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Message: [QUOTE="Chin Diesel, post: 4502273, member: 34"] I explained it a bit different in another thread. It's not just pull and put on bench. I don't believe a high caliber D1 college player is so frail that any attempt by a coaching staff to refocus them on what the team is trying to accomplish. If they are that frail then the coaches did a poor job evaluating the player's abilities (And "abilities" includes being able to be coached and accept critique of your performance). "That is currently one of Hurley's biggest flaws in his coaching style. He player substitutions seem to be based on predetermined player rotations or foul trouble rather than players being yanked because they aren't doing what coached prepped the player to do. And no, I'm not advocating just benching a player and letting them sulk. One of the assistants should be next to that player explaining exactly why they were pulled and linking that to specific things which were discussed in practice or film room. Then (hopefully) show the player on the bench how his replacement is correctly doing what the coaches want players to do. Or, in the instance of players hugging non-shooters on the 3-point line, call an immediate TO and emphasize to every player in the huddle who gets closed out on and who gets slack off of as per the game plan." [/QUOTE]