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[QUOTE="diggerfoot, post: 4831864, member: 1673"]
During the last stretch of failing to make the FF, 05-07, people claimed:

The talent pool was deeper and more spread out, making it harder for any program to dominate.

The talent coming out of high school has a more entitled attitude.

Auriemma was not suited/adaptable to the new breed of talent.

UConn’s days of dominance was forever behind them.

In other words, everything being said now is not new, it was said 18 years ago as well.  Four championships and fourteen  later, Auriemma’s and UConn’s demise was totally off the mark.

Those criticisms will always be made during downturns.  One of these days they actually will be true and the critics will pat themselves on the back.  (Actually, the talent pool expanding still will not be true, it has been shrinking since 2003 for girls HS basketball).

Yet before we conclude they are true this time around let us see what happens if our starting line up and rotation remains stable for nearly a whole season for a change.
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