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[QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 3878240, member: 833"]
I disagree.  I think Central is a GREAT low-major job.  There is a lot of third tier local talent in Connecticut, and New York and Boston are not that far.  A job like this needs a big talent base that is drivable.  The academics are manageable, and CCSU can be cannon fodder for big name programs like UConn and St. Johns any time it wants, which will be appealing to these kids.

This is the kind of job where a lot of the recruiting happens in the film room, not in the living room.  There are a lot of kids to choose from in the area, and most of the kids are probably not getting many if any other D1 offers, so the coach has to be able to identify the difference between a low level D1 player and a DII player, and that is hard to do.  But he also has to be able to outsell other low-majors when it comes to the better kids.

The coach also has to be able to coach kids up once he gets them, but that is true of anyplace.  The big thing is that he has the local talent pool to work with.

Howie was successful at CCSU for 15 years until he got too old.  If I was a 30-something high-major assistant with roots in the Northeast, I would be beating down the door to get the CCSU job.
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