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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 2979041, member: 1414"] I disagree. I think the play has been much more disciplined than last year and Hurley is a Calhoun style coach. The suspensions have shown it. Meanwhile, I watched some fantastic ball movement last night from our guys, and much better movement off the ball than I saw [U]in any game last year[/U]. They often made too many passes leading to turnovers on several occasions. I think they are trying too hard and aren't playing instinctively. They have to find the balance, and of course, they have to make open looks. Several times guys made one pass too many, they need to take the open shots without hesitation and with confidence. Last night they missed several open layups and nearly every outside shot they took. Most of those were clean open looks, not the rushed, hand in your face shots with 2 seconds on the clock we saw last year. They didn't fall. This team needs to practice 3 point shots 2 hours a day every day. Most of the out of control play stems from the guards being asked to do too much. When the outside shots aren't falling we have to score at the rim. That lands on the guards because our bigs are essentially useless on offense. So we begin to see what we saw last night, small guards driving into traffic. It's a symptom of two other problems (a) Bigs that don't occupy the attention of the defense and (b) poor outside shooting. It isn't the cause, it's a symptom. We see what happens when the shots fall. The whole offense looks completely different. [/QUOTE]

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