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From the Tenn games I've watched over the last two years Holly's teams have played hard on offense and defense. So where is the lack of motivation? What her teams have lacked are discipline, and an offensive scheme that's more than "dump it into the post(s) and if that doesn't work you guys figure it out". This is opposed to good coaches like Geno, Walz, Muffet, Bruno and others who not only teach defense, but also the myriad of offensive variations off of every position, how to effectively run the break, how to play with pace in the offensive end etc. In other words their variations off of a motion offense. Most championship coaches are not only master motivators, but master innovators as well. Holly is not a bad coach. In fact, she's proven that she's a great recruiter. She'll just never be a coach that's capable of developing players and make them ready for the next level. She'll just never be a great coach that leads her teams to championships.
Holly is just trying to maintain the PS game plan. Pressure defense leading to turnovers, domination of the glass at both ends and opportunistic scoring. Trouble is Holly hasn't the "corn fed" front court players Pat had nor the scoring machine named Parker. Without Parker the LV's would have won their last NC in 1998. That's why Pat was so upset when she lost Maya.