re: Every knowledgeable basketball person you hear or read from

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He became a heck of a lot better coach when Cook became eligible.


The Point. Kinda important.

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I would say that's the easy and convenient take, but I for once am going to give CMM a bit more credit than that.

This team, virtually out of the blue, started rebounding and playing with an edge of toughness not seen in his tenure until very recently. And that even more than Cook IMHO has led to the recent success.

Now how he suddenly got this out of them and why he could not get that out of them before I have no idea, but I'm glad it happened and hope it continues.