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Message: [QUOTE="August_West, post: 2071954, member: 1047"] This season is really simple. So utterly simple. Purvis and Brimah did not live up to their projected roles in their senior season. Purvis especially. When he is on, we win. When he is not it makes it very, very difficult. This dilemma is compounded by the subtraction of Gilbert and Larrier. We have had no choice but to ride Rodney through some terrible stretches. With Gilbert, Larrier, Jackson and Vital all at full strength it wouldve made it much easier to hide Rodneys deficiencies and amplify his strengths. We wouldve had mucho depth at the positions we are forced to play him 40 mins at. I cannot hang this on coaching. They show signs of being coached up right. Its not KO's fault they cant keep it together as Seniors. Its just bad luck. Two really good kids who have shown flashes of brilliance in their careers here but could never make that final step to elevate their learning and talent into a consistent game. I really thought coming into the season Rodney was our Buddy Hield. He wasnt. For whatever reason. You depend on your seniors, especially in times of turmoil. And via injury there has never been turmoil like this year. Im certain they wanted to give and wanted to be dependable. They failed. Im sure it eats at them even more than us. [/QUOTE]