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Message: [QUOTE="maple, post: 4799709, member: 7970"] I don’t believe UConn is failing at recruiting (we are still attracting top players) and I don’t believe that injuries are the root of the problem either. There is simply a) more parity, and b) UConn does not seem to be able to excel in areas where we used to excel. The lack of rebounding, the long offensive cold stretches with a lot of standing around (and missing open/easy buckets), and lackluster defense. When we execute these things we see UConn is pretty hard to beat. But when we don’t, it gets ugly. Difference is that in the past we used to consistently execute. Now we do not. Is it the coaching? The players? A mix of both? I don’t know. I said it in the game thread but it’s one thing if we are playing to the best of our ability and still get beat. That’s understandable. Sometimes you’re just not good enough no matter what. But these past few seasons — starting back in the 2019-20 season — we simply just beat ourselves first. [/QUOTE]