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Message: [QUOTE="augustaTC, post: 2641649, member: 7216"] From a recent piece on HW - [I]The late, great Al McGwire once said of the men's coaching jobs at UCLA and Kentucky after the retirements of the legendary John Wooden and Adolph Rupp, "You never want to be the guy to replace a legend. You want to be the guy who replaces the guy who replaces the legend." [/I] This perfectly describes the difficulty [I][B]any[/B][/I] coach (including Shea, Marissa, Jenn, or any other Geno disciple) will have following Geno. First of all, the fans won't tolerate much of a drop-off in achievement. We have been so spoiled the past 25 years! Second, most recruits are savvy enough to realize they won't be coached by/playing for the legend and that the history of a program only goes so far. Tennessee stands as the perfect object lesson of this. And all the other recruiters will remind them of this incessantly. Neither group is going to allow much of a honeymoon, at least IMHO. Will be interesting to watch whenever the transition takes place (and I do hope I'm way off base). Come to think of it, I may be drooling and staring blankly at TV screens when it happens, so I'll miss the whole darn process! [I] [/I] [/QUOTE]