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Message: [QUOTE="FreeKlaiber, post: 5197223, member: 9258"] It is an awful sign that AK is shouldering the blame for this season. You can't question his desire. However, he and many teammates have been put in situations that they can't succeed. Dan Hurley's stubborness is continuing trying to put square pegs into round holes, defensively especially. The roster construction and having no penetrators other than Hass is beyond limiting. Regardless, We can't be in a one possession rock fight with inferior teams like this. Dan Hurley is not great at in game x and o's, especially seems to tighten up against Seton Hall in jersey An example of "looking like a poorly coached team" just from final play. Whether or not he was fouled on the play, do you think designing a set to get the ball into a corner trap with your no ballhandling guard is a good O.O.B. play design? We've done it all year, but its usually 6 foot Hass getting the ball in the corner, then immediately trapped. There are a TON of O.O.B. that don't inbound directly into the corner trap like St Johns or last night. But here we are. and if you are going to run an inbounds play that passes it into corner, have a 1) headier player who knows you dont have to split the trap, and can just pivot and take the foul or 2) have a taller player to receive inbounds if in corner (Stew or AK). It's poor coaching IMO to do the football gimmick play at end of game and then pass into a trap to guard who can't dribble. and I agree, Tarris not getting to utilize his post up game against a team like that is also bad coaching (and I'm a Samson stan). Also not fan of sanctimoniously preaching only getting the right type of guy from the right kind of family bla bla, but then calling them out for being too nice. I feel bad for where Dan Hurley must be mentally right now after playing WWE heel and now eating crow, but I feel worse for AK. [/QUOTE]

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