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Message: [QUOTE="SDjohn, post: 4847164, member: 4131"] Red has to be given time as the head coach though. He inherited a team that was recruited to play zone and several players with questionable effort. Yes, he helped recruit these current players, but not with his system in mind. Decision making, shot selection, defensive intensity and rebounding. These have been the same issues for multiple seasons in a row. Moore and Freeman coming in, hopefully they are guys with motors and get after it a bit harder. Defensive effort is something you shouldn’t have to teach but in todays game, you have to demand it as a HC. He’s feeling his way with players that aren’t built for his system. They are young, certainly more athletic, but they can’t hit an outside shot or rebound as a team with some players not giving max effort (hey Chris Bell) who can’t play D. That’s a tough task for the best coach who ever lived, let alone a first year HC taking over for a HOF’er. [/QUOTE]