Great points. But like Coach Popovich has said time and time again, I don't remember seeing Coach Ollie on the floor playing. The effort has to come from the players. I don't remember seeing coach Ollie being down 8 points. The subbing patterns, I agree that's on him. However when a player steps on the court, they have to perform. This is D1 basketball. When players get these scholarships and put on that UConn uniform, there are expectations that have to be met. If they can't perform, they have to sit the bench or move to a different program.
As with us sideline coaches and announcers. We need to look at the big picture. We are quick to blame coach for not running players or subbing at odd times. Could we do better? Maybe. Maybe not. We don't know what is happening at practice. We don't know which players are struggling in practice or having some kind of success at practice. Naturally if a players is doing well in practice, the coaching staff are going to reward that player with more time on the floor.
But as far as I am concern, this is on the players to step up and perform at a D1 level.
