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Message: [QUOTE="VAHuskyFan, post: 2560789, member: 1585"] Every time I read these arguments that KO is not responsible for how bad we are, I think of the nihilists from Big Lebowski: “We believe in nothing Lebowski, nothing!” What is a coach responsible for? “Nothing!” (1) Players simply appear at a program. “Can’t recruit a kid who doesn’t want to play here!” (2) Players also simply leave a program sometimes. “Nothing you can do if a guy doesn’t want to be here!” (3) Players perform according to a pre-determined path. You’re either high basketball IQ or low basketball IQ. Nothing a coach can do! (4) If the team consistently makes the same mistakes or fails to execute, it’s their fault alone *unless* the coach specificaly told them to make those mistake. (“I doubt KO told them to inboud it to the other team!”) (5) Sometimes you just can’t catch a break! (Lose by 28? “We just can’t catch a break!”) OK . . . . then why are we paying KO $3M and why do you care if he’s replaced? It only makes sense to pay a coach big bucks (and to care who the coach is) if that person is ultimately responsible for the product on the court. [/QUOTE]