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Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 2497994, member: 44"] Good post ADub, but I'm going to disagree a little with the core premise. You or I could try to coach a team primarily using iso offensive sets but that does mean that our teams are playing "UConn basketball." What Jim Calhoun did exceptionally well was understand his players strengths and weaknesses and then he'd put them in a position to succeed. It wasn't a one size fits all offense. When he didn't have the talent Calhoun pressed. When he had guys who were lower percentage shooters, he had them focus on in your face tough defense so that opponents shooting percentage went down as well. He not only put his players in a position to succeed, he took away what the other teams needed to do to win. Sometimes it was shutting down their leading scorer but sometimes it was as simple as limiting them to one shot. During the game his adjustments were often brilliant. When there was nothing else, that fiery, salty SOB just willed his teams to win and his teams took that determination out onto the court with him. I'll also say a lot of current woes are based fundamentals or lack there of. How many times have you seen guys take shots when they aren't squaring. Is there any wonder their shooting percentages are low? How about boxing out? How many guys seal their man before looking for a rebound? Is it surprising then that we are getting killed on the offensive glass? If a whole team lacks fundamentals, who do you lay the blame on their high school coaches? So yeah your point is valid that Ollie looks to be trying run the same offense that Calhoun used at the end of his career is accurate. He's just not doing it particularly well. Some of that is on the players, but the bulk of it falls squarely on KO and his staff. [/QUOTE]

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