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Message: [QUOTE="Tenspro2002, post: 4994615, member: 889"] Cole didn't arrive until his 3rd year. Whaley gave 100%...because Hurley cranked the intensity up to 11 and demanded the team follow suit. At the beginning, Hurley absolutely had to coach the holdovers out of KO's hangdog attitude. This was pretty much all he did his first year. Yes, there was a talent gap. He kept the KO guys in a (successful) attempt to build culture. He brought in Cole and Martin, who were an upgrade, but not quite at the level we needed. But Hurley was also limited in what he could implement because he didn't even have a base of guys who played hard and with confidence. [/QUOTE]