With all due respect Beanie,

You're talking what you see, but the kids are told to force it, push it, but if I tell you to post logical, doesn't mean you will, kind of the same point there.

I fully agree with you that they don't have many 'pure' basketball players, but how many teams do? Go ahead, count, because most of the schools at least in the LPD have kids who play multiple sports and to most, basketball is just one sport they play, its not 'the sport'.

I'll agree that their athletic nature and speed should be used for them, but a lot of that at least in my view, comes from people being able to handle the ball, and that was an issue all year.

I've commented before that your best coaches adjust their system to the talent they have, not try to adjust their talent to fit their system. I've also said that at times I think they were way to methodical, and yes, maybe overcoached. I can say that here and have said it to the coaches, I don't sit here and down them in anonymity, and shake their hand at the game and talk good to them there. Its funny though, if you talk to some people or read what some have to say, they will say the coaches didn't coach them enough, and here you go saying they were overcoached, but obviously since its your opinion, I guess you have to be right, huh? I'll agree that they regressed as the year went on, but what great solution did you have? You talk about working on the fundamentals, and you are exactly right, but from what I know, they do work on fundamentals. I can only give you an example I know, because I don't go to the practices. The first play last night, they worked on the exact thing that PV did multiple times on their last practice. They walk on the court and the players did exactly the opposite of what they were coached. You talk about organized chaos, and thats fine and dandy but you also say one true ball handler, so how much organized chaos can you run with that?

And no Beanie, I don't regurgitate what I hear, (which obviously you do since you use the comment many people close to the program), I quote by the actions. A loss should hurt, a loss should bother a player. Even if they like the people on the other team, they should want to win, to be able to be able to 'give a little' to their friends. We take a loss and walk off like oh well, lets get out there and see how many girls are there. I think a lot of that, myself, has to do with being a young team. I'm realistic enough to understand that a team thats heavily sophomore is a bunch thats thinking with the little head, not the big head.

But by all means, go with your philosophy of just play the game, and then of course turn around 10 minutes later and wonder why the coach doesn't coach them and have them calm down and run an offense or a defense.

Mediocrity will be the level they are at, and honestly that will be no matter whomever the coach is. Unless it means something to them. However, I'm sure that there will always be people such as yourself who will blame it on anything and everything else, so shoot, why should they worry about getting better, they already have their scapegoat. I don't worry about relating to the kids, they know that I'll defend them till the end of the day if they are there and trying. I have before (its funny, nobody tries to relate to them this week, and 2 years or 3 years ago its that nobody tries to discipline them, a year later its a coach is trying to relate to them too much, etc) and on this very place get told that I defend them too much.

And yes, you know there is so much glory to sitting there crunching numbers and hardly getting to watch a game. Such glory. It's such glory when I go home, breaking down shot charts, trying to keep accurate numbers, not just for the coaches but for the kids, its such glory to actually try and get a game film to make sure that kids get the credit they deserve. Its such glory to be a nobody sitting on the bench. Maybe everybody should resign and just allow people such as yourself to run things, and handle everything since you have all the answers, huh? Go ahead, continue your wonderful critique in anonymity.