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Message: [QUOTE="UConniki, post: 4534809, member: 1129"] But that’s the point….. there are better options, play DC more than AJ and you win more games , it’s that simple. He out rebounds him, out defends him ( blocks or alters shots), out scores him, requires one and sometimes two players to guard him freeing up the other talented offensive players to do their thing offensively. When they doubled DC they were playing 3 on 4 defensively against the rest of the team vs 5 on 4 when Jackson is in there. It’s not complicated and it shouldn’t be for our 4 million dollar a year coach but it is apparently over his head. He not putting the team in the best possible position to win games. I played at South Catholic high in Hartford under the legendary coach Joe Reilly and our assistant coaches were Gary Palladino ( U of H) and Dom Perno ( UConn ) and any of the 3 including Perno we’re better in game coaches than Hurley. They did more with less consistently because of game prep and in game adjustments. We played Calvin Murphy in a tournament game, and they played every defense possible, man to man, various zones, double teams , help defense and box and one and box and two. They didn’t keep playing a style that didn’t work, they strategized every possible defense to slow him down including slowing the pace to limit possessions ( no shot clock ). The goal is to win the game not be stubborn or egotistical or a lunatic madman unwilling to make changes until it’s too late. [/QUOTE]

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