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Message: [QUOTE="Sonova, post: 4130971, member: 7513"] The in-game execution that people are talking about isn't just a momentary thing. Or really a micro managing thing. It's a cultural thing - one that's built by practice focus, and repetition. People talked about Calhoun's infamous rebounding drill throughout most of his career. Its no wonder that Calhoun's teams were among the leaders in the nation when it came to rebounding...or why his teams got big rebounds when they needed them in big games. By that point it was habit/muscle memory. And its why he was maniacal in cupcake games when the game was long in-hand. He knew that if he let guys take games/plays/situation off, it would come back to bite them in big moments deeper into the season. JC's teams were at their BEST in big moments (close games in the last 5 minutes). We were mentally tougher than just about everyone we played - which is really what execution is all about. I'm not asking Hurley to be JC, but do you think Polley would have taken that shot if JC were coaching? No because he would have faced the wrath of JC much earlier in his career and learned that shots like that were a quick ticket to the end of the bench. I get that mistakes and brain farts happen (see Roscoe Smith) and maybe the Polley shot was just that...but execution gets built over time and in situations where winning isn't necessarily on the line. It then gets hardened by big moments. Unlike JC, when it's "winning time," we seem to be the deer in the headlights and these little things all seem to happen. More frequently than not. When players turn into mashed potatoes (to use your words above), and when they constantly do it in big moments in big games...thats exactly what coaching is about. [/QUOTE]

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