Josh Pastner's 'Unheard Of Strategy' Of Practicing Without Contact Shockingly Turned Out To Be A Shitty Idea That's Not Working Out

That team in the white there? Yeah, that's Georgia Tech. The one that kept getting lost defensively. Yep, the same Georgia Tech team. Turns out they decided to not have any sort of contact when practicing this year. 

Welp, they are now 0-2 with home losses to Mercer and Georgia State. Not great! Not great at all! Especially not when Josh Pastner is firmly on the hot seat and Georgia Tech should not be this irrelevant for this long. Seriously, think about Georgia Tech's history. They played in a title game in 2004. They haven't made the NCAA Tournament since 2010. They have plenty of history with players - going back to Steph, Mark Price, Travis Best and Kenny Anderson to Chris Bosh, Derrick Favors, Jarrett Jack and of course who could forget Luke Schenscher.

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But now that they are 0-2 let's check in on Pastner: 

Yep. That sounds about right. I get that this is for coronavirus and all that, but it's also pretty unsafe to just throw these guys out there without contact. Yes, it's not football and it's not tackling. But basketball is still a contact sport. You're still taking hits as you go through the lane. You're still taking hits when you're boxing out and going for rebounds. It's not like teams in the early season or any part of the season are going to refuse to make contact with Georgia Tech.

Not to mention, they are off to the worst defensive team ever under Pastner. They were 6th, 61st, 43rd and 16th in the country defensively his first four years. Right now? 89th. It ain't the team. Good news is they play Kentucky on Saturday. Actually, scratch that. This is exactly what Kentucky needs. Give me the team that hasn't had contact and suck defensively. Then we'll make 4 shots from behind the arc.