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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 4254619, member: 1414"] You're almost there. They were tight. They were rigid and inflexible. The question is why? I think the answer is that their coach is tight. It's the old "if you put a lump of coal in his butt you'd have a diamond in no time". He's a bit of a control freak, over scripts the plays (we think he doesn't run plays, but he actually runs way too many) and the result is guys get an open look but maybe not the shot he called for and...they miss. He's a stress ball and the team plays that way, [U]especially late in games[/U]. When they loosen up, get out in transition where they have free reign they play much better. And shoot much better. Have seen it for three years now. You can see how mechanical they are sometimes, running the offense. I'm sure not calling for him to be fired. I don't think his seat is even warm. I just think he has to adjust some things, be more flexible, have a longer leash on guys who are being creative on offense and let them just play a bit more. NMSU game is a good example. Every guy had a green light to shoot, none of them looked at all worried about it. No tension. No hesitation. That's how UConn has to play. I think you'd see Gaffney scoring in double figures if he was turned loose, he played so tense this year. So afraid of mistakes. [/QUOTE]