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Message: [QUOTE="KnightBridgeAZ, post: 2478162, member: 591"] Lets not read too too much into this. Part of the problem has to be a lack of time to do so. UConn has, in the first place, as Doug said, recruited players that have "the total package", part of which has to be the drive to want to improve their skills, and a fair set of skills to begin with. Many players don't have the total package, and they are recruited for whatever specific skill they have - athleticism, 3 point, ball handle, whatever. Then, what the coach needs to instill, posthaste, is whatever specific skills are going to enable that player to be a sucessful part of whatever gets run at the specific school - better defense, better recognition of opponent defenses, whatever it is. The drive to be successful, as well as the attitude (and I don't necessarily mean a "bad" attitude) of players has probably contributed to this. Most coaches do develop players, obviously some better than others; what Geno does is takes really good material and makes it more well rounded. He probably doesn't have to spend so much time as other coaches teaching what should be basic, but isn't, because I suspect most of the top recruits - and certainly the type that Geno recruits - have better basics than the average. [/QUOTE]