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Message: [QUOTE="SouthBayHusky, post: 2082327, member: 6201"] I'm not one of those critical of playing less man to man and more zone, given the injuries this year and limited depth. And I understand teams do get upset out of the gates, but when you have a deep bench of talented players as we did in the beginning of the season, your coach has got pull players and teach when players get selfish, make the same mistakes, etc. instead of letting them play. I remember Game earlier this year were Kevin Ali almost pleaded to the press that what you gonna do if players don't listen, complaining that nobody tried getting it inside the Facey and went on a three for all. Also, teams with decent talent don't lose back to back home games to sub-200 teams, and then go on to barely escape another sub 250 team at LMU. I was at that game and it was frustrating to watch them pull it off in the final seconds. But beyond this year, I'm looking at the entire body of work in AAC conference play over four years. Not one year. Record speaks for itself. That's what's concerning a lot of us. I could make all the same justifications year after year ( and individually they all makes sense on its face) from last year's transplants not having time to gel, this year's injuries, Low BB IQ, recruiting sanctions, etc. but when you look at the level of competition in this conference - 2 to 3 teams deep, we should not be finishing sixth year after year after year. I actually think KO would be a decent NBA coach, but being a decent college coach requires more teaching, discipline, and adapting to what you got, not what you want. Anyway, I'm not arguing he should be let go this year at all. In fact we need him to succeed because the longer it goes without him succeeding the harder it's going to be to bring the program back. So I'm definitely in the camp that he needs another year (and maybe another pending on next year's results), but if we are not finishing in the top three in this crap conference, and we're barely limping in as a bubble team, then yes heat needs to be turned up and changes need to be made. We all want the same thing which is for our program to succeed, and I am not expecting Jim Calhoun success, but I am expecting consistent top 25, finishing in the top three of the AAC, and making the tournament most years. [/QUOTE]

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