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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 3365410, member: 1414"] No. He’s a great, experienced coach. He will figure it out. Plus as others noted, Moore is very solid. My uninformed.02 is that he coached at Wagner and URI where the only way he could win was by relying on veterans. He is reluctant to put freshmen or sophomore guards in key situations and trust them. Akok plays a lot as a freshman but he doesn’t have the ball in his hands. Aside from KEA and Chris Smith I don’t recall JC being fond of that either. Dan Hurley waits too long to start subbing the starters. If he feels Vital should start, fine, get him out by the 3-4 minute mark. Get Polley out by the five minute mark. By the time AG comes out he can play Gaffney with a rested Vital and Adams as a cushion. Hurley is adapting to high major basketball. The opponents are better. The freshmen are better. The guys who play four years aren’t your most talented guys in most cases. For this team to be ready for league play he has to get Bouk and Gaffney to the point that he can trust them in key moments of games. Adams too. Vital is what he is and he’s too talent limited to be the lead dog for the offense, even with his improved decision making prior to IU. Bouknight is a much bigger threat when he plays with AG, Akok, Carlton and Polley. They can’t double team him. [/QUOTE]