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[QUOTE="Marty McFly, post: 2889409, member: 5905"]
I think what has frustrated everyone, is that this team has the athletes, they just play too passively until it's do or die time. Happened last night in our turrable start. If battle doesn't go off, we were looking at a damaging ugly loss. Who can we get on the staff that can hype the players and get them focused. Is this due to lack of leadership? (and I know Frank talks during games - but it seems really baffling and bizarre that we looked so uninterested and unfocused last night at the tip). I think that's the missing X factor. That's the difference in being a middling team and one who gives supreme effort for each other on D to grind out tough wins when they need to. Far to often we have to "make (really hard) shots" to even have a hope at winning.

In years past, we had an identity, something that the team could hang their hats on when things get tough and the plays break down... like the great D in recent teams, or heck even a play that could almost always get a bucket or a foul, etc. I am struggling this year to find one, and it could circle back to the motivation/not being dialed in mentality but... let's hope we do find that spark or it'll be too late to have this team reach it's potential.
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