Several years ago, Michigan’s now former head coach John Beilein acknowledged that he wasn't very good at coaching defense, so he went out and hired a new assistant as a defensive specialist and turned the defense over to him. The improvement was dramatic. It took a lot of self-confidence for Beilein, one of the best coaches in college basketball, to admit a weakness like that and then to go out and fix it. Look at the results! Would Fran be secure enough in himself to acknowledge that he has the same weakness and find someone else to take it over? Defense is one area in college basketball where coaching can make a huge difference (Wisconsin, Texas Tech). If Fran could find a new assistant coach who could also recruit some high level talent to PLAY defense, . . . .