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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
Well take heart. They've done this in Florida this year under Boughner and right now they look pretty near unbeatable. Even though they're technically out at the moment, my bet is they get in and they upset one of the top teams in teh 1st round. Other teams like L.A. have made the change and found success as well. It's not a lost cause if the team needs to adjust over the first 10-15 games. Get the right guy in place, and watch the team take off.
Yeah, yeah, I can hear you already shouting that it should have been done at christmas, but the team looked halfway capable then and they looked to be right in the fight for a spot until the last few weeks.
No idea what happened, but it sure did show the character of both the team and the lack of ability of the coaching staff.
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If a team makes good use of the preseason it's not always going to take a month or two for a team to get adjusted. Gulutzan's teams performed poorly in the preseason and also came out of the gates slow but I don't think (or I at least hope) that the next coach is going to go with the square peg in round hole approach of making defense pairings strictly based on LH/RH shooting. Watch the tape in the summer and put players in positions of strength from day one and establish that in the preseason.