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Message: [QUOTE="gtcam, post: 2139515, member: 2844"] You Bet Also, if was the dumpster fire that a few on this board claim, would you not think someone like JA, who seems to have an opinion and says what's on his mind, would not have said something negative by now? Also, there are a lot of former players who are very close to the program, Ray and Rip, if they sensed something was bad I think would have opined something by now. I have no idea, but being a coach myself, I think KO has come to realize that he can't win with what he had with some of these players. I really don't think KO foresaw the injuries and when forced to play SE, VJ and JD he saw that some/most of their weaknesses were just too much to allow them any significant time (less so in the case of VJ but some of us knew in December he was not returning). He had the heart to hearts with all the kids and the outcome was this result. If it were JA, Larrier and CV leaving, I would have a huge question mark but the 3 that packed their bags - I see no huge loss - it's a cruel thing to say but this is high level D1 sports and it is a cut throat business, especially in basketball where the numbers of those on a team are so small. Is KO responsible? To some extent yes because he did recruit and got caught up in the lets recruit some guys to break in slowly and develop some role over an extended period of time. This was thrown aside via the injuries and now KO is faced with telling some that although they saw more time than they ever dream of getting this past season, PT next year may have to be earned through off season development, attitude and work ethic. I say, lets wait and see what happens during the next few months [/QUOTE]

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