Quote Originally Posted by Go Green View Post
We can debate the first part, but the second part really shows some of the problems of a new coach coming in to shake things up. Some guys didn't want to do things differently and said "eff this." If Princeton were truly awful when Hughes was let go, I'm sure the players would have done anything and everything Surace asked of them. But they really weren't all that bad. They were a middle-of-the-pack Ivy team.

Princeton saw a much more pronounced version of this phenomenon when JTIII left for Georgetown and Joe Scott came in. He was a much more "old school" guy and tightened the screws on the Princeton offense, whereas JTIII allowed his players more freewheeling (relatively speaking) on the court. Given that Princeton was the defending champion when Scott came on board, many players saw zero reason to make any changes and reacted very poorly to Scott. The result was a huge dropoff in performance, including some of Princeton's most embarrassing losses.

To his credit, Surace was able to turn things around before it was too late. Scott, on the other hand, was not able to do so.
Joe Scott was a good guy and one of the most ardent of the Carril disciples. It was a shame it did not work out for him. I do think he had trouble relating to the players.