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I don't know any more than anyone else what the coaches are trying to teach these guys, but I'm pretty sure they have tried to tell Golden to be more careful with the ball. In a previous article, Stokes said he was having trouble finding the balance between being aggressive and taking what the defense gives him. I don't know what is wrong with Golden lately, but I don't see how poor coaching changes a player from an 80%+ free-throw shooter into about a 60% one from one year to the next. Both of those seem to be things that the player has to figure out for himself. The only thing the coaches can do is tell and show the players what they need to do. If they don't do those things satisfactorily, the coaches can sit them down to encourage more effort and diligence in doing those things. CCM has shown that he is not afraid to use pine time as such a teaching tool. It still comes back to the player doing what he is supposed to do. If you noticed, this year's UK team--despite having what most would regard as far superior talent overall compared to what UT currently fields and despite the fact that most would consider Calapari superior to Martin as a coach--doesn't always do what he tells them to do, either. If you think all this has to do with poor coaching, then it may be that you don't fully understand how coaching works and what it can and can't do.