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[QUOTE="FfldCntyFan, post: 4934769, member: 71"]
Talent acqusition isn't the problem there and correcting the problem will most likely require a change in leadership.

From day one at UK he was able to land as much or more talent as anyone (shy UCLA for thier stretch) ever had.  To continue it he built an environment where the "[I][B]stars[/B][/I]" were continually showcased, leading to more talented kids wanting to be part of that scene.

It has reached the point where attempting to build a team first philosophy, an attitude where getting the W is more important to the entirety of the roster than getting a good stat line is nearly impossible.  Where putting in the effort on defense, for loose balls, for critical rebounds becomes quite a bit for the staff to ask.

Being the spin master that he has always been, he has publicly excused lack of tournament results with the "but we've put so many into the NBA and that is more important to the kid's future" while ignoring the fact that nearly all of them could have gone to a D-3 school for a year and still been drafted where they were drafted.

I really don't see how he can fix this, which is why I enjoy the idea that they cannot get rid if him.
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