(08-22-2019 10:24 AM)82hawk Wrote:  

(08-22-2019 10:02 AM)billthebighawksfan Wrote:  And the team played better without him several times ask Hawking.

And why do you think that might have been Bill? Maybe because he plunked Cacok in the low post and ran the offense through the post when he was in the game. A place where his athleticism and amazing hands were negated and he had a size disadvantage. Why didn't the Lakers do that? Why didn't Keatts do that? Why did Keatts and the Lakers use him in the high post to set picks with rolls to the basket were he was unstoppable? Nobody in the CAA could stop him, UVA couldn't stop him there. The only guy to ever stop him was McGrath. And we wonder why the players weren't "buying in"?

How did Cacok go from a human highlight reel with jaw dropping alleyoops and dunks multiple times per game, to a guy who suddenly had none of those? A guy who shot an NCAA all time record 80% FOR A SEASON, as a Sophmore and blew away the next highest ever by 3% to a guy who shot 58.5% his junior year and 59% his senior year?

You really want to go there and look at the problem being Cacok and not the coach in the way he was utilized? Please.

I wholeheartedly agree with this. If Cacok played this year in the 4 out 1 in system that UNCW will use, the team could conceivably go to the Finals in spite of CB's lack of benchwork prowess. Cacok was forced to play a game that he had no ability for. He got into foul trouble because of a porous defensive system. Actually there was NO system. Cacok is the ultimate complimentary player. With Keatts and in Summer League too. You don't build a team around him or expect him to carry the team. However, if you have good pieces around him and put him in the right role, he will deliver night in and night out. CB wasted him. BTW, the team did sometimes play better without him because he clogged up the lane because he was forced into the BALLSIDE block and played poor pick defense.