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Message: [QUOTE="DefenseBB, post: 3739347, member: 7492"] So, I find this comment "Dawn is great recruiter but not a great coach" discussion odd as I have asked out loud, name me a "great coach" who ranks ahead of her? I feel pretty knowledgeable on the current crop of D1 coaches and yes, A) there is those who can coach up a player to above their stated skillset, B) those that match the coaching to the players potential and C) those that underperform with the talent they have. If you want to say Doug Bruno is in the A) category of great coach who coaches up players, sure but he still doesn't get to an Elite 8 regularly. Scott Rueck can coach a bit in my estimation and has been sporadic with great recruiting and has pretty good results. To me, it is very hard to quantify the difference between "great recruiter" and "great coach" if you win. Dawn not only has won with great recruiting but she did win at Temple to get her the SC job and she won at SC inheriting an abysmal program before she was able to get Wilson. Worse case is she is in the B) category matching the talent with the success. Brenda belongs into this category-numerous Big10 titles, 1 NCAA title and a few Final Fours. Where does Kelly Graves belong- A or B. What I can tell you is we all see the coaches who fall into the C) category who can recruit but can't coach a lick- see Holly Warlick, see Karen Aston. Kevin McGuff has recruited well but his results seem underwhelming. Joanne P McCallie probably falls here as well. Saying Dawn can't coach is more of an "emotional argument" against the vocal fans on this forum or her personality (like claiming the #1 mythical championship) than it is of any "evidentiary points" that one could make. Humbly submitted, DefenseBB [/QUOTE]

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