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Message: [QUOTE="Balker, post: 2519281, member: 6682"] Recruit rankings don't matter if the players leave every 1-2 years. We'd have been a crap team for a long time if Cliff left in 87 to play in greener pastures. That was how Calhoun turned the program around. His in game style is just personal preference. Doesn't matter that much how many timeouts you call, or how quickly you pull players out. Those are just small pieces in a much larger system. The players have to believe in your system. Calhoun had a great system to convince the kids that he was tough, but they would grow. He was the father figure for dozens of kids over two decades, and they trusted him to do right by them. That's what made us who we are. That's college basketball (and for what it's worth, it's why the one and done atmosphere is a load of that's ruining it). Ollie's gotta figure out how to keep the players that will make UConn UConn. If he can't do that, he should go. His in game coaching is honestly not a problem. It's everything else. The little things. Convincing the players you are in control, and their future should be in your hands. Marketing the program to the world. Marketing himself to the world. That's easy when Shabazz wins you a title. It's a lot harder when you have multiple injuries and a losing record. He hasn't been up to the task. [/QUOTE]