09-22-2020, 06:20 AM
(09-22-2020, 02:56 AM)cookie2 link Wrote:Could it be that players make an evaluation of whether or not they are likely to catch the opp player and if very unlikely why waste the energy trying? A bad look nevertheless.
That is no doubt the situation but not chasing an opponent who is running with the ball allows that player to deliver the ball under little or no pressure - much to the disadvantage of his defenders and the rest of the team.
I am not only talking about chasing an opponent who has the ball; I am also referring to failing to chase an opponent who is running to make position or to create a loose man in attack. Over the past couple of decades, we have had too many one-way players. Possibly the fastest (and most frustrating) of them was Chris Yarran.