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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 2552197, member: 1414"] I can't argue with that. I hoped playing experience would help. And I fully supported him when he got the job. I certainly never rooted for him to fail, and don't now. What I think was/is missing related to the difference in being the leader of a program and merely "understanding basketball" along with the differences in the college and NBA games. That's both on court, and off court. Coaching kids out of HS and coaching NBA players, even young ones, is not the same. The game itself is different. Not may coaches make the transition effectively. Stevens did. Pitino didn't. Cal didn't. Larry Brown did. Another negative that I thought would be a positive, was the fact that Kevin moved around from team to team. Exposure to several head coaches? Yes. Deep understanding of how they run their team, and how they structure the offense and defense and find players for it? Probably not. By way of example, one year working with Belichick is not the same as 8 years working with him. I sense that Kevin is a guy who kind of coaches by the seat of his pants. He lets the team go where it will and coaches by instinct and feel. When you're got a veteran team with talent, that may be a great approach. When you've got a young team that needs consistency and firm direction, it's a terrible approach. [/QUOTE]