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dcap8424 writes:

in response to johnlg00:

All the coaching in the world is no good if players don't make plays. That flagrant foul sequence is one example. The half-dozen or more missed layups are another. The failure to secure a few more defensive rebounds and loose balls were others. The team actually ran more plays on offense, more successfully, than at any time so far this season. The Vols went toe-to-toe with the program and at the place that has frustrated a variety of UT coaches--and lots of others, for that matter--for decades if not generations. This Vol team is not dead yet. This particular crop of UK "one-and-dones" is not likely to win a championship; last year's crop was lightning in a bottle, not a formula to ensure championships. No one else has succeeded with that formula, only UK under Calapari would even try it, and it may not work for him again.

I agree with you to a certain extent, but how else do you explain the regression of Stokes and Golden if not by poor coaching? Lack of effort and intensity and focus and whatever else you want to say? Sure, but aren't these things they are supposed to learn from their coach? Coaches don't make the plays, but they teach the kids how to. When you look at the talent we have compared to the results we've seen it's hard not to blame coaching.

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