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Message: [QUOTE="Chin Diesel, post: 3339653, member: 34"] Had to catch the game on tape delay and didn't finish watching it until 1:30am. Not much to disagree about on grades. For the staff, the benefit of these tourneys is to see what your players are capable of doing against high level competition in the "now" timeframe. The skill in coaching is to see what you have and figure out what you need to do to get your team playing its best ball in March. Through 3 higher level games- Florida, Buffalo, X, it's apparent Gilbert isn't leading the team like you'd expect a 4th year PG to do. From a coaching/development you have ask what can a coach do in the next 10-14 weeks to get Gilbert to be where the team needs him. From my eyes, the answer is "not much". He overpenetrates and is dependent upon bad defense or overeager referees to get him to the line. It isn't like he would be making those layups if he wasn't fouled. Dilemma is what to do at the PG spot. I'm not sold on Adams doing this for 30 min every game. Vital obviously isn't a PG, Gaffney isn't ready yet. So, I think you end up with a flawed team that has to ride this out. From a coaching stand point the less Gilbert shoots, the better. I'll explain later how I get these unbelievable observations no one else sees. His drives to the hoop basically start the fast break for the opponent. And since he can't shoot a jumper, his defender can sag off making kickouts to the wings or corner difficult too. Other than that, Vital is flawed but we have seen him for 2+ years be able to score and rebound. Akok has the energy others are lacking and I think getting him going early vice forcing it to Josh and watching TO's happen may be the kick in the pants the team needs. If there was a way to bench Josh for the first half and only play the second half, I'm all for it. His 1st/2nd half splits for production must be large. Sid has been good for one eye popping offensive play a game. I still think staff needs to get him closer to 8 points a game than 3-4 points a game. With him Akok and Bouk, back door alley oops should be easy. I just don't know who throws it to them. [/QUOTE]

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