching to this. My thinking is that the zone will negate some of the fatigue impact of the fastbreak offense. I also like the versatility, and ability to hide a poor defender by recruiting a player of the high ATH/DEF and good at nothing else mold, which are usually readily available for cheap.

Thanks!

try contacting trentonjoe.
 he's done this and is usually very helpful and willing to share info

here is his redlands, wooden team:
http://www.whatifsports.com/hd/TeamProfile/Ratings.aspx?tid=3190

I think i only ever had one FB team  (cuse-tark)  and i HATED it.  but never switched offenses over 40 seasons (stubborn i suppose)   but,  that team was FB press and i always wondered if FB/zo might be a better way to go , epsecially to minimize fatigue issues.    plus, it was Cuse after all... not sure why i never made the switch.

I really wish this was/is a good combination. I never recruit worth a damn when it comes to lp or per anyway, so an offense specifically not designed to rely so heavily on lp and per sounds like the way to go...


FWIW I am picking an alt team to toy with the combo some and see what I can do with it. Considering its in Knight D2 where I haven't made it to the final weekend in like 40 seasons I don't know exactly how I'll judge success... (with my luck it'll be blockbusters and my crappy alt will win a title or something...)

Posted by clouseb on 3/27/2014 7:29:00 AM (view original):
Hello. I was wondering if anyone has tried this O/D combo, or at least has any thoughts on it. Just took over a new team and I have been considering switching to this. My thinking is that the zone will negate some of the fatigue impact of the fastbreak offense. I also like the versatility, and ability to hide a poor defender by recruiting a player of the high ATH/DEF and good at nothing else mold, which are usually readily available for cheap.

Thanks!

I think you hit the nail on the head.   Pretty  much I have found everything you said to be true.

Couple more thoughts:

1. You can run a team with 10 players.   You could probably do it with 9 but I haven't tried it yet.
2.  My team defense tends to drift back to average.  Because you can snag the 90-40 guys cheaper than the 65-65 guys, I find defensively my teams never really reach the elite level.  Still good but not top 10.
3. It switches most seasons, but my teams are generally 2-3 or 3-2 all the time.   If my SF is more of a guard on defense, I go 3-2 and play with the +/-.   If he has a reasonable BLK score I tend to go 2-3.     
4.  In the post, I try pair up my DEF/BLK scores.    I am starting to think it doesn't really matter  but I am nervous about having two guys with low DEF or BLK paired together.
5. My high LP post players usually do better than I expect.

Alright I'm going to give it a try. Thanks so much for the help guys!