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Message: [QUOTE="Chief00, post: 2176287"] This is a blemish on our Bigs development image - which has had a worse impact on recruiting and transfers out than even I could have imagined - despite all my warnings the last couple years. Where do we go from here? Recruit, get strong and work at basketball fundamentals. Hopefully, next season we keep it simple - focus on the fundamentals and execution. Stay away from gimmick zones that confuse the defenders more than the opponents - get back to the tough man to man culture UConn is known for. Practice what you play and play what you practice. Back to Brimah for a moment, all my sources said he work hard and put in time - perhaps not real self initiated or independently but within the program structure. Yet, it was a dismal failure! Glen had said he thought Brimah would be a lottery pick a few years ago - so things certainly went off the tracks. I think one of the problems with Miller Bigs coaching is he could never simplify the game enough and break it down into 2-3 step process that raw Bigs could implement. Get position and target, catch and a basic score move. I think Brimah was totally overwhelmed by the elaborate Akeem the Dream type moves that Miller attempted to teach. That was so overwhelming that he did not work enough or had the right strength coaching to get post position - so the elaborate move - even if at some point he could put it together never happened. [/QUOTE]