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Message: [QUOTE="VAHuskyFan, post: 2072023, member: 1585"] I don't think you can conclude anything from this season. There's only so much even a great coach can do when a team is snakebit by cascading injuries. The roster this year is like the cast of an Agatha Christie novel. At the same time, it's also by no means clear that injuries are the only problem. This team does some concerning stuff. I mean, you watch a mid-level Ivy League team and there's a strategy and plan there and you can understand what everyone is trying to do. That's a team that gets beat, not a team that beats itself. With UConn going on a few years now, there are stretches in games where we look absolutely brilliant. And then there are stretches where the team looks completely lost. And there are games where we absolutely appear to beat ourself with unforced errors and bad decision-making. How much of that is coaching vs individual players and circumstances? I have no idea. It's not fair to blame KO at this point, because he's been relying on transfers (which hurts continuity), and battling injuries. It could happen to even a great coach. But I also don't know how anyone can look at this season and not be at all concerned. We're basically at the point where a doctor would say "it may just be nothing, but I'd like to run some more tests." We'll know more next year . . . and very little before then (unless we somehow win the AAC Tourney and make it to the Sweet 16). [/QUOTE]