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[QUOTE="Deadrody, post: 2741829, member: 937"]
This place is full on insane.  We have people arguing both extremes, NEITHER of which is true.

Kevin Ollie was absolutely NOT a train wreck from start to finish.  However, he was also not destined for success and derailed, somehow, by nefarious forces, and did not need yet another season to prove he could get it done.

I'm not speculating on reasons, but clearly something changed with Ollie.  He was solid at first, rode an ideal situation with Calhoun's recruits and assistants to a national championship, with enough of his own leadership and coaching to get Blaney to call him a "superstar", and then he fell off a cliff and couldn't get out of his own way as his teams proceeded to go downhill in talent, but still under-achieve.

It happens.  Hard to fault Calhoun for what looked at first like a meh selection, then a genius for putting a "superstar" in his old job, then things went off the tracks.

Honestly, considering how things started, it's hard to fault Calhoun for that train running off the tracks, especially if the premise that his relationship with Ollie soured over time.
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