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Message: [QUOTE="selles, post: 2979092, member: 1176"] And when you hook him, to whom do you turn? Smith has been absolutely awful the last couple games. No one was more responsible for Villanova's run than he was. Gilbert is far from back to form, he is fighting it out there mentally. Vital's playing well, but for all those calling for him to shoot it more - the reason he's playing well is because he's bought into Hurley's directive to avoid the bad shots and sins of over-aggression that made everyone want him to shoot it LESS. Shots 11-15 for Vital are rarely positives for the team. This team stands and falls with Jalen, and was always going to. Hurley recognizes that, it's why he went on such a public campaign to light a fire under him during the preseason. Unfortunately, even when Jalen's playing wonderfully he inevitably has a spell where his focus dulls and you get boneheaded mistakes like throwing the ball right to the other team, or letting the other team simply grab the ball away from him, or half driving and jumping in the air with no clue what to do. Those unforced errors give the other team momentum, Jalen tightens up, and - especially if the other team is half decent - the rest is history. We've seen it over and over again the last couple years. As you say, very, very frustrating. [/QUOTE]