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Message: [QUOTE="Cuse12, post: 5644630, member: 6808"] I tend to respectfully disagree with the statement that our players aren’t as talented as we believe. We have one of the most Atheltic centers in the country, one of the best PFs in the country, transfers who proved to be commodities at their former stops but have worse output here somehow. I have started noticing this odd trend lately within the downfall of our bball program, and it’s the percentage of fans or some media members on talk radio, that are softly or harshly blaming the players first. When I hear things like “so we are going to blame red for a player not hustling and getting a rebound?” Or “did red miss X number of free throws?” Or “The point guard turned the ball over X amount of times and how is that reds fault” These aren’t exact quotes obviously but I’ve heard all of that on radio or here. Those statements are missing the ball by a mile. I Learned that when a fanbase gets to the point where they blame the PLAYERS and not the COACH, you are respectfully delusional in my honest opinion about the root of the problem. That’s just insane methodology. So in that case I am a manager at my job, and the employees I manage aren’t up to snuff to be what this company thinks is successful. How long can I blame my employees as the problem? Who hired them? Well me. Who trained them? Well me. Who is not correcting them and creating a successful work culture for success? Well me, right? But no my possy of yes people keep saying it’s the employees fault. I mean I just don’t get that thought. Red is responsible for every thing in the program. That’s what being a HC is. If we blame the players, well who recruited them? Every single bit of success and failure falls on the HC straight up. NOTE TO SELF: When you see a portion of the fanbase blaming the players over the coach, just know that means you are hitting rock bottom. [/QUOTE]

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