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Message: [QUOTE="champs99and04, post: 2049496, member: 488"] I thought it was a poor game plan by the staff. There was no reason for a Memphis team that limited offensively to come into Hartford and hang 40 in the first half. Sure, there were some transition breakdowns, and Memphis shot above their pay grade, but it still wasn't a good idea to have Brimah chasing Lawson out to the three point line. There were clearly some adjustments made in the second half, and you have to give KO a lot of credit for adapting, first with the smaller lineup (with Facey at the five and Brimah on the bench) and later with the zone that stationed Brimah closer to the basket. The execution offensively was pretty good all night, from what I saw. In the first half the shots weren't falling, but that happens. It isn't some grand indictment on Ollie to be pushed by a guy like Tubby Smith. Smith can coach x's and o's with just about anybody and I commend him for masking the ineptitude of his guards for a while there in that first half. Ollie took some jabs early and responded. That's what you want. Not everything has to be perfectly black and white - there will be spurts of game action where he'll be out-leveraged by another coach and then there will be spurts where he'll have the better of someone else. It's all part of the process, even for guys who are in the Hall of Fame. Coaching isn't some intrinsic power - it's fluid just like playing is fluid and when you bring enough brain power together, sometimes yours isn't going to stand out as much. I haven't loved the job Ollie has done the last couple seasons, but he's also a guy who seems to value the process over immediate results and that has to be considered, especially when it's been so rare to see them get out-coached in March. [/QUOTE]

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