nelsonmuntz
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Assuming we are in this league for a while, and I think we are, what do we need from this league?
1) A succession plan for O'Leary. He is old and pretty much the only reason UCF has been successful. We NEED UCF and USF to be good for a lot of reasons. First, I think that those schools competing on a national level enables them to steal depth from the Big 3. Leavitt used to do it all the time, where he would turn a few FSU and especially Miami commits right before signing day because they didn't want to ride the pine. Two schools doing this further undermines the ACC, and IMO the only way the ACC will add UConn is if it feels vulnerable again.
2) Houston needs to be a power in both sports. Houston is probably the best city for hoops talent in the south, and there is no excuse for Houston to not be Top 30-40 in football. I think Levine sucks, and I am not crazy about the hoops coach either. Houston is the one program outside of UConn, Memphis, Cincinnati and Temple that I think could make a big jump in basketball. They have the history and they have the local talent base.
3) Pastner needs to learn how to game coach. UConn needs top level rivals in the league for basketball. Memphis has a great local talent base and Pastner has shown that he can recruit, but they look like a pickup game when they play. He has to mature as a coach.
4) Dunphy needs to learn how to recruit. No one questions Dunphy's X's and O's, but his squad looks like a mediocre rec league team from a talent standpoint. He needs to step up his game.
5) We can't have national bottom 10 football teams in the A12. I don't expect Memphis or Tulane to be good, but they can't be terrible. We can't have them getting blown out by Sun Belt and CUSA squads if we want to be the best mid-major. A big reason why the MWC will be tough for the A-12 to top is that the MWC's bottom teams don't completely suck.
Thoughts?
1) A succession plan for O'Leary. He is old and pretty much the only reason UCF has been successful. We NEED UCF and USF to be good for a lot of reasons. First, I think that those schools competing on a national level enables them to steal depth from the Big 3. Leavitt used to do it all the time, where he would turn a few FSU and especially Miami commits right before signing day because they didn't want to ride the pine. Two schools doing this further undermines the ACC, and IMO the only way the ACC will add UConn is if it feels vulnerable again.
2) Houston needs to be a power in both sports. Houston is probably the best city for hoops talent in the south, and there is no excuse for Houston to not be Top 30-40 in football. I think Levine sucks, and I am not crazy about the hoops coach either. Houston is the one program outside of UConn, Memphis, Cincinnati and Temple that I think could make a big jump in basketball. They have the history and they have the local talent base.
3) Pastner needs to learn how to game coach. UConn needs top level rivals in the league for basketball. Memphis has a great local talent base and Pastner has shown that he can recruit, but they look like a pickup game when they play. He has to mature as a coach.
4) Dunphy needs to learn how to recruit. No one questions Dunphy's X's and O's, but his squad looks like a mediocre rec league team from a talent standpoint. He needs to step up his game.
5) We can't have national bottom 10 football teams in the A12. I don't expect Memphis or Tulane to be good, but they can't be terrible. We can't have them getting blown out by Sun Belt and CUSA squads if we want to be the best mid-major. A big reason why the MWC will be tough for the A-12 to top is that the MWC's bottom teams don't completely suck.
Thoughts?