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Message: [QUOTE="Idiocuse22&, post: 5236496, member: 9309"] So far after 2 whole games against small schools in our own backyard, that literally circle the game against us as the most important, we have looked absolutely terrible. Scary bad, unbelievable and not the Syracuse team Ive known through ups and downs for 40plus years. I witnessed a recent practice that was supposed to end at 5:30, lets just say it didnt and went longer in minutes than Eddies number. Why? Bc they were running a scrimmage-like drill focusing on rebounding, fast breaks and mostly defense including communication, shifts, help and switches. It was intense, all coaches very much involved. When a mistake was made everyone in the building knew about it. Noone was leaving until they got "it" right. Two glaring weaknesses so far...Defense and fast breaks and they seem to focus on that. Last year the roster was a mess. This year the roster has all the pieces needed to be successful but to me it is a complicated puzzle. To the coaches it seems to be a complicated puzzle. Time will tell. Time is needed. How much time will determine how successful we will be. If we have an unsuccessful year (missing tourney) it wont be bc of a lack of talent or from a lack of effort or incompetence from the coaches. It will be because of that time and team chemistry etc...do we have an alpha? ...Do we have a leader? ..Do we have the players willing to play their roles?...Is someone capable to take over in crunch time?...Do we have bench players to insert for a defensive and offensive spark? I believe strongly we do... how long until it all comes together? Our coaches know what our weaknesses are, they know how to coach...how well is up for debate...but at some point the players gotta figure it out and produce... I think everyone will figure it out in time to have a successful year. [/QUOTE]

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