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Message: [QUOTE="UCfor3, post: 5205168, member: 567"] Exactly. After almost every loss, "lack of toughness" or "the other team was tougher" was mentioned by Calhoun. It's no secret that some players need to be pushed while others need more of a gentle hand. Most players say they like to be coached hard but not all of them really do or do at the level that Hurley coaches. Nothing wrong with saying this group needs a different approach because what has worked for him in the past doesn't work with this group as well. I mean how long do you get to know players you recruit in the portal? Pretty fast moving process. Not exactly the Dating Game. Recruiting is risky. You do your due dilligence but you never really know fully what's inside until they are on campus and being coached hard. Maybe in a few instances the staff thought they could coach up defense, toughness etc...and they overestimated their ability to do so or underestimated how difficult that is. [/QUOTE]