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[QUOTE="Tenspro2002, post: 2665275, member: 889"]
I've been very consistent on this, as an early KO skeptic.

He wildly exceeded expectations in 2013 and 2014 (though not everything was perfect -- even then there were signs that his offense was not exactly "PhD in basketball" level). He did an incredible job getting his players (yes, they were his players, though they were predominantly JC's recruits) to buy in and develop into a cohesive team playing tough defense and clutch offense. He deserves credit for all of that.

When the job involved recruiting his own raw material and molding them as individuals and a team, he failed spectacularly in terms of talent identification, intangibles identification, player development, and team strategy.

Edit: To expand on this, he succeeded in 2013 and 2014 in large part due to JC having provided him with tough, coachable kids who were eager to learn and win. KO gets credit for taking those kids the rest of the way. He was horrible at finding that kind of recruit on his own though.
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