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Message: [QUOTE="BBallF, post: 5327758, member: 10435"] First of all, you start from the proposition that potential recruits are AAs, Gatorade POYs in their state, or at least All State. They would naturally be the go to player on their team being the best player on their team and probably in that state. Geno is looking for more. He is looking for the kid who will figuratively try to run through a brick wall to help the team. That means to that player, the final score on the big scoreboard is more important than the box score. We saw the extreme version of that in that rookie player on the Wings now. He is also looking for a player who will "fit in" not only with his offense and defense but also with his coaching philosophy. He develops every team, works them assiduously, cajoles, cuts them to the quick when necessary, and then, around February re-forms them into something new. That is his genius as a coach. It's actually all about chemistry, meaning playing together as a team, sharing, giving up a good shot for a great one by a teammate, doing what the team needs, filling your role. On his very best teams, and last year was one of them to be sure, the whole is so much greater than the sum of its parts, it is almost an illusion. [/QUOTE]