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Message: [QUOTE="RichZ, post: 2135565, member: 534"] I don't see it as a big epidemic of people leaving. The staff changes were the direct result of the on the court performance. Big men not developing? Look hard at the guy in charge of developing them. Exhausted players and frequent injuries? Maybe the strength and conditioning program isn't doing its job. As far as the players -- I don't count those who've never even been a part of the program yet, and I don't think there's necessarily any group think going on. MAL changed his mind. Glad he did it before he got here. Move on. I had been prepared for Jackson's departure ever since his dad started mouthing off about him not being utilized properly back in December. I liked the kid as a player, but we don't need an authority figure from outside the program contradicting what the program is trying to do, in conflict with what the authority figures inside the program are trying to get into the kid's head. Just hope he leaves with his academics in good order. Steve is the biggest surprise to me. I'm not sure what has gotten into his head. It's taken me a while to realize that holding out hope for a major improvement on his part was self defeating. We'd seen no improvement -- even regression in some ways -- over two seasons. Had to start wondering what made me think he might still improve enough this year to be a valuable contributor the next? Facey's senior season? Nah, we'd seen far more flashes from Facey in his first couple years than we've seen from Steve. It's a terrible way of looking at his departure, but we'll miss his five fouls. [/QUOTE]

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