UTC freshman Gee McGhee, left, and his Mocs teammates have been running a more varied defensive scheme this season.John Shulman barked out a variety of defensive calls in the Kennesaw State Convocation Center on Saturday.
Not once did he yell, “Fire.”
Instead, he called for plays such as “Two,” “Three,” “Fifty-three,” or rose a fist above his head and made other hand signals. Each of the calls represent a different defense. Sometimes, Shulman called two different things on the same Kennesaw State possession.
The Mocs have and will continue to defend with a variety of defenses instead of man-to-man with only variable being whether they “Fire” (double-team the post) or not.
It’s new and different — just like the composition of the roster which has younger, quicker and more athletic players which allows them to play in a different style than previous Shulman squads.