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Message: [QUOTE="Bigpetunia, post: 2111532, member: 1772"] Well, you're right...it's "always something" with them. But, of the possible "culprits" you list, I can't count bad recruiting among them. They get the players, but, as you suggest, Holly fails in developing them. Yes, she's highly ineffective as an in-game coach, but the main thing I'd list is the obviously deficient quality of her pre-season and pre-game coaching. I've been rightly accused of denigrating her skills on our forum by folks who recognize the fundamental impossibility of stepping into the shoes of a legend...point taken. But as UConn fans, treated as we are to a level of preparation of players and development of strategies by the very pinnacle of coaching ability, we cannot help but watch the LV's with a certain sense of incredulity...players standing around on offense, poor spacing and poor ball movement. Geno would be on the sideline fully apoplectic! Someday, someone is going to face the daunting task of replacing Geno, maybe Shea? I dunno...but I promise we'll see a better performance than what Holly's turning in. She's just in way over her head. The one thing that continues to amaze me is that such highly talented (well, in high school, anyway) players keep showing up on her doorstep. Maybe it's an institutional thing, that the LV legacy continues to attract long after Pat's departure, hopefully something we too can someday count upon. [/QUOTE]