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Message: [QUOTE="freescooter, post: 4994452, member: 1023"] That is just not true. Whaley gave 100%. So did Cole. So did others. The problem was a talent gap, not an attitude gap. Replace Cole with Newton and Whaley with Clinton and those teams are completely different. You can have the most complex offense in the country. If you don’t have the guys who can run it, and you don’t use them correctly, it ain’t getting you anything. I actually like the Villanova example. That I do think influenced Hurley’s thinking. They won with a big and 4 guys out. But I also think figuring out how to use guys in any system is important. Jackson is Exhibit A. Teams didn’t even bother covering him at the 3-point line. It took a while before Hurley figured out he could be effective inside rebounding and scoring rather than trying to play as a 3rd guard. He became sort of Samson Johnson type scorer rather than a Deep threat. [/QUOTE]