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Message: [QUOTE="pj, post: 2506139, member: 2524"] The two go together. If the team loses cohesion and spirit, then you can easily have a season like the 5-22 Washington had last year under Romar and Chillious, with the #1 draft pick on the team. Keeping the team onboard, playing with effort, and running schemes well is a prerequisite for reaching .500. For making progress -- player development and team development. The players get better over the course of the season and the team gets better. Those are the clearest evidences of effective coaching. They are also the negative recruiting against Ollie -- he doesn't develop players. Ollie needs to answer that criticism on the court. At the end of the season, you want it to be clear that the team was limited by the talent of the players, not by the effort put forth by players or coach or by the capability of the coach. You want the team to reach its potential. That's all you can ask. [/QUOTE]