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Message: [QUOTE="Dogdeacon, post: 2247484, member: 1026"] Changing the one-and-done rule is the 1 thing that could alter Cal's tenure at UK. He's working the system perfectly, getting the top talent, keeping most relatively happy and a small dose of him with pre-paved road to NBA works. Force him to keep & develop recruits over 2 years and this changes OR remove the top-10 one-and-dones and put them in the G-League and the playing field is leveled. Player development and coaching would be more important than recruiting or salesmanship. As it is he's very competitive every year, yet teams that combine 3-4yr players with one-and-done ish recruits are consistently beating him in NCAA tournaments. And most ironically those losses might just come down to in-game coaching. For example Cal flubbed the NCAA game with Memphis, and twice could have beat us (UConn) with better end-of-game strategy (force us to make free throws, don't shoot a three down 2). He would (again) be a lousy NBA coach, but positioning himself for a GM job in a few years is smart for both now and later. [/QUOTE]