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[QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 2712048, member: 1414"]
I think a good coach plays the guys he has and adapts to them.  Calhoun did playing Giffey at the 4.  Daniels was taller, stronger and a much better shot blocker than Polley.  Whaley is closer to being like Daniels.  Giffey was also much stronger than Polley is, and was a very, very good rebounder, even when playing the SF position (which is what he mostly did).

I'm not saying you can't make it work, if that's what you have.  I'm saying you don't shoe-horn guys into a role they are ill-suited for.  Polley's length creates matchup problems for other teams 3's outside and inside.  Against most 4's, he doesn't.  He's creates a huge match-up problem for UConn at the 4 because he's an bad interior defender and rebounder.  Maybe he will improve.  But right now this is the list of guys on the current roster who are better PFs: Yawke, Diarra, Whaley, Cobb, Williams.  Five freaking guys.  Meanwhile, at the 3 we have Wilson and that's it.

So to maximize this roster, you go the other way, and force a small guy to guard the bigger Polley.
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