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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 2614542, member: 1414"] Absolutely. Diarra needed to play, and would have learned how not to foul, and defend. But he also needed to play alongside Carlton, as a PF. That's his position. All season, Ollie insisted on the stupid 3 guard lineup, and played a swingman (Larrier or Polley) out of position. That made both Larrier and Polley less effective, hurt our rebounding and interior defense, and just generally made us easy to defend. That he didn't recognize this is astonishing. The front court rotation should probably have been Carlton with Diarra and Cobb with Whaley, with variations on match-ups. Larrier at the 3, and Polley as his backup. Adams and Vital, with Anderson backing up both of them. That's it. It's not rocket science. I don't think there was anybody on this team that really knew what their role was game to game. Now we'll do it all over. When Adams knew he was a PG and played as a PG, he was tremendously effective. But for two years in a row, he prepared to be an off guard. Now he will do that all over again. It's a role he's not good at. [/QUOTE]