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Message: [QUOTE="Chief00, post: 1964096"] It's not a knock on Ollie but reality - Calhoun selected recruits - were the labor KO used to have a 20 win season in year 1 and a NC in year 2. Calhoun had a recruiting formula to put together a team - in part the best players he could get - but also a creator scorer, a PG, a defensive stopper to put on the other team's best player, a shooter and a guy who can rebound and screen. During that time KO out coached some elite coaches. Despite the early loses before the injuries I thought we would be good this year - but the boat has too many holes now. I am holding out hope that we can still make a run in the conference tournament - but really we need to lay the ground work for next season. We have three injured guys, plus Durham - who we have no idea regarding how well they will recover - ACL is typically two years to play with confidence. A shoulder injury makes me wonder how a guy who needs to work on his shooting can do so? Larry Bird shot 500 practice shots daily in the summer. Basically, if nearly all went in - he would stop after 500. He might shoot a thousand if he was off a little until it got corrected. If he missed they went to the right. A good Bigs coach teaches rebounders such tendencies of the other team's most frequent shooters. [/QUOTE]