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Message: [QUOTE="caw, post: 4560598, member: 563"] He is one of the best in the country for sure at certain aspects of the game but he has a ways to go and he has gotten noticeable better at certain parts. Two things I think he has fixed this year: -He was too volatile with the refs and he has toned it down a lot this year, I mean a ton. Even though most of us would have murdered at least one ref this year. -His out of timeouts and end of half plays seem to be much better than previous years overall. Not sure if this is just having better shot makers or not, but I loved some of the plays they have run out of timeouts. One that is a work in progress: -He still has work to do on in game adjustments, but he eventually made the adjustment to help Jackson and it seems to be paying massively right now. It may have lost UConn a few games by not doing it sooner, but it wasn't necessarily an easy fix. It didn't just involve moving him to the dunkers spot or the four on the dribble hand off. They moved Sanogo around and also where Hawkins is running. It changed a lot of options. Waiting to see how he does with Castle and Ball: -Freshman PG development. This is currently the one massive hole in his resume for development. He's had three and all three have left barely better than they arrived offensively. To be fair next year is the first year he will have gotten his first choice. Every other position you can find player development success stories for players who have played at least two years with the program and been healthy. He ticks a ton of boxes of what you want in a coach. He's not perfect but he is getting better and is already pretty darn good. We all loved Calhoun (well I think we all did) and no one would say Calhoun wasn't a bit volatile. Basically, I agree. May have needed SHU also to get a #1 seed, but at worst if UConn hadn't lost that game SJU you are talking UConn with UCLA and Purdue for final #1. [/QUOTE]

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