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<blockquote data-quote="COJacket" data-source="post: 123849" data-attributes="member: 67"><p>thinking about this even more, and making observations about the past, we have only really done well when we have recruited gems. Way back in the 70's we had Yunkus. With Cremins it was little known gems like Mark Price and John Salley that turned things around (if you have never heard Bobby talk about his recruiting trip to Enid, Oklahoma to recruit Mark and his family with his Bronx accent, it is hilarious and you are missing something). That started point guard U and recruiting some of the biggest names in HS, especially from NYC, his home town. Bobby coached team ball with excellent X's and O's. In his later years with us, he did not have some of that talent he had in the early to mid years. He had not forgotten how to coach (he showed that at CC after he left Tech). Hewitt had a great gift in recruiting top talent for a least a couple of spots each year (the one and done years). We all know that really he just let them play and was not that good in the X's and O's (witness not getting the ball inbounds - and what is kind of funny is how the GMason fans started complaining about this pretty quickly, especially this past year when they went something like 11-20).</p><p></p><p>that leads me to the conclusion that we are not going to be able to get the best in the country like Duke, Louisville, and Kentucky. We need a coach that can find the next Mark Price like players and coach them up. And, IMHO, we need a style of play that is different to counter the best of the best players (not unlike football at GT). We need a coach that focuses on team ball, the idea that passes trump the dribble; that can teach good technical skills because our guys will be a step behind the top college programs mostly; and I believe we need to be able to play fast and furious and take risks to win in the ACC. It will be the fast and furious that will also counter some of the skills of the top talent we will face in the ACC. Just musing out loud.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="COJacket, post: 123849, member: 67"] thinking about this even more, and making observations about the past, we have only really done well when we have recruited gems. Way back in the 70's we had Yunkus. With Cremins it was little known gems like Mark Price and John Salley that turned things around (if you have never heard Bobby talk about his recruiting trip to Enid, Oklahoma to recruit Mark and his family with his Bronx accent, it is hilarious and you are missing something). That started point guard U and recruiting some of the biggest names in HS, especially from NYC, his home town. Bobby coached team ball with excellent X's and O's. In his later years with us, he did not have some of that talent he had in the early to mid years. He had not forgotten how to coach (he showed that at CC after he left Tech). Hewitt had a great gift in recruiting top talent for a least a couple of spots each year (the one and done years). We all know that really he just let them play and was not that good in the X's and O's (witness not getting the ball inbounds - and what is kind of funny is how the GMason fans started complaining about this pretty quickly, especially this past year when they went something like 11-20). that leads me to the conclusion that we are not going to be able to get the best in the country like Duke, Louisville, and Kentucky. We need a coach that can find the next Mark Price like players and coach them up. And, IMHO, we need a style of play that is different to counter the best of the best players (not unlike football at GT). We need a coach that focuses on team ball, the idea that passes trump the dribble; that can teach good technical skills because our guys will be a step behind the top college programs mostly; and I believe we need to be able to play fast and furious and take risks to win in the ACC. It will be the fast and furious that will also counter some of the skills of the top talent we will face in the ACC. Just musing out loud. [/QUOTE]
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