You didn't answer the question. He played a slow, unathletic PF at PG. In man defense. That is a line-up error. Do you disagree?
Since I don't expect you will, I didn't leave a Final Four team behind. But, with 50ish humans in D2, halfway decent line-up choices(he "noticed" one of the best players after 3-4 games) and good gameplanning would have gotten that team in the tourney. He started playing the "I'm gonna develop these players for next season" game and tanked it up. Which is fine but I'm not hearing "These two guys made a 14 win difference" from anyone.