You guys may be too young too remember this, but in the 1954 World Cup, German coach Sepp Herberger purposely played guys out of position in the group stage match with Hungary. Germany got spanked, 8-3, but Hungary did not know how good the German team could be. The two teams met again in the final, and Germany came back and beat Hungary, 3-2. Hungary hadn’t lost in 4 years. This was the era of the Might Magyars.
The point was: Germany was playing possum. They only LOOKED dead, so that Hungary wouldn’t know their full capability, until it was too late!
Maybe Ty Lue is channeling Sepp Herberger?