I fear that IW is not receiving a clear message. His tendency to take ill advised/selfish shots early in the shot clock is exactly the same tendency I see out of Coffee. Both like to play the hero and drive into traffic and chuck up a shot.
If Pitino isn’t equally as critical of Coffee making those plays as he is of IW (which seems likely, given that IW was pulled last night), then perhaps this is a coaching issue.
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Last year Coffey was much more patient (when healthy). I think he has it in his mind that he is going to force some bigger numbers and that is hurting his overall play. He will straighten this out. He better or he is going to get hurt on one of those wild flying drives to the hoop. He is just not under control enough to finish a lot of those plays.
The bigger issue last night with IW was on defense. Both he and Stull made it too easy for their guy to just stand there and have a nice clean look at a three. I think Stull got abused about three straight times before Pitino pulled him. I'd rather see these guys get beat off the dribble when closely guarding their man than just let them get comfortable out there.