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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 5320445, member: 405"]
We're not tough, that's true.  To me, that's coaching. But I'm old school in that regard.

A coach has to raise his voice and instill young men to play borderline-violently against the opponent to really win championships.

Championship teams share one constant - toughness.

That begins with defense, and that's up to the coach to sit guys down if they don't play hard.

We see absolutely none of that.  To say the players just aren't talented is to ignore the role of coaching.

Even with this lineup, this is not the least talented team in the ACC.  It should be a middle of the pack team.

Big man rotation - a 3 time NCAA tournament guy, a McD's AA, a young Euro pro and a 7-4 shot blocker for the zone.  Leading 3 pt shooter in the ACC last year, another McD's AA as your lead guard, and some role players around them.  A couple decent wings, a couple backup PGs.

That's our roster.  A good coach should get 20+ wins out of that group.  I honestly thought this team could win 24 games, pre-season.  On paper, this should have been a much better team.

But man, what happened?  We have been truly terrible at fundamentals, like just basic defense, running any offense at all, and then suddenly our leading scorers can't score.  What a mess.

But through it all, Autry was overwhelmed and it shows.  Autry has no way to make this much better. He's just not the guy.
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