I think most coaches especially the one we have had would have told Amar to screen and not shoot . Mullin had given him confidence . Sometimes I happy with that sometimes not so much. Amar isn't very good. Do we really want him shooting? I'd i were the coach he wouldn't be allowed to shoot like he does. I don't believe giving him the green light is a good idea . So I agree Mullin has helped Amar. I don't agree yet that Amar will help us win shooting whenever and wherever he feels like.
Foad- I don't believe Lavin and staff to be the greatest - to say they had 0 to little affect on last years team is crazy to me. You think Greene barley improved? He was an above average guard in conference, you saw that as a freshman?
Harrison- was plenty skilled when he got here. He also didn't jump high or run fast. How much better could he have gotten? He still became a better defender and drove the ball better.
Pointer- couldn't dribble or shoot as freshman- he had a great senior season. He scored plenty of points. He showed plenty of skill. How much was Lavin and staff I have no idea ? But to say none is unfair .
Labor postell- don't Rememer his freshman year that much- as a senior he was a better scorer and shooter- but he was athletic. Easier to show improvement . Or was Mike Jarvis a genius?
Mullin talks player development and skills. That is his strength. In game coaching is not. If that doesn't get better we are in some trouble.
I think that the players improved despite Lavin, not because of him. Students in any field go to college for four years, at the end of which nearly all of them know more about what they studied than they did when they were just out of HS.It's not because all teachers are good teachers or because some teachers are great teachers its because they're immersed in the subject matter long enough to learn by osmosis and because in the meanwhile they're maturing from children to adults.
As much as I loathe Jarvis, he had players go from awful to pretty good. Postell was not very good. Donald Emanuel was atrocious. OTOH Lavin had some players like Harrison who went from pretty good to really pretty good. He had the #25 recruit in the country who stunk for 3.5 years and had half a good season. Mostly he had a bunch of players like Branch who didn't get better at all, except the lucky ones showed the same gradual growth that anyone would show who studied something 4 or 6 or 8 hours a day for four years.
Question: Why did that first killer class win one postseason game in 4 years if not because Lavin was a lousy coach and a lousy teacher? If they'd won the national championship you'd give him all the credit in the world. Why does he not get the blame for them stinking.
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You cannot possibly tell anything about Mullin as a coach from his coaching these stiffs. You could take Adolph Rupp's head and sew it on John Wooden's body and attached Screwshrenski's whiskers and tail and they'd still stink. If you've watched the way they've played the last three games after getting their teeth kicked in for two months and are not optimistic about what Mullin is going to do, I don't know what to say.
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Alibegovic is a basketball player, he just doesn't know it yet. He'll learn in time. Meanwhile I don't care if he chucks up some threes this year, it doesn't matter. I like the fact that he's being aggressive and that he's not afraid to take a shot and not afraid to go to the basket. All that's missing is the makes and that's really the easiest part. Nothing that happens this year matters unless Yawke gets abducted by aliens. That would be a catastrophe.