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Message: [QUOTE="LStudfellow, post: 2224786, member: 5436"] HuskiesAllDay, I was debating the point made by TitleTown about our system being a big problem in recruiting, of which there is ample proof that this is not true. Go back and watch the games (easily done thanks to tcf15). Yes, there are way too many breakdowns that turn into 1-on-1 play and passive passing around the perimeter. But that is not what Ollie is trying to get accomplished. My choice of Tony Bennett was not about whether he was successful or not (he is - regular season. Not so much in the tournament though). But just that if we were running that same type of system then you could point to it as one of our problems. Unfortunately, our big men kept showing over and over again that they were unable to handle even the simplest of dump down passes. Therefore, the guards started to shy away from dumping it down to them on any consistent basis. Example: loved Brimah's positive attitude, but he has some of the worst hands we have ever seen on a UConn big man. You want to blame Ollie for the recruiting results of our big men, fine. But to say it is the offensive system we are trying to run is hogwash. A decent system can and does get bogged down and look really bad when the guys trying to run it are failing at even the simplest of tasks. Case in point: our offense this last year, which was unwatchable much of the year. [/QUOTE]