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Message: [QUOTE="Towney007, post: 3417934, member: 5832"] To me it's more complicated than that, really. Gilbert has been more or less the team leader. Clearly he has a close relationship with Hurley. The big issue becomes when you start playing badly and you put so much on yourself as the leader, that sometimes guys start going too hard on themselves and then everything falls apart. Your play gets worse the harder you try to fix it. Your peers get frustrated and stuck between supporting you where you're at and needing you to play better so you don't impact the team. Then on top of that you've got all the off-the-court issues you've got to deal with, the pressures being the guy who has to pull your family up - all of it. That's a lot, man. And then you're the coach - and it's not like just benching another guy on the team. Although it gets to a point where you have to. But you know when you do, it might be the nudge off the cliff for the kid and you lose him entirely and who knows what the ripple effect is that it has on the team. Some guys might be ok with it but then other guys might start thinking 'well if coach can sour on AG, he can sour on me, too.' But whatever went on this weekend - I think it was just a point where the coaches felt pulling the plug was in everyone's best interest, for now. And you could see the relief on the team all over the court. That's NOT Gilbert's fault clearly - no one's at fault. But him taking a break and getting right is the right call for everyone involved and all we can do is support him. [/QUOTE]

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