It has nothing to do with where players start or the variations of spread motion, whether that is 4-4 or 3-2 spread motion. It has to do with the skill-set of the players and none of Kipper, Hinson, or Jones have that skillset. Frontcourt was a HUGE problem, and playing wings and SFs in the frontcourt (by necessity) created a huge disadvantage. At the end, the results of the season speak for themselves. Frontcourt is a huge recruiting need.
We can go over the same argument again, that we can play our SFs on the frontcourt, but results are already in. Season ended, you can see how good we did.
Hinson can guard a post player, Jones can't IMO.