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Message: [QUOTE="pj, post: 2287744, member: 2524"] The part I've bolded is, I think, one of the leading causes for optimism. KO had a tentative first 4-5 years, with all his assistant coaches holdovers from JC, and only now does he fully have his own staff. After experiencing conflicts with Miller over style, I think he knows how he wants to play, and this commitment to a style makes it easier to identify the recruits who will be a good fit and avoid the disappointed player syndrome. We know he has strengths as a coach, which enabled him to win the NC, and his NBA background will serve him well in recruiting, especially with point guards. No coincidence that the best talents on the current roster, Jalen and Alterique, have point guard ambitions; and that in this recruiting winter, our best chances are with point guards like Carey and Akinjo. I've said it elsewhere, the key for him is to be a true Christian and love his players well. If he can be fatherly to them, sacrifice for them, develop them, teach them, give his all for them, then players will love him and they will tell recruits and recruiting will pick up, also the wins will come. If he doesn't care for his players, that is bound to come through, the team works too hard together and knows each other too well to not see through a fake. If the love is not there, then he will fail his players and will fail as a coach. The negative recruiting against him right now is, in essence, that he doesn't care for his players and neglects them. He has to make sure that is proven false. This season he has a plenty of talent, plenty of youth to develop, and plenty of opportunity to prove the negative recruiters wrong (or right). We shall see. [/QUOTE]

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