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Message: [QUOTE="80shusky, post: 2418122, member: 5992"] I was commenting on these players who other than Adams and Vital he could not really have had an opportunity to develop. The idea of coaches developing players is a bunch of hooey anyway. Players have ability or they don't. Players get better by playing with and against other good players other than just their natural ability showing anyway. Coaches can teach some fundamentals, can try to eliminate some bad habits but that is about it. Do you think Drummond is a good NBA player because of Calhoun? Or Ray, or Rip, or Donyell, or Rudy, or Caron, or Gordon, or Okafor? Or do you think perhaps they had great physical and basketball abilities to begin with? Coaches can maybe keep their head screwed on straight. Teach some discipline. Great coaches have had for the most part great players. Look at recent teams who have won the championship. With some notable exceptions they all have great physically talented players. Kentucky and Duke have the most talented young players in the country most years. Do they win the championship every year? Are they developing players or is the natural abilities of their recruits winning games for them? Is Calipari developing players in their one year? What coaches can do is play to the strengths of their team's abilities which you could cite as a criticism of Ollie. It would be subjective, but you could say it. But, did he play to his team's strengths when he beat Villanova, Florida, Michigan State and Kentucky on the way to the championship in 2014? Did he win against four great coaches because he had great ability on his team or coaching? Again subjective. [/QUOTE]

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