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Message: [QUOTE="Demo Square, post: 4189684, member: 10861"] Hey LIuconn, To yours & others' points here about UConn backcourt getting gassed? You are all completely right. And there are coaches out there who specifically look for recruits who don't get tired - & who can shoot & play D full-court all day! Little Ricky Pitino was the first to use the three-point shot as a primary weapon in college. (he learned it from legendary St. Agnes (NY) coach Frank Morris). Paul Westhead followed at Loyola Marymount. Rick combined it with shooters who could also defend full-court..... & never get tired. That's been the secret to his instant successes at every college stop he's made - recruiting the players he needs for his 40-minute full-court game. Look where he's taking Iona right now - 19-3, NCAA bound. What a turnaround! IN ONE YEAR DANNY! Ricky's first disciple Billy Donovan (who played for Morris in HS) used the same formula successfully at Marshall & Florida. And now, that a hole Auburn crook of a coach Bruce Pearl is using the same formula - look at his never-tired recent recruits! But that's next-level recruiting, beyond Hurley's scope at this point (though I'm glad he beat Pearl earlier this year). Hurley needs to START WITH SOME GREAT SHOOTERS. Then go after the indefatiguable, long & rangey guards. Ray Allen, Kemba Walker, Wes Biaosuknia, & Shabazz Napier were all examples of the kind of athletes we are talking about here. Gym rats who played both ends all day & night, & who truly loved the game of basketball - another HUGE issue among many of today's players - love of the game. Many of these current "genetic-lottery winners" don't even like hoops - and it's showing as much as Cole getting winded in the second half. Hurley's gotta step up his recruiting plans. vision, territory. -FATHER DEMO- [/QUOTE]

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