In the Athletic article, part of the issue is that the AAC teams that moved up outside of Houston's men's basketball program, have all brought very little to nothing to the table. Hence, Memphis's insane offer to kick them out if they can't get traction in 4 years.
This is the most turnover of a roster that I can remember for a long time. It appears the pitchers that did not perform up to expectations or at least not afraid of throwing strikes, and that included Ellison, have moved on.
I have a different take on RE v2. He went to the well of what he did V1. Cleaned house on players, built a good D and running game, and then got real lucky by getting Orlovsky, which moved timelines to success up quickly. When he cleaned house, we were 1aa moving to D1.
V2 knew the talent...
Diaco was (on paper) - the perfect hire, but there was no way to anticipate the crazy - he had exhibited crazy well before he came here. The signs were there - that is why no established program at the time would hire him.
Brady is another in the line of great closers we had over the last 15 years or so, from Scott Oberg to John Russell, Patrick Ruotolo, Jacob Wallace and many others. UConn has been lucky and good to have such good closers closing out games from the 8th inning on.
I want as many Big XII and ACC teams as part of the five as possible to show where we stand with them. Would love to have Army but that tank has been redeployed. I have never been in love with the UMass game other than its a quick ride and easy tailgate for me.
From a home team standpoint...
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