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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 2081966, member: 1414"] I'm not all or nothing. My argument doesn't say "it's all on the coaches". But I absolutely reject the "it's all on the players, these guys are just dumb and can't be coached". Really? The whole group? Even just the seniors? Not probable. Not possible if we're honest. It's a cop out. So in essence I said that Ollie's use of his roster, especially on offense, and his offensive system is not good. It stinks. In particular, that system is a bad fit for these players, and it's on Ollie to adjust to them, and get the most out of them. That's his job. Did injuries hurt? Of course! But I think they hurt much more on defense, where we lost any real ability to substitute, meaning we couldn't play UConn's defense. That system is good. It's proven. It works. So we have an ineffective offensive system, which was not very good before the injuries (contributing to two losses to terrible teams and much too close win to a third bad team) and was dreadful after them. We have a very good defensive system and team, but which could only play that level of defense 15-20 minutes a game due to inability to substitute. [/QUOTE]