The absence of both Smith and Thornburg is a major problem. Kelly, Hembree and Barnes have done as well as can be expected, but they're not going to hold up over a whole season.
There are still issues with the defensive measurements and skepticism is understandable.
But generally speaking, the new defensive measurements are very beneficial to a player like JBJ.
And I don't disagree with that.
And I'm sure you're not really intending to do this, but some of your statements leave the impression that once the game starts the manager can pretty much have a snooze.