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Message: [QUOTE="Tonyc, post: 3528196, member: 73"] The problem was not giving the non starters enough time with the starters which lead to transfers over the past few seasons as well as not building a nucleaus. For example...you commit to ND you have to learn the system and then expect to play and you dont because new recruits coming in play or your coach just plays 5-6 kids and you sit and you feel you dont get what you were promised. Now with that said injuries hurt this past season too. Ivey may have been a good recruiter but who was respondsible for the player development, the team development and who was respondsible for not playing enough underclassmen which lead to the transfers and non development of those coming up. Niele may turn out to be a good coach but she is going to need to surround herself with good coaches. It will take time for her to rebuild ND for all of the above reasons. It doesnt matter how many top recruits a coach gets and thats any coach those recruits have got to have a team attititude, be unselfish, and be coachable. If not they you dont need them. The players can not run the team making the coach think she cant live without them. The coach needs to run the team and the coaches and players all need to be on the same page. One bad apple can spoil everything So we wait and see. Mean while UConn is focused on another NC run. [/QUOTE]