my tager will destroy you
I don't think you can really afford to do that against a high level opponent. You have to take every chance to land damage you get.
The way I look at it, regarding what Axis said about zoning is, I pretty much assume that Tager WILL get in at some point, not that I can keep him out the entire match. So given that he will get in and throw me into mixup if I zone, I'd rather put him on defense instead. And I don't mean rushing down by trying to Ragna him to death by constantly being in his face. More like zoning and then setting up an offense once you gain an advantage rather than just throwing it away and going back to zoning which is what most Hakus would do if they just wanted to keep Tager away. No reason to do Tagers job for him by getting near him, after all.
ALSO I just realized I have seen Brice already this entire time, practically every single time I have ever gone to a major with my brother, he always gets matched up against Brice in a Tager mirror on Round 1 or 2, so I got to see how they played compared to each other. At least I think that was Brice.