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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
I think you were the one that made this point the loudest, but the reason the Tigers couldn't play offense was the Cuonzo simply didn't try to recruit it.
He recruited grit/size/defensive tenacity first, then passing and shooting in some order well behind it.
And I suspect most of his practices weren't built around establishing a cohesive offensive foundation either.
It was a simple question of priorities for him and they were just...wrong. The True Sons who wanted a return to the halcyon days of Norm Stewart (which simply weren't that great to begin with) got what they wanted but they were so damn out of touch with modern basketball.
Cuonzo should probably be a defensive assistant somewhere or maybe a mid-major coach who can punch up and try to ugly up some games against higher quality opponents.
But he's clearly wildly overmatched as a Power 5 head coach.
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Oh, I definitely shouted that from the rooftops.
His practice sessions did not focus on offensive basketball, or skill work. It was 80 percent conditioning and defense, rebounding, and toughness drills.
I think he was targeted more because he was a minority from St. Louis, and a few key boosters convinced Sterk he would be able to lock down the STL metro as a result.
And hey. That looked good for... 9 months? Then he lost the EJ Liddell recruitment while also getting burned out on high-profile recruits by his difficulties with Porter's family. And it tanked as a result.
His proper level is coaching hoops at DIII or something like that, where it is NOT scholarship and his values line up more with the types of student athletes they have.