Your 72 checy 6cyl truck was running sluggish and died its no longer firing and you tried to hot wire run a wire from battery to coil and it still wont fire What is wrong?

Your 72 checy 6cyl truck was running sluggish and died its no longer firing and you tried to hot wire run a wire from battery to coil and it still wont fire What is wrong?
Bad coil?Bad rotor?Bad distributor?Bad distributor Cap?Bad coil wire?